Status:

COMPLETED

Rapid Oral Test for Therapeutic Response in HIV/AIDS Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Gaia Medical Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Conditions:

AIDS/HIV PROBLEM

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

This study has been designed to evaluate a new oral test for therapeutic monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients that are receiving the combination Anti-Retroviral Therapy (cART). The test will measure saliva...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Group 1, cART-unresponsive
  • Documented HIV-positive before obtaining AIDS diagnosis
  • cART for 18 months or longer
  • consistent lab tests in previous 3-6 months: \< or equal to 200 CD4 T cells/mm3, viral load \>5000 HIV RNA copies/ml
  • Group 2, cART-responsive
  • Documented HIV-positive before obtaining AIDS diagnosis
  • cART for 18 months or longer
  • consistent lab tests in previous 3-6 months: \> or equal to 350 CD4 T cells/mm3, viral load \< or equal to 50 HIV RNA copies/ml
  • Group 3, acute/early HIV
  • Acute HIV:
  • Signs and symptoms of acute retroviral syndrome in a person with either a negative or evolving antibody response (western blot or ELISA) in presence of a positive HIV p24gag antigen or HIV-1 proviral DNA PCR or positive HIV-1 RNA
  • Early HIV:
  • A positive antibody response (western blot or ELISA) with a documented negative serological test or plasma HIV-1 RNA within the past 12 months or a positive ELISA and a negative de-tuned ELISA within 30 days of a positive ELISA specimen in an untreated person with no clinical or immunological evidence of advanced HIV disease (CD4 count \>200 cells/mm3 or \>14%)
  • Group 4, HIV-negative Hepatitis-positive
  • HIV test negative (western blot, ELISA or viral load)
  • Positive Hepatitis B surface antigen and detectable hepatitis B viral load (HCV B RNA), treated or not OR Positive Hepatitis C antibodies and detectable hepatitis C viral load (HCV C RNA), treated or not

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Non-adherent patients
  • Any conditions which will affect saliva production: e.g. Sjogren's syndrome or chronic mouth dryness
  • Cytotoxic chemotherapy, interferon treatment, or radiation therapy within the preceding 3 weeks
  • Active alcohol or substance abuse (narcotics or other controlled substances) within 6 months prior to the saliva sampling
  • Significant psychiatric illness that in the opinion of the principle investigator might interfere with making an informed decision
  • Incapable to give informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01507142

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

October 1 2013

Last Update

February 15 2018

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90211