Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide as Salvage ART

Summary

Background: HIV attacks the immune system. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a combination of drugs used for treating HIV infection. For some people, ART drugs stop working against their HIV. Researchers want to see if a different form of the drug tenofovir (an ART drug currently approved by the FDA), combined with another drug, may help people whose HIV is resistant to ART. This combination pill is called F/TAF Objective: To study the safety and efficacy of the drug F/TAF, when used with other ART, for people whose HIV infection has been hard to control with available medicines. Eligibility: People age 14 years and older who have HIV infection and are enrolled in the DOTCOM (14-I-0009) protocol. Design: Participants will be screened with physical exam, medical history, and blood and urine tests. Participants will stay in the hospital for at least 10 days. For the first 9 days, they will take F/TAF by mouth along with their usual ART drugs. In the hospital, they will repeat the screening tests. Participants will have a DEXA scan, an x-ray that measures calcium and other minerals in the bones. Participants will lie on a soft table while the scanner passes over the lower spine and hips. Participants will get a supply of F/TAF and some new ART drugs to take at home. Participants will have follow-up visits in 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. After the 12-week visit, they will come back about every 3 months for about 1 year. At these visits, participants will repeat the screening tests. They will discuss any problems taking their ART drugs. They may have another DEXA scan.

Timeline

Start

2015-09-16

Primary completion

2016-08-16

Completion

2016-08-16

Publications

• Background Dombrowski JC, Kitahata MM, Van Rompaey SE, Crane HM, Mugavero MJ, Eron JJ, Boswell SL, Rodriguez B, Mathews WC, Martin JN, Moore RD, Golden MR. High levels of antiretroviral use and viral suppression among persons in HIV care in the United States, 2010. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jul 1;63(3):299-306. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182945bc7.
• Background Deeks SG, Gange SJ, Kitahata MM, Saag MS, Justice AC, Hogg RS, Eron JJ, Brooks JT, Rourke SB, Gill MJ, Bosch RJ, Benson CA, Collier AC, Martin JN, Klein MB, Jacobson LP, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Kirk GD, Napravnik S, Rachlis AR, Calzavara LM, Horberg MA, Silverberg MJ, Gebo KA, Kushel MB, Goedert JJ, McKaig RG, Moore RD. Trends in multidrug treatment failure and subsequent mortality among antiretroviral therapy-experienced patients with HIV infection in North America. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 15;49(10):1582-90. doi: 10.1086/644768.
• Background Ezinga M, Wetzels JF, Bosch ME, van der Ven AJ, Burger DM. Long-term treatment with tenofovir: prevalence of kidney tubular dysfunction and its association with tenofovir plasma concentration. Antivir Ther. 2014;19(8):765-71. doi: 10.3851/IMP2761. Epub 2014 Feb 28.

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