HIV InfectionsPhase 3NCT00050856
Fuzeon (Enfuvirtide) Early Access Program for Patients With HIV-1 Infection
A Phase 3 study testing Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion Inhibitor in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study will determine the safety and tolerability of Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) used together with other treatments for HIV infection in patients with advanced HIV disease. Fuzeon is an antiretroviral drug. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV Infections
- What is being tested?
- Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion Inhibitor
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- How many people
- 5 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Nov 2002to Nov 2003
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- To be eligible for this trial, patients must fulfill all inclusion criteria listed below:
- Male and female HIV-1 infected adults or adolescents (greater than or equal to 16 years of age).
- CD4 lymphocyte count less than or equal to 100 cells/mm(3) and HIV-1 RNA viral load greater than or equal to 10,000 copies/mL while on HAART (latest available measurement must be within the last 90 days).
- Patients must be limited by the current commercially available antiretroviral agents or agents available via Early Access or Compassionate Use Programs as per the judgment of the investigator OR patients with advanced disease and most in need defined as prior documented drug resistance or have documented evidence of greater than 6 months prior experience to each of the three classes of ARV's.
- Patients must be able and willing to provide written informed consent (for patients less than 18 years of age, a parent or legal guardian must also sign the Informed Consent Form).
- Women of childbearing potential must have a documented negative pregnancy test at baseline and ensure that two reliable forms of contraception are being used, including a barrier method, for the duration of the study, and for 90 days after the last dose of study medication.
Who cannot join
- Patients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible for participation in this trial:
- Female patients who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or who plan to become pregnant or breast-feed during the study.
- Any current clinical or laboratory parameter of ACTG grade 4. Asymptomatic grade 4 abnormalities will be permitted, at the discretion of the investigator, if the potential benefit of treatment outweighs the potential risk.
- Evidence of ongoing alcohol and/or drug or substance abuse that, in the judgment of the investigator, would result in the patient being unreliable in fulfilling the conditions of this protocol.
- Prior non-adherence to antiretroviral treatment regimens that, in the judgment of the investigator, resulted in the patient's failing prior regimens and which would likely result in the patient being unreliable in fulfilling the conditions of this protocol.
- Inability to self-inject Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) as indicated in the protocol, unless a reliable caregiver is willing, able, and available to provide this service on a continuous basis for the duration of the study.
- Evidence of active, untreated opportunistic infection, intercurrent illness, drug toxicity or any other condition such that, in the judgment of the investigator, the patient would not be able to continue or take a prescribed antiretroviral regimen.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
About this study
Official title: Multicenter, Open-Label, Early Acces Program of Fuzeon (Enfuvirtide T-20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor) in Combination With Free Choice Antiretroviral Regimen to Assess Serious Adverse Events, Serious AIDS-Defining Events, and Tolerability in Patient
This study will determine the safety and tolerability of Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) used together with other treatments for HIV infection in patients with advanced HIV disease. Fuzeon is an antiretroviral drug. Unlike other antiretrovirals, however, which work against the virus once it is already in the cell, Fuzeon prevents the virus from getting into healthy cells.
Patients 18 years of age and older with advanced HIV-1 infection, who do not respond to approved antiretroviral therapy, may be eligible for this study. Candidates must have a CD4 lymphocyte count less than 100 cells/mm3 and a viral load greater than 10,000 copies/mL. They will be screened with a medical history, physical examination, and blood tests, and may also have an electrocardiogram (ECG), chest x-ray and urine test.
Read more
Patients enrolled in the study will be re-examined and have additional blood tests before beginning treatment with Fuzeon. They will then be taught how to self-inject the medicine under the skin and will take two doses daily (less than 1/4 teaspoon each), 12 hours apart. After the first treatment, participants will have follow-up visits at weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, and every 12 weeks after that, if necessary, until 12 weeks after the drug becomes commercially available. Visits may be scheduled more often if a problem arises. During the follow-up visits, patients will have blood drawn, and their blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature will be checked. They will also report any drug side effects they have experienced.
Patients may continue to take Fuzeon as long as they benefit from therapy and do not experience severe side effects from the treatment. The drug will be provided to participants until 12 weeks after it is sold in the United States.
Read the detailed description
Over the last few years, an unprecedented decrease in the mortality and morbidity associated with AIDS has been achieved attributed to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) which consists of three different classes of drugs: Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), protease inhibitors (PIs), and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). However, the durability of viral suppression is often limited by treatment with combinations of non-fully suppressive antiretroviral agents. Heavily pretreated patients often possess multiple mutations of the reverse transcriptase and protease genes resulting in multi-drug resistance. Thus, a pharmacological agent effective at an alternate point in the virus replication cycle would make a valuable addition to the anti-HIV armamentarium. T-20, enfuvirtide, is the first drug to be developed which specifically inhibits the function of the gp41 transmembrane glycoprotein of HIV-1. The objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of Fuzeon (Enfuvirtide) in patients who are limited by the current commercially available antiretroviral agents or agents available via early access or compassionate use programs as per the judgment of the investigator or patients with advanced disease and most in need of therapy. This study is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm, safety study. Each patient will receive enfuvirtide 90 mg (deliverable dose) via subcutaneous injection twice daily with food, in combination additional antiretroviral agents. Subjects will continue to receive enfuvirtide until 12 weeks after commercial availability of enfuvirtide in the United States. Laboratory testing, CD4+lymphocyte counts, HIV-1 viral loads will be monitored on a regular and continual basis. The main outcome measures are ones of safety and tolerability: serious adverse events (including all deaths, serious AIDS defining events, and discontinuations for any reason), injection reconstitution fatigue.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections
- Being tested
- Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion Inhibitor
- Keywords
- Antiretrovial Therapy, Salvage, CD4+Lymphocyte Count, HIV-1 RNA Level, Subcutaneous Injection
- Medical subject headings
- HIV Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion InhibitorDrug
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Dec 2002 (estimated)
- Study startNov 2002
- Study completionNov 2003
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for HIV InfectionsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)The sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Enrolment
- 5 participants
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00050856
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 030056
- Other IDs
- 03-I-0056
- Status last verified
- Nov 2003
- First submitted
- 23 Dec 2002
- Last updated
- 4 Mar 2008
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Palella FJ Jr, Delaney KM, Moorman AC, Loveless MO, Fuhrer J, Satten GA, Aschman DJ, Holmberg SD. Declining morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. HIV Outpatient Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 1998 Mar 26;338(13):853-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199803263381301.
PubMed 9516219Mitsuya H, Yarchoan R, Broder S. Molecular targets for AIDS therapy. Science. 1990 Sep 28;249(4976):1533-44. doi: 10.1126/science.1699273.
PubMed 1699273Durant J, Clevenbergh P, Halfon P, Delgiudice P, Porsin S, Simonet P, Montagne N, Boucher CA, Schapiro JM, Dellamonica P. Drug-resistance genotyping in HIV-1 therapy: the VIRADAPT randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 1999 Jun 26;353(9171):2195-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)12291-2.
PubMed 10392984
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Mar 2008. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multicenter, Open-Label, Early Acces Program of Fuzeon (Enfuvirtide T-20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor) in Combination With Free Choice Antiretroviral Regimen to Assess Serious Adverse Events, Serious AIDS-Defining Events, and Tolerability in Patient
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00050856
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 030056
- Conditions
- HIV Infections
- Keywords
- Antiretrovial Therapy, Salvage, CD4+Lymphocyte Count, HIV-1 RNA Level, Subcutaneous Injection
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 5 participants
- Lead sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- Nov 2002
- Study completion
- Nov 2003
- First posted
- 24 Dec 2002 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will determine the safety and tolerability of Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) used together with other treatments for HIV infection in patients with advanced HIV disease. Fuzeon is an antiretroviral drug. Unlike other antiretrovirals, however, which work against the virus once it is already in the cell, Fuzeon prevents the virus from getting into healthy cells.
Patients 18 years of age and older with advanced HIV-1 infection, who do not respond to approved antiretroviral therapy, may be eligible for this study. Candidates must have a CD4 lymphocyte count less than 100 cells/mm3 and a viral load greater than 10,000 copies/mL. They will be screened with a medical history, physical examination, and blood tests, and may also have an electrocardiogram (ECG), chest x-ray and urine test.
Patients enrolled in the study will be re-examined and have additional blood tests before beginning treatment with Fuzeon. They will then be taught how to self-inject the medicine under the skin and will take two doses daily (less than 1/4 teaspoon each), 12 hours apart. After the first treatment, participants will have follow-up visits at weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, and every 12 weeks after that, if necessary, until 12 weeks after the drug becomes commercially available. Visits may be scheduled more often if a problem arises. During the follow-up visits, patients will have blood drawn, and their blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature will be checked. They will also report any drug side effects they have experienced.
Patients may continue to take Fuzeon as long as they benefit from therapy and do not experience severe side effects from the treatment. The drug will be provided to participants until 12 weeks after it is sold in the United States.
Detailed description
Over the last few years, an unprecedented decrease in the mortality and morbidity associated with AIDS has been achieved attributed to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) which consists of three different classes of drugs: Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), protease inhibitors (PIs), and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). However, the durability of viral suppression is often limited by treatment with combinations of non-fully suppressive antiretroviral agents. Heavily pretreated patients often possess multiple mutations of the reverse transcriptase and protease genes resulting in multi-drug resistance. Thus, a pharmacological agent effective at an alternate point in the virus replication cycle would make a valuable addition to the anti-HIV armamentarium. T-20, enfuvirtide, is the first drug to be developed which specifically inhibits the function of the gp41 transmembrane glycoprotein of HIV-1. The objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of Fuzeon (Enfuvirtide) in patients who are limited by the current commercially available antiretroviral agents or agents available via early access or compassionate use programs as per the judgment of the investigator or patients with advanced disease and most in need of therapy. This study is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm, safety study. Each patient will receive enfuvirtide 90 mg (deliverable dose) via subcutaneous injection twice daily with food, in combination additional antiretroviral agents. Subjects will continue to receive enfuvirtide until 12 weeks after commercial availability of enfuvirtide in the United States. Laboratory testing, CD4+lymphocyte counts, HIV-1 viral loads will be monitored on a regular and continual basis. The main outcome measures are ones of safety and tolerability: serious adverse events (including all deaths, serious AIDS defining events, and discontinuations for any reason), injection reconstitution fatigue.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Male and female HIV-1 infected adults or adolescents (greater than or equal to 16 years of age).
- CD4 lymphocyte count less than or equal to 100 cells/mm(3) and HIV-1 RNA viral load greater than or equal to 10,000 copies/mL while on HAART (latest available measurement must be within the last 90 days).
- Patients must be limited by the current commercially available antiretroviral agents or agents available via Early Access or Compassionate Use Programs as per the judgment of the investigator OR patients with advanced disease and most in need defined as prior documented drug resistance or have documented evidence of greater than 6 months prior experience to each of the three classes of ARV's.
- Patients must be able and willing to provide written informed consent (for patients less than 18 years of age, a parent or legal guardian must also sign the Informed Consent Form).
- Women of childbearing potential must have a documented negative pregnancy test at baseline and ensure that two reliable forms of contraception are being used, including a barrier method, for the duration of the study, and for 90 days after the last dose of study medication.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible for participation in this trial:
- Female patients who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or who plan to become pregnant or breast-feed during the study.
- Any current clinical or laboratory parameter of ACTG grade 4. Asymptomatic grade 4 abnormalities will be permitted, at the discretion of the investigator, if the potential benefit of treatment outweighs the potential risk.
- Evidence of ongoing alcohol and/or drug or substance abuse that, in the judgment of the investigator, would result in the patient being unreliable in fulfilling the conditions of this protocol.
- Prior non-adherence to antiretroviral treatment regimens that, in the judgment of the investigator, resulted in the patient's failing prior regimens and which would likely result in the patient being unreliable in fulfilling the conditions of this protocol.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion Inhibitor | Drug | – |
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Mar 2008.
- Background: PubMed 9516219Palella FJ Jr, Delaney KM, Moorman AC, Loveless MO, Fuhrer J, Satten GA, Aschman DJ, Holmberg SD. Declining morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. HIV Outpatient Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 1998 Mar 26;338(13):853-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199803263381301.
- Background: PubMed 1699273Mitsuya H, Yarchoan R, Broder S. Molecular targets for AIDS therapy. Science. 1990 Sep 28;249(4976):1533-44. doi: 10.1126/science.1699273.
- Background: PubMed 10392984Durant J, Clevenbergh P, Halfon P, Delgiudice P, Porsin S, Simonet P, Montagne N, Boucher CA, Schapiro JM, Dellamonica P. Drug-resistance genotyping in HIV-1 therapy: the VIRADAPT randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 1999 Jun 26;353(9171):2195-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)12291-2.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing Enfuvirtide T/20/Ro 29,9800, HIV-1 Infusion Inhibitor in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00050856, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
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AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Mar 2008.