A Phase I Pharmacokinetics and Safety Study of Two Dapivirine Intravaginal Gels

Summary

IPM 012 is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase I study conducted at one research center in Belgium among 36 healthy, HIV-negative women of 18-40 years of age, randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to assess plasma, vaginal fluid and vaginal tissue levels and the pharmacokinetics of dapivirine when applying either Dapivirine Gel 4750, 0.05%, 2.5g or Dapivirine Gel 4789, 0.05%, 2.5g intravaginally for 11 days (1 day followed by a 3 day washout period and then 10 consecutive days); and to assess the safety of these gels as compared to the intravaginal HEC-based universal placebo gel.

Timeline

Start

2007-11

Primary completion

2008-03

Completion

2008-03

Publications

• Results Nel A, Smythe S, Habibi S, Romano J. 2009. Comparison of Safety and PK of Two Formulations of Dapivirine Vaginal Gel in Healthy, HIV-Negative Women [abstract]. 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; 2009 Feb 8-11; Montreal. Available from: http://www.retroconference.org/2009/PDFs/1065.pdf

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