Status:

COMPLETED

Anti-HIV Medications for People Recently Infected With HIV

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

It is not known if anti-HIV treatment for recently infected patients improves long-term patient prognosis. The purpose of this study is to determine if a one year course of anti-HIV medications slows ...

Detailed Description

Although some doctors favor starting anti-HIV treatment as soon as possible after patients learn they are infected, it is not known if treatment for recently infected patients results in slower progre...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Documented acute or recent HIV infection (infected in the past 12 months) as defined in the study protocol
  • Antiretroviral naive. Participants who have taken antiretrovirals for postexposure prophylaxis are eligible for this study.
  • Able to swallow tablets or capsules
  • Willing to use acceptable forms of contraception

Exclusion

  • Physician unable to design a potentially effective HAART regimen based on results of genotypic resistance testing
  • Two CD4 counts of less than 350 cells/mm3 obtained at least 7 days apart within 30 days of study entry
  • Viral load less than 5,000 copies/ml within 30 days of study entry in participants who have been infected with HIV-1 for more than six months prior to study entry
  • Use of systemic cancer chemotherapy, systemic investigational agents, specific antiretroviral medications, or immunomodulators (growth factors, systemic corticosteroids, HIV vaccines, immune globulin, interleukins, interferons) within 30 days prior to study entry
  • Current alcohol or drug use that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the study
  • Serious illness requiring systemic treatment or hospitalization until participant either completes therapy or is clinically stable on therapy for at least 7 days prior to study entry
  • Currently involuntarily incarcerated for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (e.g., infectious disease) illness
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

113 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00106171

Start Date

May 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2012

Last Update

September 13 2023

Active Locations (5)

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1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

2

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z2C7

3

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Ctr.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 CA

4

Canadian Immunodeficiency Research Collaborative (CIRC) Inc.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B IL6