A Randomised Trial to Evaluate the Antiviral Efficacy and Safety of Treatment With 500 mg Tipranavir (TPV) Plus 100 mg or 200 mg Ritonavir (RTV) p.o. BID in Comparison to 400 mg Lopinavir (LPV) Plus 100 mg RTV p.o. BID in Combination With Standard B

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Evaluation of safety and efficacy of Tipranavir (TPV) boosted with Ritonavir (RTV) versus an active control arm (Lopinavir / RTV) in antiretroviral (ARV) therapy naïve HIV-1 infected patients

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Antiviral Agents; Lopinavir; Ritonavir; Tipranavir

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Signed informed consent prior to trial participation.

2. HIV-1 infected males or females >= 18 years of age.

3. No previous ARV therapy.

4. Any CD4+ T lymphocyte count < 500 cells / µl.

5. HIV-1 viral load >= 5000 copies/mL at screening.

6. Screening laboratory values that indicate adequate baseline organ function.

7. A prior AIDS defining event is acceptable as long as it has resolved or the subject has been on stable treatment (e.g. opportunistic infection; no ARV) for at least 2 weeks before screening

Exclusion criteria:

1. Female patients of child-bearing potential who:

• have a positive serum pregnancy test at screening or during the study,

• are breast feeding,

• are planning to become pregnant

2. Use of investigational medications within 30 days before study entry or during the trial