BREATHER (PENTA 16) Short-Cycle Therapy (SCT) (5 Days on/2 Days Off) in Young People With Chronic HIV-infection (BREATHER)

The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.

Verified July 2013 by PENTA Foundation.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Medical Research Council

French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

PENTA Foundation

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01641016

First received: July 12, 2012

Last updated: February 27, 2015

Last verified: July 2013

History of Changes

Purpose

The overall aim of the BREATHER trial is to evaluate the role of Short-Cycle Therapy (SCT) in the management of HIV-infected young people who have responded well to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to determine whether young people with chronic HIV infection undergoing Short-Cycle Therapy of five days on ART and two days off maintain the same level of viral load suppression as those on continuous therapy, over 48 weeks.

To assess the advantages and disadvantages of the strategy, the incidence of toxicities, immunological control, resistance mutations, acceptability, quality of life and adherence to the randomised strategy will also be compared.

Importantly, because of insufficient data on short-term viral load rebound after stopping ART in this population, the trial will incorporate an initial pilot phase in selected centres, to assess the safety of the SCT strategy by evaluating detailed HIV-1 RNA profiles of participants on the SCT strategy.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
HIV	Drug: efavirenz	Phase 2 Phase 3


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: None (Open Label) Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	BREATHER (PENTA 16) Short-Cycle Therapy (SCT) (5 Days on/2 Days Off) in Young People With Chronic HIV-infection

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS

Drug Information available for: Efavirenz

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by PENTA Foundation:

Primary Outcome Measures:

HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies/ml (confirmed on a separate sample within 1 week) at any of week 4, 12, 24, 36 or 48. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
This outcome measure only considers HIV-1 RNA measurements at these time points due to the difference in viral load monitoring in the pilot phase and the main trial. However if a young person enrolled in the pilot phase has HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies/ml at weeks 1, 2 or 3 (reproducible on the same sample) or at week 8 (confirmed on the same sample within 1 week), they will be considered as reaching the primary outcome at week 4 and 12 respectively

Secondary Outcome Measures:

HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml at 24 and 48 weeks [ Time Frame: 24 and 48 weeks ]
Number of HIV mutations present at week 4, 12, 24, 36 or 48 conferring resistance to drugs taken at randomisation or during the tria [ Time Frame: Weeks 4, 12, 24, 36, 48 ]
Change in CD4 (absolute and percentage) from randomisation to 24 and 48 weeks [ Time Frame: 24 and 48 weeks ]
Change in ART (defined as any change from the ART regimen at randomisation) [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
Grade 3 or 4 clinical and laboratory adverse events [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
ART treatment modifying adverse events (all grades) [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
New CDC stage B or C diagnosis or death [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
Changes in fasting glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL and VLDL levels through 48 weeks [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
Adherence, acceptability, and quality of life over 48 weeks as assessed by patient completed questionnaires [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]


Estimated Enrollment:	160
Study Start Date:	April 2011
Estimated Study Completion Date:	June 2016
Primary Completion Date:	June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Continuous Therapy Continue with current antiretroviral therapy regime as per standard care	Drug: efavirenz May be taken as 600mg tablet, 200mg tablet or as part of a combination pill Other Name: Trade name: Sustiva
Experimental: Short Cycle Therapy Take current antiretroviral therapy 5 days a week (2 days off) as instructed by clinician	Drug: efavirenz May be taken as 600mg tablet, 200mg tablet or as part of a combination pill Other Name: Trade name: Sustiva

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	8 Years to 24 Years (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

HIV-1 infected young people aged 8 to 24 years inclusive (Young people recruited between the ages of 16-21 must either be in regular physical contact with their clinician or be able to transfer to an adult physician at the same site for follow-up or to an affiliated adult site).
Parents/carers and/or young people, where applicable, willing to provide informed consent.
On a stable first-line ART treatment containing at least 2 NRTIs/NtRTIs and EFV for at least 12 months and willing to continue the regimen throughout the study period. Young people on regimens containing nevirapine (NVP) or a boosted protease inhibitor with undetectable viral load for over one year who wish to enrol should switch to EFV. Once they are stable on the EFV containing regimen for more than 12 weeks they may be enrolled (must have 2 subsequent HIV-1 RNA measurements <50 c/ml over a minimum period of 12 weeks). Previous dual therapy and/or substitution of NRTIs is allowed providing any changes were not for disease progression, immunological or virological failure (where virological failure is defined as two successive HIV-1 RNA results>1000 c/ml) subsequent to virological control having been achieved on ART.
Viral suppression (HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml) for at least the prior 12 months (at least the last 3 measurements, including screening): young people who have experienced a single viral load >50 but <1000 copies/ml (preceded and followed by VL<50 c/ml) in the last 12 months can be enrolled.
CD4 cell count ≥350 106/L at screening visit.
Centre must routinely use an assay which detects HIV RNA-1 viral load ≥50 c/ml.

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnancy or risk of pregnancy in females of child bearing potential.
Acute illness (young people may be enrolled after illness).
Receiving concomitant therapy for an acute illness (young people may be enrolled after finishing therapy).
A creatinine, AST or ALT of grade 3 or above at screening.
On a regimen including nevirapine or a boosted PI (young people may switch to an EFV based regimen).
Previous ART monotherapy (except for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission)

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01641016

Locations


United States, Tennessee
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
France
INSERM
Villejuif, France
Germany
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 60596
Ireland
Our Lady's Children's Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Thailand
Program for HIV Prevention and Treatment (PHPT)/IRD 174
Changklan, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50100
HIV-NAT Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
Uganda
Joint Clinical Research Centre
Kampala, Uganda
Ukraine
Kiev City AIDS Center
Kiev, Vidpochynku 11, Ukraine, 03115
United Kingdom
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, United Kingdom
University Hospital Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester, United Kingdom
Evelina Children's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Mortimer Market Centre
London, United Kingdom
St George's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, United Kingdom
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, United Kingdom

Sponsors and Collaborators

PENTA Foundation

Medical Research Council

French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Karina M Butler, MRCPI	Medical Research Council

More Information

Additional Information:

Related Info This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site


Responsible Party:	PENTA Foundation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01641016 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	BREATHER (PENTA 16) 2009-012947-40 ( EudraCT Number )
Study First Received:	July 12, 2012
Last Updated:	February 27, 2015

Keywords provided by PENTA Foundation:


short cycle therapy young people HIV

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Slow Virus Diseases Efavirenz Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors	Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective 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

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