Pilot Study Switching Individuals Receiving EFV With Continuing Central Nervous System Toxicity to TMC125

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of switching from an antiretroviral combination that includes efavirenz (Susitiva®), in individuals experiencing efavirenz-related side effects, and replacing this with an investigational HIV medication called Etravirine (TMC125).

The study will primarily investigate the effect of change in medication on your viral load (the levels of the HIV virus in your blood), on immunological parameters (CD4 count), on other safety parameters (such as cholesterol) your side effects and also on your quality of life.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: St Stephens Aids Trust
• Treatments: Efavirenz; Etravirine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented HIV-1 infection

• Willing to comply with the protocol requirements

• Has an HIV-plasma viral load at screening <50 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL

• Has a CD4 cell count at screening >50 cells/mm3

• Has been on a stable ART, with at least 3 licensed agents, one of which being EFV, for at least 12 weeks at screening, and is willing to stay on treatment until baseline

• Symptomatic toxicity associated with the EFV after at least 12 weeks of therapy

• If subject is female of childbearing potential, she is using effective birth control methods and is willing to continue practicing these birth control methods during the trial and for at least 30 days after the end of the trial (or after last intake of investigational ARV's)

• If the subject is a heterosexually active male, he is using effective birth control methods and is willing to continue practicing these birth control methods during the trial and until 30 days after the end of the trial (or after the last intake of investigational ARVs)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject has a primary HIV-1 infection

• Subject has an HIV-2 infection

• Subject is using any concomitant therapy disallowed by the protocol (as per SPC for EFV and TMC125)

• Subject has any condition (including but not limited to alcohol and drug use) which, in the opinion of the investigator, could compromise the subject's safety or adherence to the protocol

• Subject's life expectancy less than 6 months according to the judgment of the investigator

• subject has a currently active AIDS defining illness (Category C conditions according to the Center for Disease Control [CDC] Classification System for HIV Infection 1993) with the following exceptions, which must be discussed with the sponsor prior to enrollment:

• Stable cutaneous Kaposi's Sarcoma (i.e., no pulmonary or gastrointestinal involvement other than oral lesions) that is unlikely to require any form of systemic therapy during the trial period

• Wasting syndrome due to HIV infection Note: Primary and secondary prophylaxis for an AIDS defining illness is allowed if the medication used is not part of the disallowed medication

• Subject has any active clinically significant disease (e.g., pancreatic, cardiac dysfunction) or findings during Screening of medical history or physical examination that, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the outcome of the trial