TOTEM: Switch From Other Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) to Once Daily Truvada

Summary

This study looked at lipid changes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected patients when the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in their existing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen were switched to Truvada® (a fixed dose combination tablet of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 200 mg/300 mg \[FTC/TDF\]). Subjects continued their nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) or protease inhibitor (PI) at the same dose.

Timeline

Start

2005-09

Primary completion

2007-07

Completion

2008-03

Publications

• Valantin MA, Bittar R, de Truchis P, Bollens D, Slama L, Giral P, Bonnefont-Rousselot D, Petour P, Aubron-Olivier C, Costagliola D, Katlama C; TOTEM trial group. Switching the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate + emtricitabine promptly improves triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in dyslipidaemic patients. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2010 Mar;65(3):556-61. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkp462. Epub 2010 Jan 6.

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