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HIV-1 InfectionPhase 3NCT01511809

Efficacy of Atazanavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Maintenance in Patients With Viral Suppression

A Phase 3 study testing Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy in people with HIV-1 Infection, run by IRCCS San Raffaele at 1 site in Italy.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The study will assess whether Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy provides a non-inferior proportion of virological efficacy with respect to ATV/RTV + 2 NRTIs in patients with stable suppressed viremia and no prior virologic failures. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
HIV-1 Infection
What is being tested?
Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
117 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
Sep 2010to May 2015
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 18 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • HIV infected patients
  • age > 18 years
  • On treatment with ATV/r plus 2 NRTIs for at least 48 weeks
  • Virological suppression (HIV-RNA<50 c/ml) by at least 24 weeks with ATV/r plus 2 NRTIs
  • No virologic failure after the initiation of the first antiretroviral therapy. Previous treatment changes due to toxicity or treatment simplifications will be permitted only if occurred with documented virological suppression.
  • CD4 cells nadir >100 cells/µL
  • PPI and H2-receptor antagonists as follows: the proton-pump inhibitors should not be used; if H2-receptor antagonists are co-administered, a dose equivalent to famotidine 20 mg BID should not be exceeded.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnancy and breast feeding women
  • AIDS defining events
  • Evidence of active HBV infection (HBsAg positive)
  • Previous virological failure
  • History of resistance to ATV
  • Use of contraindicated medications

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Italy1 site
  • Infectious Diseases Department Fondazione Centro San Raffaele

    Milan, Lombardy, 20127

Other trials in Italy

About this study

Official title: Efficacy of Atazanavir / Ritonavir Monotherapy as Maintenance in Patients With Viral Suppression. Randomized, Open Label Non Inferiority Trial. A Phase 3 Study.

The study will assess whether Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy provides a non-inferior proportion of virological efficacy with respect to ATV/RTV + 2 NRTIs in patients with stable suppressed viremia and no prior virologic failures.

Read the detailed description

This is a randomised (1:1), multicentre, comparative, parallel-group, prospective, open label, non-inferiority controlled clinical trial.

Enrolled patients, taking an ATV/r based HAART and with stable HIV-RNA < 50c/ml (24 weeks), will be randomized to:

  • continue the same regimen ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD plus 2 NRTIs (according to the specific dosing schedule) as backbone (HAART arm) with ATV/r
  • or simplify therapy to ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD as monotherapy (Monotherapy arm) with ATV/r The study follow up will be 96 weeks after randomization and primary objective will be evaluated at week 48.

Patients will be followed every 4 weeks for the first 16 weeks, and then every 8 weeks until week 48, then every 12 weeks until week 96 or discontinuation ; at each visit the following evaluations will be performed:

  • clinical assessment.
  • routine laboratory tests (hematological tests and hematochemistry) including creatinine, phosphorus, calcium, alkaline phosphatase, gammaGT; urine analysis, lipid profile, level of HIV-RNA and CD4 cell counts.

During follow-up, at randomization, week 48, week 96 or discontinuation, patients will additionally undergo:

  • Fat redistribution evaluation by DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
  • Vertebral and femoral bone mineral density evaluation by DEXA.
  • ECG;
  • Glicate haemoglobin.
  • Adherence assessment (questionnaire and/or pills counts).
  • Neurocognitive evaluation [HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs) evaluated by validated neuropsychological tests].

In case of viral rebound (defined as 2 consecutive measurement of HIV-RNA > 50 c/ml) patients will be immediately contacted in order to perform genotypic tests. Furthermore a plasma PK analysis will also be performed. Any patients with virological rebound will be selected for a reintensification therapy with NRTIs and if not suppressed after 12 weeks they will be discontinued.

Conditions
HIV-1 Infection
Being tested
Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
Keywords
HIV-1

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapyDrug

    Also called ATV/r monotherapy

    Monotherapy Simplification Strategy with Atazanavir/ritonavir 300/100 mg once daily for 96 weeks.

Study groups in NCT01511809
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapyExperimentalPatients will simplify therapy to ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD as monotherapy
Receives: Drug: Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
Atazanavir/ritonavir triple therapyNo interventionPatients will continue the same regimen ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD plus 2 NRTIs as backbone

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Proportion of Patients With Treatment Failure (TF)

    Proportion of patients with treatment failure defined as having one of the following events: confirmed viral rebound (CVR) or treatment discontinuation for any cause. CVR was established when 2 consecutive viral load values (HIV-1 RNA)>50 copies/mL occurred within 2 weeks during follow-up. In case of CVR, patients treated with atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy had to re-introduce their previous 2NRTIs (re-intensification) and, if not suppressed (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies /ml) after 12 weeks, discontinued from the study. Re-intensification was considered as treatment failure in the primary analysis conducted according to the intention-to-treat principle (intention-to-treat analysis with re-intensification equal failure, ITT=Failure) while it was not in the secondary analysis (intention-to-treat analysis with re-intensification equal success, ITT=Success).

    Measured: Up to week 48

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Efficacy and Safety

    Proportion of pts with confirmed virological and treatment failure at w96. Change in CD4 cell counts.

    Occurrence of viral resistance to atazanavir in pts with confirmed virologic failure.

    Proportion of pts with adverse events, with ≥grade 2 adverse events or abnormal laboratory tests, proportion of pts with side effects leading to discontinuation.

    Body fat redistribution and vertebral and femoral bone mineral density. Adherence changes; changes in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Difference in levels of activated Tcells and pro-inflammatory cytokines between treatment groups.

    Measured: week 96

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jan 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2010
  3. Primary completionJul 2013
  4. Study completionMay 2015

Resources

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
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
117 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01511809
Sponsor's protocol ID
MODAt
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
13 Jan 2012
Last updated
9 Feb 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Delfraissy JF, Flandre P, Delaugerre C, Ghosn J, Horban A, Girard PM, Norton M, Rouzioux C, Taburet AM, Cohen-Codar I, Van PN, Chauvin JP. Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy or plus zidovudine and lamivudine in antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients. AIDS. 2008 Jan 30;22(3):385-93. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f3f16d.

    PubMed 18195565
  • Cameron DW, da Silva BA, Arribas JR, Myers RA, Bellos NC, Gilmore N, King MS, Bernstein BM, Brun SC, Hanna GJ. A 96-week comparison of lopinavir-ritonavir combination therapy followed by lopinavir-ritonavir monotherapy versus efavirenz combination therapy. J Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;198(2):234-40. doi: 10.1086/589622.

    PubMed 18540803
  • Pulido F, Arribas JR, Delgado R, Cabrero E, Gonzalez-Garcia J, Perez-Elias MJ, Arranz A, Portilla J, Pasquau J, Iribarren JA, Rubio R, Norton M; OK04 Study Group. Lopinavir-ritonavir monotherapy versus lopinavir-ritonavir and two nucleosides for maintenance therapy of HIV. AIDS. 2008 Jan 11;22(2):F1-9. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f4243b.

    PubMed 18097218
  • Arribas JR, Delgado R, Arranz A, Munoz R, Portilla J, Pasquau J, Perez-Elias MJ, Iribarren JA, Rubio R, Ocampo A, Sanchez-Conde M, Knobel H, Arazo P, Sanz J, Lopez-Aldeguer J, Montes ML, Pulido F; OK04 Study Group. Lopinavir-ritonavir monotherapy versus lopinavir-ritonavir and 2 nucleosides for maintenance therapy of HIV: 96-week analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Jun 1;51(2):147-52. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a56de5.

    PubMed 19349870
  • Arribas JR, Horban A, Gerstoft J, Fatkenheuer G, Nelson M, Clumeck N, Pulido F, Hill A, van Delft Y, Stark T, Moecklinghoff C. The MONET trial: darunavir/ritonavir with or without nucleoside analogues, for patients with HIV RNA below 50 copies/ml. AIDS. 2010 Jan 16;24(2):223-30. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283348944.

    PubMed 20010070
  • Katlama C, Valantin MA, Algarte-Genin M, Duvivier C, Lambert-Niclot S, Girard PM, Molina JM, Hoen B, Pakianather S, Peytavin G, Marcelin AG, Flandre P. Efficacy of darunavir/ritonavir maintenance monotherapy in patients with HIV-1 viral suppression: a randomized open-label, noninferiority trial, MONOI-ANRS 136. AIDS. 2010 Sep 24;24(15):2365-74. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833dec20.

    PubMed 20802297
  • Swindells S, DiRienzo AG, Wilkin T, Fletcher CV, Margolis DM, Thal GD, Godfrey C, Bastow B, Ray MG, Wang H, Coombs RW, McKinnon J, Mellors JW; AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5201 Study Team. Regimen simplification to atazanavir-ritonavir alone as maintenance antiretroviral therapy after sustained virologic suppression. JAMA. 2006 Aug 16;296(7):806-14. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.7.806.

    PubMed 16905786
  • Karlstrom O, Josephson F, Sonnerborg A. Early virologic rebound in a pilot trial of ritonavir-boosted atazanavir as maintenance monotherapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Apr 1;44(4):417-22. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31802e2940.

    PubMed 17159658
  • Wilkin TJ, McKinnon JE, DiRienzo AG, Mollan K, Fletcher CV, Margolis DM, Bastow B, Thal G, Woodward W, Godfrey C, Wiegand A, Maldarelli F, Palmer S, Coffin JM, Mellors JW, Swindells S. Regimen simplification to atazanavir-ritonavir alone as maintenance antiretroviral therapy: final 48-week clinical and virologic outcomes. J Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 15;199(6):866-71. doi: 10.1086/597119.

    PubMed 19191590
  • Vernazza P, Daneel S, Schiffer V, Decosterd L, Fierz W, Klimkait T, Hoffmann M, Hirschel B. The role of compartment penetration in PI-monotherapy: the Atazanavir-Ritonavir Monomaintenance (ATARITMO) Trial. AIDS. 2007 Jun 19;21(10):1309-15. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32814e6b1c.

    PubMed 17545707

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy in people with HIV-1 Infection, run by IRCCS San Raffaele at 1 site in Italy.

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 7 inclusion and 6 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 9 Feb 2024. 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 Italy. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 24 Nov 2014). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Proportion of Patients With Treatment Failure (TF) (time frame: Up to week 48). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01511809, which also lists 10 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.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Feb 2024.

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