Combination Treatment With and Without Protease Inhibitors for Women Who Begin Therapy for HIV Infection During Pregnancy

Summary

The best anti-HIV treatment regimen for pregnant women is not known. Protease inhibitors (PIs) are often used, but they have side effects that may be harmful for pregnant women. It is not known if treatment regimens that do not include PIs are as effective in pregnant women as those that include PIs. This trial will compare two anti-HIV treatment plans, one with and one without PIs, in women who start HIV treatment during pregnancy. The study will evaluate the effects of the anti-HIV drugs on the developing infant and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission during pregnancy.

Timeline

Start

2002-05

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-03

Publications

• Background Loutfy MR, Walmsley SL. Treatment of HIV infection in pregnant women: antiretroviral management options. Drugs. 2004;64(5):471-88. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200464050-00002.
• Background Moodley J, Moodley D. Management of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2005 Apr;19(2):169-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.10.007. Epub 2004 Dec 15.
• Results Hitti J, Frenkel LM, Stek AM, Nachman SA, Baker D, Gonzalez-Garcia A, Provisor A, Thorpe EM, Paul ME, Foca M, Gandia J, Huang S, Wei LJ, Stevens LM, Watts DH, McNamara J; PACTG 1022 Study Team. Maternal toxicity with continuous nevirapine in pregnancy: results from PACTG 1022. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Jul 1;36(3):772-6. doi: 10.1097/00126334-200407010-00002.
• Results Capparelli EV, Aweeka F, Hitti J, Stek A, Hu C, Burchett SK, Best B, Smith E, Read JS, Watts H, Nachman S, Thorpe EM Jr, Spector SA, Jimenez E, Shearer WT, Foca M, Mirochnick M; PACTG 1026S Study Team; PACTG P1022 Study Team. Chronic administration of nevirapine during pregnancy: impact of pregnancy on pharmacokinetics. HIV Med. 2008 Apr;9(4):214-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00553.x.

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