Clinical Trial to Assess the Security of the Dose Reduction of Ritonavir in HIV-Infected Patients in Treatment With Tipranavir/Ritonavir 500/200 mg Every 12 Hours
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00607958 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: February 6, 2008
Last Update Posted
: July 15, 2009
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Tipranavir is a drug with a high antiretroviral activity, also in presence of major mutations in the protease gene. However, its necessity of being co-administered with 400 mg of ritonavir daily, limits its efficacy for the treatment of HIV-infected patients, due to the high incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events. Nevertheless, tipranavir plasma though concentrations were higher than the proposed minimum effective concentration for patients with previous experience with protease inhibitors (PI) in half of patients treated with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/100 mg dose every 12 hours. Furthermore, when the number of mutations in the protease gene is limited, there are no differences in the reduction of the viral load between patients treated with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/200 mg and 500/100 mg every 12 hours. At last, the efficacy of tipranavir treatment has been more closely related with the inhibition quotient (IQ) than with concentrations considered isolated.
Considering the previous arguments, it can be hypothesized that, basing in every subject IQ, it could be possible to identify those patients HIV-infected in treatment with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/200 mg every 12 hours that could take advance of the reduction of ritonavir to 100 mg every 12 hours, without compromising the viral replication control. This strategy could improve the tolerability to the treatment, what could result in a better adherence and less proportion of treatment abandon due to this reason
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Drug: tipranavir/ritonavir (dose reduction) | Phase 4 |
Tipranavir efficacy as a rescue treatment in HIV-infected patients was assessed in the RESIST studies, which included patients with a wide antiretroviral experience who were found in viral failure despite being on PI-based antiretroviral therapy and in which resistance test showed the presence of major mutations in the protease gene. In those studies treatment with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/200 mg dose every 12 hours was related with a major probability of achieving undetectable viral load after a 48 weeks follow-up, compared with conventional PI (33.6% vs. 15.3%, respectively). However, tipranavir clinical efficacy can be limited by the appearance of adverse events, mainly on a gastrointestinal level, but also altering the lipid profile or elevating the transaminase plasmatic concentration.
According to the data of the BI 1182.52 study, response to tipranavir is related to its plasma trough concentration. So, concentrations higher than 20 mmol/L (10 times the IC90 adjusted by the binding to proteins of HIV PI-resistant-strains) are related with a major probability of achieving the viral replication suppression. This concentration was achieved by the 77% and the 48% of patients who received tipranavir 500 mg every 12 hours co-administered with 200 and 100 mg of ritonavir every 12 hours respectively. Furthermore, viral load diminution was similar between patients treated with 100 or with 200 mg of ritonavir every 12 hours, as long as the number of mutations was less than 20. These data states the importance of putting together virological (mutations in the protease gene) and pharmacokinetic data (trough levels) so the antiretroviral treatment benefit can be maximized. The subanalysis that included 157 patients of the BI 1182.52 study and 311 patients of the RESIST study showed that virological response in patients with treatment with tipranavir/ritonavir was better in patients with an IQ higher than 25-50.
With this data the following conclusions can be inferred: tipranavir is a drug with a high antiretroviral activity, also in presence of major mutations in the protease gene. However, its necessity of being co-administered with 400 mg of ritonavir daily, limits the efficacy for the treatment of HIV-infected patients, due to a high incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events. Nevertheless, trough levels of tipranavir was over the proposed minimum effective concentration for patients with previous experience with protease inhibitors (IP). Furthermore, as the number of mutations in the protease gene is limited, there are no differences in the reduction of the viral load between patients treated with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/200 mg and 500/100 mg every 12 hours. At last, the efficacy of tipranavir treatment has been closely related with the inhibition quotient (IQ) than with concentrations obtained considered isolated.
Considering the previous arguments, it can be hypothesized that, basing in every subject IQ, it could be possible to identify those patients HIV-infected in treatment with tipranavir/ritonavir at 500/200 mg every 12 hours that could take advance of the reduction of ritonavir to 100 mg every 12 hours, without compromising the viral replication control. This strategy could improve the tolerability to the treatment, what could result in a better adherence and less proportion of treatment abandon due to this reason.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 15 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Clinical Trial to Assess the Security of the Dose Reduction of Ritonavir in HIV-Infected Patients in Treatment With Tipranavir/Ritonavir 500/200 mg Every 12 Hours |
Study Start Date : | December 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
dose reduction
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Drug: tipranavir/ritonavir (dose reduction)
tipranavir/ritonavir 500/100 BID
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- Proportion of patients with viral load <50 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Basal, week 2, week 4, week 8, week 12 week 24, week 36 and week 48. ]
- Proportion of patients that show a tipranavir IQ >60 while treated with tipranavir/ritonavir 500/200 mg every 12 hours [ Time Frame: Screening ]
- Proportion of patients that maintain a tipranavir IQ >=40 while treated with tipranavir/ritonavir 500/100 mg every 12 hours [ Time Frame: Basal, week 2, week 4, week 8, week 12 week 24, week 36 and week 48. ]
- Change in CD4 lymphocytes count after 24 and 48 weeks' follow-up [ Time Frame: Week 24 and week 48 ]
- Incidence and severity of adverse events after 24 and 48 weeks' follow-up [ Time Frame: Week 24 and week 48 ]
- Change in lipid profile (total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol. LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides) after 24 and 48 weeks' follow-up [ Time Frame: Week 24 and week 48 ]
- Change in hepatic enzymes (AST, ALT and GGT) after 24 and 48 weeks' follow-up [ Time Frame: Week 24 and week 48 ]
- In patients with virological failure, incidence of new mutations in the protease gene [ Time Frame: When virological failure ]

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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:
- Age +=18 years.
- HIV-infected patients.
- Stable antiretroviral treatment including tipranavir/ritonavir 500/200 every 12 hours for at least 4 weeks.
- HIV viral load <50 copies/mL for at least 12 weeks.
- Resistance test (Genotype or Virtual Phenotype) before starting tipranavir treatment.
- Tipranavir IQ +=60.
- Subject able to follow the treatment period.
- In women, negative pregnancy test or not in fertile age (defined as at least one year from menopause or undergoing any surgical sterilisation technique), or undertaking to use a barrier contraceptive method during the study.
- Signature of the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- AIDS-defining illness in the last 4 weeks.
- Suspicion of unsuitable antiretroviral treatment compliance.
- In women, pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Record or suspicion of incapability to cooperate as appropriate.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00607958
Spain | |
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital | |
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916 |
Principal Investigator: | Molto Jose, MD,PhD | Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Lluita Sida Foundation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00607958 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TPVRTV_500100_IQ |
First Posted: | February 6, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 15, 2009 |
Last Verified: | July 2009 |
Keywords provided by Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital:
Tipranavir ritonavir dose reduction inhibitory quotient |
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 Ritonavir Tipranavir |
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 |