Atazanavir Used in Combination With Other Anti-HIV Drugs in HIV-Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Summary

The purpose of this study was to find a safe and tolerable dose of the protease inhibitor (PI) atazanavir (ATV), with or without a low-dose boost of the PI ritonavir (RTV), when taken with other anti-HIV drugs in HIV infected infants, children, and adolescents. Advancements in anti-HIV drugs for HIV infected children and adolescents have been hard to make, in part because these patients often do not take the drugs as prescribed. ATV may be a better option because it is available in the form of powder which children and adolescents may be more willing to take regularly. Using a low dose of RTV as a boosting agent for ATV may also increase the chances of virologic response of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART)-experienced patients. This study aimed to find safe and tolerable doses of ATV with or without low-dose RTV boost in infants, children, and adolescents. For this study, participants were enrolled in the United States and South Africa.

Timeline

Start

2000-11

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2014-09

Publications

• Background Rutstein RM, Samson P, Fenton T, Fletcher CV, Kiser JJ, Mofenson LM, Smith E, Graham B, Mathew M, Aldrovani G; PACTG 1020A Study Team. Long-term safety and efficacy of atazanavir-based therapy in HIV-infected infants, children and adolescents: the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 1020A. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Feb;34(2):162-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000538.
• Background Kiser JJ, Rutstein RM, Samson P, Graham B, Aldrovandi G, Mofenson LM, Smith E, Schnittman S, Fenton T, Brundage RC, Fletcher CV. Atazanavir and atazanavir/ritonavir pharmacokinetics in HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents. AIDS. 2011 Jul 31;25(12):1489-96. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328348fc41.
• Background Aldrovandi G, Samson P, Fenton T, Schnittman S, Rutstein R, Ortiz A and the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial 1020A Group. Resistance to Atazanavir (ATV), Lopinavir (LPV), Tenofovir (TFV) Among Heavily Experienced Pediatric Patients. 12th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Toulon, France, June 2002.
• Background Aldrovandi G, Samson P, Fenton T, Schnittman S, and Rutstein R for the P1020A Team. Genotypic and phenotypic resistance to BMS232632 (Atazanavir-ATV), among heavily experienced pediatric patients who were ATV-naïve. 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 24 - 28, 2002, Seattle, WA.
• Background Kiser J, Rutstein R, Aldrovandi G, Samson P, Graham B, Schnittman S, Smith M, Mofenson L, Fletcher C, and the PACTG 1020A Study Team. Pharmacokinetics of atazanavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents: PACTG 1020A. 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, February 2005.
• Background Kiser J, Rutstein R, Samson P, Graham B, Aldrovandi G, Mofenson L, Smith E, Zhang J, Biguenet S, Fletcher C, and the P1020A team. Atazanavir dosing conversion and pharmacokinetics in HIV-infected children switching from atazanavir powder to capsules. 12 th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV Therapy, Miami, Florida, April 2011.
• Background Meyers T, Rutstein R, Samson P, Violari A, Palmer M, Kiser J, Fletcher C, Fenton T, Mofenson L, Graham B, Schnittman S, Horga M, Aldrovandi G, for the PACTG 1020A Study. Treatment responses to atazanavir-containing HAART in a drug-naïve pediatric population in South Africa. 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, February 2008.
• Background Rutstein R, Samson P, Aldrovandi G, Graham B, Schnittman S, Fletcher C, Kiser J, Smith E, Mofenson L, Fenton T, and the PACTG 1020A Study Team. Effect of atazanavir on serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels in HIV-infected infants, children, and adolescents: PACTG 1020A. 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, February 2005.
• Background Rutstein R, Samson P, Fenton T, Kiser J, Fletcher C, Schnittman S, Mofenson L, Smith E, Graham B, Aldrovandi G, PACTG 1020A Study. The NIH PACTG Protocol 1020A: ATAZANAVIR (ATV), +/- RITONAVIR in HIV-Infected Infants, Children and Adolescents. Presented at the 14th Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infection (CROI), Los Angeles, CA, February, 2007.
• Background Samson P, Rutstein R, Schnittman S, Ortiz A, Graham B, Fenton T, Aldrovandi G and the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group P1020A Study Team. Effects of Antiretroviral (ARV) Exposure and Genotypic (Geno) Mutations in Predicting Phenotypic Resistance (PRS) to Atazanavir (ATV), Lopinavir (LPV), and Tenofovir (TDF) in Patients Naïve to these Drugs. 13th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Toulon, France, June 2004.
• Background Samson P, Rutstein R, Fenton T, Kiser J, Fletcher C, Schnittman S, Mofenson L, Smith E, Graham B, Aldrovandi G, and the PACTG 1020A Study Team. Changes in cholesterol and triglyceride levels among pediatric subjects treated with atazanavir, with or without ritonavir boosting: the 1020A NIH PACTG protocol. 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Denver, CO, February 2006.

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