Dolutegravir Plus Lamivudine Dual Therapy in Treatment Naïve HIV-1 Patients

Summary

This study was done to see if the combination of two anti-HIV medicines, dolutegravir (DTG, Tivicay) and lamivudine (3TC, Epivir) taken once a day, provide a safe, effective, and well-tolerated treatment for HIV. DTG is a type of HIV medicine called an integrase inhibitor; 3TC is a type of HIV medicine called a reverse transcriptase inhibitor. DTG works by blocking integrase and 3TC works by blocking reverse transcriptase, two HIV proteins (enzymes). This prevents HIV from multiplying and lowers the viral load (amount of HIV in the blood). Both DTG and 3TC are currently part of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended regimens along with a third active drug. Since some HIV medicines have side effects and are costly, there is interest in whether HIV can be successfully controlled with fewer than three HIV drugs.

Timeline

Start

2015-12-08

Primary completion

2017-02-28

Completion

2017-09-26

Publications

• Nyaku AN, Zheng L, Gulick RM, Olefsky M, Berzins B, Wallis CL, Godfrey C, Sax PE, Acosta EP, Haas DW, Smith KY, Sha BE, Van Dam CN, Taiwo BO; ACTG A5353 Study Team. Dolutegravir plus lamivudine for initial treatment of HIV-1-infected participants with HIV-1 RNA <500 000 copies/mL: week 48 outcomes from ACTG 5353. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 May 1;74(5):1376-1380. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky564.
• Taiwo BO, Zheng L, Stefanescu A, Nyaku A, Bezins B, Wallis CL, Godfrey C, Sax PE, Acosta E, Haas D, Smith KY, Sha B, Van Dam C, Gulick RM. ACTG A5353: A Pilot Study of Dolutegravir Plus Lamivudine for Initial Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1)-infected Participants With HIV-1 RNA <500000 Copies/mL. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 May 17;66(11):1689-1697. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix1083.

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