Lopinavir/r Monotherapy as Maintenance Therapy After Long Term Viral Suppression
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00160849 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 12, 2005
Last Update Posted
: October 21, 2005
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Objectives Primary
- To investigate the possibility of maintaining virological suppression of HIV in infected patients, switching them to LPV/r as the only antiretroviral agent
- To assess the immunological response in patients who switched to LPV/r as single agent, based on the observation of changes in the serum levels of CD4+ cells.
Secondary
- To investigate the rate of clinical and laboratorial adverse events in the two treatment groups.
- To investigate the rate of emergence of antiretroviral resistance mutations in the two treatment groups, in case of virological failure of the current regimen.
- To describe the adherence to the prescribed regimen in the two treatment groups
- To describe changes in body fat distribution (abdominal, arms and thigh circumference) and in the lipid profile, in patients from the two treatment groups
- To describe the rate of clinical failure of the antiretroviral therapy in the two treatment groups.
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Patient population:
The 60 patients were selected by the investigators according to the study’s inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were divided into 2 groups with 30 patients each.
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Study design:
The study is multicentric, open-label, randomized. Virological, immunological and clinical failures will be analyzed in both groups. In addition, data on clinical or laboratorial toxicity and compliance are being recorded.
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Regime:
- Group 1 maintenance of the currently used antiretroviral therapy
- Group 2 switch to LPV/r antiretroviral monotherapy in the dose of 400/100 mg 12/12 hs with food. Patients in group 2 who were being treated previously with non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (Efavirenz or Nevirapine) were instructed to take 4 capsules of Lopinavir/r each 12 hs, during the first 14 days of therapy (up to Week 2 visit).
- Duration:
96 weeks of treatment
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Drug: Lopinavir/r | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Study on the Feasibility of Antiretroviral Therapy With a Single Agent - Lopinavir/r - in Patients Treated With HAART and With Viral Load Below 80 Copies/Ml |
Study Start Date : | August 2004 |
Study Completion Date : | March 2007 |

- • Rate of suppression of viral load to less than 80 copies/ml on weeks 4, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96.
- • Average change of CD4 count on weeks 4, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96
- • Two-year incidence rate of immunodeficiency related clinical conditions.
- • Toxicity rate (clinical and laboratorial adverse events).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- The patients must fulfill all of the following criteria: The patient has confirmed his/her willingness to participate in the study, after being informed about all the aspects of the study that might be relevant for his/her decision to participate, and has signed and dated the informed consent form, as approved by the Institutional Review Board/ Ethics Committee (IRB/EC). And he/she can withdraw the study participation at any moment, if he/she wants to do so.
- The patient has laboratorial confirmation of an HIV infection through a positive ELISA test for anti-HIV antibodies and an additional test (Western-blot, indirect immunofluorescence or PCR).
- The patient must be in treatment with at least three antiretroviral drugs, for at least 6 months without changes.
- The patient should have no history of documented virological failure to previously used antiretroviral therapies.
- Undetectable viral load (test result < 400 copies/ml) for more than 6 months measured on a sample collected during treatment with the current regimen and at screening (test result < 80 copies).
- CD4 count > 200 cels/ml at screening
- Patient agrees not to use concomitant medication that might have unacceptable drug interactions with the study drug.
- If the patient is a female, she must have a negative pregnancy test and must agree to use at least 14 days before the study drug administration and for the whole study duration and up to 6 months after, a barrier contraceptive method with a proven reliability track record, as judged by the investigator
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating female patient. If the patient becomes pregnant during the study, she will be discontinued from the study.
- Patients with allergic reaction or hypersensitivity to Lopinavir or Ritonavir .
- A patient with previous history of opportunistic disease ( appendix 1) or CD4 count below 100 cels/mm3.
- A patient who presents any HIV viral load test result above 400 copies/mL over the past 6 months.
- Patient who is receiving or has received systemic chemotherapy during the past 6 months.
- Laboratory test results Hemoglobin < 8 g/dl Absolute neutrophil count < 750 cels/mL Platelet count < 20,000/mL Bilirubin > 1.5 x UNL or > 6 x UNL if patient is using Indinavir or Atazanavir ALT and AST > 2 x UNL Creatinine > 2 x UNL
- Patient is taking any drug known to be contraindicated concomitantly with lopinavir/r. Please refer to the product’s package insert.
- According to the investigator’s opinion, the patient has little probability of complying with the study protocol or is unsuitable for any other reason.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00160849
Brazil | |
Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu | |
Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01620.020 | |
Projeto Praça Onze | |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20210.030 |
Principal Investigator: | Estevão P Nunes, M.Sc | Projeto Praça Onze |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00160849 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
KalMo |
First Posted: | September 12, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 21, 2005 |
Last Verified: | July 2005 |
Keywords provided by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro:
Treatment Experienced |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Lopinavir |
HIV Protease Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-HIV Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors |