Status:

COMPLETED

Raltegravir Versus Efavirenz in Naive HIV-1-infected Patients Receiving Rifampin for Active Tuberculosis

Lead Sponsor:

ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases

Collaborating Sponsors:

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Ministry of Health, Brazil

Conditions:

HIV-1 Infection

Tuberculosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Phase III trial evaluating raltegravir as an alternative to efavirenz for antiretroviral treatment of HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis.

Detailed Description

Phase III multicenter, international, open-label, randomized trial evaluating non-inferiority of raltegravir at dose of 400mg BID compared to efavirenz 600mg QD, both in association with tenofovir dis...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Signed informed consent form
  • Aged 18 years or more
  • Confirmed HIV-1 infection as documented at any time prior to trial entry per national HIV testing procedures
  • ART naïve
  • For women of childbearing potential i.e. women of childbearing age who are not menopausal, or permanently sterilized (e.g. tubal occlusion, hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy) or not refraining from sexual activity: negative urinary test for pregnancy and acceptance to use contraceptive methods
  • Confirmed or probable active TB disease of any location, except neurological (meningitis or encephalitis), according to the following criteria based on WHO updated definitions:
  • Bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (PTB) or extrapulmonary TB (EPTB), e.g. TB with a biological specimen positive by smear microscopy, culture or nucleic acid amplification test (such as Xpert MTB/RIF).
  • Clinically diagnosed PTB or EPTB with typical histological evidence of TB (caseous or granulomatous) on biopsy specimen or positive urinary LAM test OR a significant improvement on TB treatment
  • Ongoing standard rifampin-containing TB treatment for ≤8 weeks at inclusion
  • For French patients, affiliation to a Social Security program

Exclusion

  • HIV-2 co-infection
  • Impaired hepatic function (icterus or ALT (SGPT) \> 5ULN)
  • Hemoglobin \< 6.5 g/dl
  • Creatinine clearance \<60ml/min (assessed by the Cockroft and Gault formula)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain resistant to rifampin (current or past history).
  • Neurological TB (meningitis or encephalitis)
  • Severe associated diseases requiring specific treatment (including all specific AIDS defining illnesses other than TB, and any severe sepsis)
  • Any condition which might, in the investigator's opinion, compromise the safety of treatment and/or patient's adherence to trial procedures including very severe TB-related clinical condition
  • Concomitant treatments including phenytoin or phenobarbital (compounds interacting with UGT1A1)
  • For HCV co-infected patients, need to start specific treatment for hepatitis during the trial duration
  • For women of childbearing potential:
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Refusal to use a contraceptive method
  • Any history of ARV intake for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (pMTCT)
  • Subjects participating in another clinical trial evaluating therapies and including an exclusion period that is still in force during the screening phase
  • Person under guardianship, or deprived of freedom by a judicial or administrative decision

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 11 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 28 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

460 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02273765

Start Date

September 11 2015

End Date

November 28 2018

Last Update

December 31 2018

Active Locations (5)

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Laboratory of clinical research on STD/AIDS - IPEC/FIOCRUZ

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2

PACCI / CePReF Centre de Prise en charge de Recherche et de Formation

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

3

Hôpital Saint Louis

Paris, France

4

Instituto Nacional de Saude / Hospital Geral de Machava

Maputo, Mozambique