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Nevirapine Clearance After Short-term Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)

Information source: Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on August 23, 2015
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Condition(s) targeted: NVP Plasma Level; NVP Related Mutation; 3TC Related Mutation

Intervention: AZT/3TC 2 weeks after delivery (Drug)

Phase: N/A

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

Overall contact:
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, Phone: 662 253 0996, Email: nittaya.p@chula.ac.th

Summary

Three-drug combination of antiretroviral regimens has been used increasingly in HIV-infected pregnant women worldwide, both for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and for women's own health. Use of these drugs in pregnant women solely for PMTCT means that these drugs will need to be discontinued in the majority of women after delivery. Certain antiretroviral regimens contain drugs with long half-life (drugs that stay in the body for a longer period of time after discontinuation than other drugs in the same regimen), such as nevirapine (NVP). HIV can easily develop resistance to NVP when NVP is the only drug left in the body (similar to monotherapy). Given two other drugs for up to 1 week after discontinue NVP (to mimic three-drug regimen while waiting for NVP elimination) can help reduce, but not eliminate, the development of resistant virus. Unfortunately, NVP-containing regimens are the most widely used regimens for pregnant women in developing countries due to its low cost and its availability in fixed-dose combinations. These study will explore how fast NVP is eliminated from women after delivery and to see if given zidovudine/lamivudine (AZT/3TC) for 1 or 2 weeks after NVP discontinuation can help reduce the development of NVP resistant virus.

Clinical Details

Official title: Nevirapine Plasma Level After Discontinuation of Short-term Antiretroviral Treatment for the Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV and Development of Drug Resistant HIV-1 Variants With 1 or 2 Weeks Continuation of Zidovudine/Lamivudine in Women After Delivery

Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Primary outcome: Proportion of patients with detectable NVP plasma level at week 1, 2, 3 and 4 after NVP discontinuation

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 45 Years. Gender(s): Female.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Willing and able to provide 2 separated written informed consents to take part in the Thai Red Cross PMTCT program and in the study 2. Female and aged between 18-45 years 3. Documented HIV-1 infection 4. Pregnant for a maximum of 36 weeks at the first dose of study medication 5. Baseline CD4 cell count >250 cells/mm3 6. Intend to discontinue ART after delivery Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of significant reaction or allergy to the drugs that may be used in the study 2. Antiretroviral (ARV)-experienced including previous ARV use for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV 3. Documented NVP- or 3TC-resistant HIV-1 strains 4. Concomitant use of medications that interfere with NVP plasma level 5. Serum aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine transaminase (ALT) >1. 25 times the upper limit of normal 6. Inability to understand the nature and extent of the trial procedures required 7. Pregnant woman, in the opinion of the investigator, should not participate in the study

Locations and Contacts

Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, Phone: 662 253 0996, Email: nittaya.p@chula.ac.th

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Recruiting
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, Phone: 662 253 0996, Email: nittaya.p@chula.ac.th
Additional Information

Starting date: May 2008
Last updated: May 11, 2015

Page last updated: August 23, 2015

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