Comparison of Treatment Simplification by LPV/r vs Current Treatment Continuation in HIV-Infected Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and tolerance of a treatment simplification by a Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy versus continuation of current treatment in HIV-infected patients

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2008-01

Completion

2008-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy did not achieve non-inferiority versus cART for maintaining plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL. PMID 20843990 ↗

Publications

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• Background Yeni PG, Hammer SM, Hirsch MS, Saag MS, Schechter M, Carpenter CC, Fischl MA, Gatell JM, Gazzard BG, Jacobsen DM, Katzenstein DA, Montaner JS, Richman DD, Schooley RT, Thompson MA, Vella S, Volberding PA. Treatment for adult HIV infection: 2004 recommendations of the International AIDS Society-USA Panel. JAMA. 2004 Jul 14;292(2):251-65. doi: 10.1001/jama.292.2.251.
• Background Bartlett JA, DeMasi R, Quinn J, Moxham C, Rousseau F. Overview of the effectiveness of triple combination therapy in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1 infected adults. AIDS. 2001 Jul 27;15(11):1369-77. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200107270-00006.
• Background 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.
• Background Murphy R, Gazzard B. Antiretroviral treatment guidelines. AIDS. 2003 Jun;17 Suppl 2:S1. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200306002-00001. No abstract available.
• Background Bucher HC, Kofler A, Nuesch R, Young J, Battegay M, Opravil M. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of simplified versus continued protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected patients. AIDS. 2003 Nov 21;17(17):2451-9. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200311210-00007.
• Background Drechsler H, Powderly WG. Switching effective antiretroviral therapy: a review. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Nov 15;35(10):1219-30. doi: 10.1086/343050. Epub 2002 Oct 21.
• Background Martinez E, Conget I, Lozano L, Casamitjana R, Gatell JM. Reversion of metabolic abnormalities after switching from HIV-1 protease inhibitors to nevirapine. AIDS. 1999 May 7;13(7):805-10. doi: 10.1097/00002030-199905070-00009.
• Background Moyle G, Baldwin C, Mandalia S, Comitis S, Burn P, Gazzard B. Changes in metabolic parameters and body shape after replacement of protease inhibitor With efavirenz in virologically controlled HIV-1-positive persons: single-arm observational cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Dec 1;28(4):399-401. doi: 10.1097/00126334-200112010-00016. No abstract available.
• Lambert-Niclot S, Grude M, Meynard JL, Marcelin AG, Valantin MA, Flandre P, Izopet J, Moinot L, Bouteloup V, Calvez V, Katlama C, Girard PM, Morand-Joubert L. Ultrasensitive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load as a Marker of Treatment Choice for Simplification Strategies. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 28;67(12):1883-1889. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy382.
• Meynard JL, Bouteloup V, Landman R, Bonnard P, Baillat V, Cabie A, Kolta S, Izopet J, Taburet AM, Mercie P, Chene G, Girard PM; KALESOLO Study Group. Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy versus current treatment continuation for maintenance therapy of HIV-1 infection: the KALESOLO trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2010 Nov;65(11):2436-44. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq327. Epub 2010 Sep 15.

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