Nevirapine Plus Zidovudine to Prevent Perinatal HIV in Thailand

Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a single dose of the drug nevirapine (NVP) given to pregnant women at onset of labor and to their infant 48-72 hours after birth in addition to standard oral zidovudine (ZDV or AZT) prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

Timeline

Start

2001-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-06

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper in the nevirapine-nevirapine group and 6.3 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 3.8 to 8.9) in the placebo-placebo group (P<0.001). PMID 15247338 ↗

Publications

• Background Cressey TR, Jourdain G, Lallemant MJ, Kunkeaw S, Jackson JB, Musoke P, Capparelli E, Mirochnick M. Persistence of nevirapine exposure during the postpartum period after intrapartum single-dose nevirapine in addition to zidovudine prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Mar 1;38(3):283-8.
• Background Jourdain G, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Le Coeur S, Bowonwatanuwong C, Kantipong P, Leechanachai P, Ariyadej S, Leenasirimakul P, Hammer S, Lallemant M; Perinatal HIV Prevention Trial Group. Intrapartum exposure to nevirapine and subsequent maternal responses to nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jul 15;351(3):229-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa041305. Epub 2004 Jul 9.
• Results Lallemant M, Jourdain G, Le Coeur S, Mary JY, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Koetsawang S, Kanshana S, McIntosh K, Thaineua V; Perinatal HIV Prevention Trial (Thailand) Investigators. Single-dose perinatal nevirapine plus standard zidovudine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Thailand. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jul 15;351(3):217-28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa033500. Epub 2004 Jul 9.
• Sripan P, Le Coeur S, Amzal B, Ingsrisawang L, Traisathit P, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, McIntosh K, Cressey TR, Sangsawang S, Rawangban B, Kanjanavikai P, Treluyer JM, Jourdain G, Lallemant M, Urien S. Modeling of In-Utero and Intra-Partum Transmissions to Evaluate the Efficacy of Interventions for the Prevention of Perinatal HIV. PLoS One. 2015 May 19;10(5):e0126647. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126647. eCollection 2015.
• Van Dyke RB, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Shapiro DE, Frenkel L, Britto P, Roongpisuthipong A, Beck IA, Yuthavisuthi P, Prommas S, Puthanakit T, Achalapong J, Chotivanich N, Rasri W, Cressey TR, Maupin R, Mirochnick M, Jourdain G; IMPAACT P1032 Protocol Team. A comparison of 3 regimens to prevent nevirapine resistance mutations in HIV-infected pregnant women receiving a single intrapartum dose of nevirapine. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jan 15;54(2):285-93. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir798. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

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