A Two Year Study of the Clinical Efficacy of the Combination of Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, and Nevirapine

• Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00344461
• Collaborator: Boehringer Ingelheim (Industry)
• Enrollment: 54
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 52
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Open label, two year study of the clinical efficacy of the combination of FTC, Tenofovir, and Nevirapine. Sixty HIV infected patients without previous exposure to antiretroviral therapy will be enrolled. Study will include a pharmacokinetic substudy to evaluate the interaction of FTC and Nevirapine. Truvada may be used.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
HIV	Drug: Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir	Phase 4

Detailed Description

Description of study design This is an open-labeled clinical trial evaluating an antiretroviral treatment regimen in which the drugs have demonstrated in vitro activity in both, resting and activated mononuclear cells. These drugs include: FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.

Eligible patients must be at least 18 years of age, be referred by their primary HIV provider for antiretroviral therapy or if the patient is self referred, have a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell count of < 250/mm3 and have a viral load >5,000c/ml. Eligibility requirement for women is that they must have a CD4 cell count of <250 at the time of enrollment. This cutoff for women is based on unpublished data that there may be increased hepatotoxicity in women with a CD4 cell count > 250 cell/mm3. The screening evaluation will take place the day the informed consent is signed. During that screening evaluation, the patient will undergo a history and physical examination, and will have study labs drawn. Within 60 days of the screening evaluation and meeting all eligible criteria, the patient will be placed on the study treatment regimen. Patients will be evaluated at the clinic on Day 0 (therapy initiation), weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and then every 8 weeks until 48 weeks and thereafter every 12 weeks through week 96. At the end of the study, all patients may continue their current antiretroviral treatment regimen at the discretion of the patient and their primary care provider.

Pharmacokinetic Analysis Sub Study A pharmacokinetic evaluation will be performed in first 7 volunteers to assess the impact of FTC on Nevirapine and vice versa. Pharmacokinetic analysis will be performed at end of week 2 ( day 14) during 200mg qd start up period. Samples will be obtained at baseline and 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours post Nevirapine dosing. Pharmacokinetic analysis will be repeated at the week 8 visit. Samples will be obtained at baseline and 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours post Nevirapine.

Assignment of patients There will be 60 patients involved in this clinical trial. This is an open-labeled study. There are no placebos involved in this study.

Dose and dose selection The dosages of medications are those that are currently used as standard clinical practice: Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d. (1-200 mg tablet b.i.d.); Emtricitabine (FTC) 200mg po qd.(1-200mg capsule); Tenofovir 300 mg once-a-day (1-300 mg tablet qd).

Justification of study design All study patients require treatment for their HIV infection. All of the drugs used in this study are FDA-Approved. Tenofovir and FTC are approved as a once-a-day treatment medication. Nevirapine (NVP) is approved for BID dosing.

NOTE: That whenever Nevirapine is being prescribed, there will be a lead-in period of 14 days in which Nevirapine will be prescribed as 200 mg once a day followed by 200 mg BID as is the recommended standard of care.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 54 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Cell Cycle Independent Antiretroviral Therapy: Combination of Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2004
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jul 1, 2008
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jul 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Nevirapine, FTC, Tenofovir Open Label Drugs- Nevirapine 200 mg twice a day, FTC 200 mg once a day and Tenofovir 300 mg once a day for 96 weeks.	Drug: Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir; One arm only - Open label using FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Number of Participants With Sustained Virologic Response [96 Weeks]

   The primary outcome is sustained Virologic response, defined as HIV-1 RNA <500 copies/mL until trial completion at 96 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Patients With Grade 2, 3 and 4 Adverse Events and Laboratory Toxicities [Protocol length is 96 weeks]

   The number of participants with grades 2,3 and 4 adverse events and laboratory toxicities.

2. Patients With Plasma HIV RNA < 50 Copies/mL [96 weeks.]

   The number of participants with plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL

3. Patients With Plasma HIV RNA < 400 Copies/mL [96 weeks]

   The number of participants with plasma HIV RNA < 400 copies/mL

4. Change in Plasma HIV RNA From Baseline to Week 96 [Baseline to week 96]

   Percent Change From Baseline in Plasma HIV RNA at 96 weeks

5. Changes in CD4 Cell Count From Baseline and Week 96 [Baseline to week 96]

   To determine the mean change from Baseline in CD4 cell count to week 96.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 75 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

1. HIV-1 infection, as documented by any licensed ELISA test kit, and confirmed by Western blot, positive HIV-1 blood culture, positive HIV serum antigen, or plasma viremia at any time prior to study entry. If no record exists, testing must occur at screening.

2. Male or female, age 18 to 75 years of age.

3. Able to sign the informed consent, and is willing to comply with the requirements of this clinical trial.

4. Available for at least 96 weeks of follow up.

5. Males: deemed a candidate for antiretroviral therapy per referring primary care provider. (If patient is self referred, CD4 cell count must be <400 cells/mm3 and viral load>5,000c/ml) Females: CD4 cell count must be less than 250 cells/mm3 and viral load >5,000 c/mL at time of enrollment.

6. If female and of child bearing potential must consent to using at least two forms of contraception.

7. Participants will be "treatment naive" as no prior antiretroviral therapy or antiretroviral therapy for less than 7 days in the past.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Evidence of mutation associated with primary drug resistance to Nevirapine (K103N, Y181C, Y188L, G190S), Tenofovir (M41L, T69 insertion, Q151M, L210W,and K65R), and/or FTC (184V) previously documented, or at time of screening.

2. Patients with any of the following laboratory parameters at the screening visit: estimated creatinine clearance of <60 ml/min; aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2.5 times the upper limits of normal; total bilirubin

1.5 mg/dL.

1. Women with CD4 cell count > 250 cells/ mm3 at time of entry or in males with a CD4 cell count less than 400/mm3, along with a viral load greater than 5,000c/ml. for both males and females.

2. Pregnant women or women who are breast feeding.

3. Unwillingness to use effective barrier contraception.

4. Patients with current alcohol abuse or illicit drug use that in the opinion of the Principal Investigator may interfere with the patient's ability to comply with the protocol requirements.

5. Patients with malabsorption or severe chronic diarrhea for more than 30 days.

6. Current treatment for malignancy other than basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.

7. History of any chronic illness or other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the conduct or completion of the study.

8. Patient who is, in the opinion of the investigator, unable to complete the 96-week dosing period and protocol evaluations and assessments.

9. Experimental vaccines, to include HIV vaccines.

10. Patient who is currently enrolled in an experimental protocol, or is receiving an experimental medication.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Maryland, Institute of Human Virology	Baltimore	Maryland	United States	21201

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Boehringer Ingelheim

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Robert R Redfield, MD, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, IHV
• Principal Investigator: Charles E Davis, MD, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, IHV

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: University of Maryland, Baltimore
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00344461
• Other Study ID Numbers: H-23783
• First Posted: Jun 26, 2006
• Last Update Posted: Nov 1, 2021
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2021

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Tenofovir; Nevirapine

Study Results

Participant Flow

Arm/Group Title	Single Group (TDF/FTC & NVP)
Arm/Group Description	To evaluate the long-term antiviral activity of a three cell cycle independent reverse transcriptase regimen consisting of Nevirapine 200mg twice-a-day, Tenofovir 300mg and Emtricitabine 200mg once-a-day in the treatment of patients with chronic HIV infection.
Period Title: Overall Study
STARTED	54
COMPLETED	33
NOT COMPLETED	21

Baseline Characteristics

Arm/Group Title	TDF, FTC & NVP
Arm/Group Description	To evaluate the long-term antiviral activity of a three cell cycle independent reverse transcriptase regimen consisting of Nevirapine 200mg twice-a-day, Tenofovir 300mg and Emtricitabine 200mg once-a-day in the treatment of patients with chronic HIV infection.
Overall Participants	54
Age (Count of Participants)
<=18 years	0 0%
Between 18 and 65 years	54 100%
>=65 years	0 0%
Sex: Female, Male (Count of Participants)
Female	19 35.2%
Male	35 64.8%
Race (NIH/OMB) (Count of Participants)
American Indian or Alaska Native	0 0%
Asian	0 0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0 0%
Black or African American	51 94.4%
White	2 3.7%
More than one race	0 0%
Unknown or Not Reported	1 1.9%
Region of Enrollment (participants) [Number]
United States	54 100%

Outcome Measures

1. Primary Outcome

Title	Number of Participants With Sustained Virologic Response
Description	The primary outcome is sustained Virologic response, defined as HIV-1 RNA <500 copies/mL until trial completion at 96 weeks.
Time Frame	96 Weeks

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

HIV-1 infected Males: cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell count less than 400 cells/mm3 and viral load greater than 5,000c/ml) Females: CD4 cell count less than 250 cells/mm3 and viral load greater than 5,000 c/mL at time of enrollment. Treatment naive

Arm/Group Title	Single Group (TDF/FTC & NVP)
Arm/Group Description	To evaluate the long-term antiviral activity of a three cell cycle independent reverse transcriptase regimen consisting of Nevirapine 200mg twice-a-day, Tenofovir 300mg and Emtricitabine 200mg once-a-day in the treatment of patients with chronic HIV infection.
Measure Participants	54
Count of Participants [Participants]	33 61.1%

2. Secondary Outcome

Title	Patients With Grade 2, 3 and 4 Adverse Events and Laboratory Toxicities
Description	The number of participants with grades 2,3 and 4 adverse events and laboratory toxicities.
Time Frame	Protocol length is 96 weeks

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Nevirapine, FTC, Tenofovir
Arm/Group Description	Open Label Drugs- Nevirapine 200 mg twice a day, FTC 200 mg once a day and Tenofovir 300 mg once a day for 96 weeks. Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir: One arm only - Open label using FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.
Measure Participants	54
Count of Participants [Participants]	13 24.1%

3. Secondary Outcome

Title	Patients With Plasma HIV RNA < 50 Copies/mL
Description	The number of participants with plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL
Time Frame	96 weeks.

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Single Group (TDF/FTC & NVP)
Arm/Group Description	To evaluate the long-term antiviral activity of a three cell cycle independent reverse transcriptase regimen consisting of Nevirapine 200mg twice-a-day, Tenofovir 300mg and Emtricitabine 200mg once-a-day in the treatment of patients with chronic HIV infection.
Measure Participants	54
Count of Participants [Participants]	32 59.3%

4. Secondary Outcome

Title	Patients With Plasma HIV RNA < 400 Copies/mL
Description	The number of participants with plasma HIV RNA < 400 copies/mL
Time Frame	96 weeks

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Nevirapine, FTC, Tenofovir
Arm/Group Description	Open Label Drugs- Nevirapine 200 mg twice a day, FTC 200 mg once a day and Tenofovir 300 mg once a day for 96 weeks. Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir: One arm only - Open label using FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.
Measure Participants	54
Count of Participants [Participants]	32 59.3%

5. Secondary Outcome

Title	Change in Plasma HIV RNA From Baseline to Week 96
Description	Percent Change From Baseline in Plasma HIV RNA at 96 weeks
Time Frame	Baseline to week 96

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Nevirapine, FTC, Tenofovir
Arm/Group Description	Open Label Drugs- Nevirapine 200 mg twice a day, FTC 200 mg once a day and Tenofovir 300 mg once a day for 96 weeks. Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir: One arm only - Open label using FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.
Measure Participants	54
Mean (Standard Deviation) [percentage of change]	3.32 (.043)

6. Secondary Outcome

Title	Changes in CD4 Cell Count From Baseline and Week 96
Description	To determine the mean change from Baseline in CD4 cell count to week 96.
Time Frame	Baseline to week 96

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Nevirapine, FTC, Tenofovir
Arm/Group Description	Open Label Drugs- Nevirapine 200 mg twice a day, FTC 200 mg once a day and Tenofovir 300 mg once a day for 96 weeks. Nevirapine, FTC, and Tenofovir: One arm only - Open label using FTC 200 mg p.o. qd, and Tenofovir 300 mg p.o. qd, and Nevirapine 200 mg b.i.d.
Measure Participants	54
Mean (Standard Deviation) [percentage of CD4 Increase]	252 (89.91)

Adverse Events

Time Frame	96 weeks
Adverse Event Reporting Description	A written report will be filed with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) within 5 working days for serious adverse event and annually for all others.
Arm/Group Title	FTC, TDF, & NVP
Arm/Group Description	To evaluate the long-term antiviral activity of a three cell cycle independent reverse transcriptase regimen consisting of Nevirapine 200mg twice-a-day, Tenofovir 300mg and Emtricitabine 200mg once-a-day in the treatment of patients with chronic HIV infection.
All Cause Mortality
	FTC, TDF, & NVP
	Affected / at Risk (%)	# Events
Total	1/54 (1.9%)
Serious Adverse Events
	FTC, TDF, & NVP
	Affected / at Risk (%)	# Events
Total	16/54 (29.6%)
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Neutrapenia	2/54 (3.7%)	2
Sepsis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Malignant Lymphoma	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Eye disorders
CMV Retinitis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Hepatobiliary disorders
Grade 3 & 4 Liver Function Test	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Grade 4 alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Hepatotoxicity	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Pneumonia	4/54 (7.4%)	4
Diffused Lung Disease	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
Rash	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Vascular disorders
Aortic Aneurysm	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Right Femoral Deep Vein Thrombosis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Other (Not Including Serious) Adverse Events
	FTC, TDF, & NVP
	Affected / at Risk (%)	# Events
Total	13/54 (24.1%)
Eye disorders
Herpes Zoster Othalmicus	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Preseptal Cellulitis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Gastrointestinal disorders
Viral Gastroenteritis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
General disorders
Syncopy	2/54 (3.7%)	2
Sinusitis	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Drug Detoxicity	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Left Hand Trauma	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Stabbing	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Infections and infestations
Viral Syndrome	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Abscess Right Leg	1/54 (1.9%)	1
Psychiatric disorders
Depression	2/54 (3.7%)	2
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Bronchitis	1/54 (1.9%)	1

Limitations/Caveats

[Not Specified]

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Certain Agreements

Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.