Maternal TDF and FTC to Reduce NNRTI Resistance Mutations After Intrapartum NVP (TD-2)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00204308 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 20, 2005
Last Update Posted
: May 31, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Pregnancy | Drug: Combination tenofovir-emtricitabine | Phase 2 |
Single-dose intrapartum and neonatal nevirapine (NVP), either alone or in combination with short course zidovudine (ZDV) is in widespread use to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission throughout the developing world. Though the public health benefits cannot be overstated, widespread use of NVP in this fashion may come at a cost. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) resistance mutations are induced in at least 20% and probably a larger proportion of women exposed to NVP in this fashion. Addition of short-course ZDV does not appear to mitigate this effect substantially. The full implications of these NVP resistance mutations are yet unknown, though there is concern that they may result in reduced efficacy of the NVP or other NNRTIs in long-term, therapeutic regimens.
We are conducting a clinical trial of tenofovir (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC), marketed as a fixed dose combination, Truvada ™, to reduce NNRTI-resistance post-delivery in the setting of NVP with or without ZDV for PMTCT. TDF and FTC are both Category B drugs and are approved for use in pregnancy. They have several characteristics that make them ideal candidate drugs for use in conjunction with NVP, including long intracellular half-lives and established safety profile among adults for HIV treatment.
Women will be enrolled between 28 and 38 weeks of gestation. As part of normal PMTCT services, they may choose NVP-boosted ZDV or single dose NVP for PMTCT; We anticipate that most (~80%) will choose the former. At arrival for delivery, they will be randomized to receive either the two study drugs (intervention) or no drug (control). A total of 400 women will be randomized, and followed, along with their infants, for 6 months.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Addition of Single-dose, Maternal Tenofovir and Emtricitabine to Reduce Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Resistance Mutations in the Setting of Zidovudine and Nevirapine for Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV Transmission |
Study Start Date : | March 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2007 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: combination tenofovir-emtricitabine |
Drug: Combination tenofovir-emtricitabine
Tenofovir disoproxil 300 mg / emtricitabine 200 mg taken as a single dose during labor
Other Name: Truvada
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No Intervention: control arm |
- maternal antiretroviral drug resistance to non-nucloeoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
- maternal antiretroviral drug resistance to non-nucloeoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
- maternal hematological and renal function after TDF-FTC use [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Serologically confirmed HIV infection;
- Gestational age of 28 to 38 weeks;
- Previous selection of a NVP-based PMTCT regimen (with or without ZDV)
- Willingness to participate in a randomized trial;
- Willingness to follow up in a postpartum visit schedule;
- Willingness to allow her infant to participate in this trial;
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of antiretroviral medications before this pregnancy, even in a single dose.
- Current use of antiretroviral medications for treatment of advanced HIV disease and/or AIDS
- Illness or complication of pregnancy likely to warrant transfer to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), known at time of randomization;
- Known or suspected allergy to NVP or other benzodiazepine medications;
- History of known liver disease.
- Hemoglobin level of 7.9 g/dL or less

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Zambia | |
Kalingalinga Health Centre | |
Lusaka, Zambia | |
Kanyama Health Centre | |
Lusaka, Zambia |
Principal Investigator: | Jeffrey S A Stringer, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
Study Director: | Benjamin H Chi, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00204308 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EGSA 19-02 |
First Posted: | September 20, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 31, 2012 |
Last Verified: | May 2012 |
Keywords provided by Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
HIV Pregnancy Mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
Drug resistance Nevirapine resistance NNRTI resistance |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tenofovir Emtricitabine Nevirapine Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors |
Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-Retroviral Agents Anti-HIV Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers |