Vicriviroc in HIV-Treatment Experienced Subjects (Study P04405AM5)

Summary

Vicriviroc (vye-kri-VYE-rock) is an investigational drug (not yet approved by Government Regulatory Authorities for commercial use) that belongs to a new class of drugs, called CCR5 receptor blockers. This group of drugs blocks one of the ways HIV enters T-cells (the cells that fight infection). Previous smaller studies in HIV treatment-experienced patients, have shown that vicriviroc is safe and effective. The purpose of this study is to confirm the previous findings in a larger phase 3 study over a 48-week period, and show that when taken in combination with other appropriate HIV drugs, vicriviroc can decrease the level of HIV (viral load) in the blood and that it is well tolerated.

Timeline

Start

2007-07

Primary completion

2009-06

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Caseiro MM, Nelson M, Diaz RS, Gathe J, de Andrade Neto JL, Slim J, Solano A, Netto EM, Mak C, Shen J, Greaves W, Dunkle LM, Vilchez RA, Zeinecker J. Vicriviroc plus optimized background therapy for treatment-experienced subjects with CCR5 HIV-1 infection: final results of two randomized phase III trials. J Infect. 2012 Oct;65(4):326-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.05.008. Epub 2012 May 24.

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