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The Adult Antiretroviral Treatment and Resistance Study (Tshepo)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00197613
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 20, 2005
Last Update Posted : September 17, 2012
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana
Botswana Ministry of Health
McGill University Health Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Richard Marlink, Harvard School of Public Health

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The "Adult Antiretroviral Treatment and Resistance Study," hereafter referred to as "The Tshepo Study," is the first large-scale research study of antiretroviral therapy to treat AIDS and HIV infection in Botswana. The Tshepo Study is an open-label, randomized study comparing: (1) the rate of development and specific types of drug resistance mutations with various antiretroviral combination therapies to HIV-1C, the subtype of HIV found in southern Africa, and (2) the short and long-term effectiveness of two operational modifications of Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) medication adherence strategies for antiretroviral therapy. Specifically, treatment follow-up via the Standard of Care, the national standard of care as it evolves in Botswana, with intensive clinic-based follow up including regular adherence education sessions, will be compared to Community-Based Directly Observed Therapy (Com-DOT). Com-DOT involves the SOC with added community or family-based DOT. This Com-DOT component would involve a trained, community or family-based Medication Partner ("mopati") who observes the patient take his or medications daily.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
AIDS HIV Infection Drug: (A) zidovudine, lamivudine and nevirapine Drug: (B) zidovudine, lamivudine and efavirenz Drug: (C) zidovudine, didanosine, and nevirapine Drug: (D) zidovudine, didanosine, and efavirenz Drug: (E) stavudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine Drug: (F) stavudine, lamivudine and efavirenz Procedure: Adherence Strategy Standard of Care (SOC) Procedure: Adherence Strategy Community-Based DOT Phase 3

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Enrollment : 650 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Official Title: The Adult Antiretroviral Treatment and Resistance Study (Tshepo)
Study Start Date : December 2002
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2007

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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS

Arms and Interventions
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Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Time to Virological failure, time to grade 3 or higher toxicity.

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Time to drug resistance, rates of point mutations at virological failure, adherence to study medication.

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:(1) HIV infection indicated by (a) positive ELISA in two separate blood samples, the second no more than eight weeks prior to randomization), (b) CD4 cell count of less than 200 cells/ml OR CD4 cell count between 201-350 with plasma HIV-1 RNA level of greater than 55,000 copies/ml, (c) Karnofsky (performance) score greater than or equal to 50; (2) no history of previous antiretroviral therapy, except for zidovudine and/or single-dose nevirapine administered during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission of HIV-1; (3) baseline hemoglobin of greater than or equal to 8.0 g/dl (4) baseline absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1000 cells/mm3 (5) baseline serum creatinine level less than 200 micromol/L (6) baseline SGPT(ALT) less than 205 U/L and SGOT (AST) less than 170 U/L (7) baseline alkaline phosphatase level less than or equal to 330 U/L etc.
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Locations
Botswana
Princess Marina Hospital
Gaborone, Botswana
Sponsors and Collaborators
Harvard School of Public Health
Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana
Botswana Ministry of Health
McGill University Health Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard Marlink, MD Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
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Responsible Party: Richard Marlink, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00197613     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: HSC #0110THEA
First Posted: September 20, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 17, 2012
Last Verified: September 2012

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
Lamivudine
Efavirenz
Zidovudine
Nevirapine
Stavudine
Didanosine
 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Antimetabolites