Evaluating the Response to Two Antiretroviral Medication Regimens in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women, Who Begin Antiretroviral Therapy Between 20 and 36 Weeks of Pregnancy, for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

NCT01618305 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 408

Last updated 2020-01-30

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Summary

HIV-infected pregnant women who begin taking antiretroviral (ARV) medications in the late stages of pregnancy need an effective medication regimen to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to their children. This study examined the virologic response, safety, and tolerability of two different ARV medication regimens in HIV-infected pregnant women who were between 20 and 36 weeks pregnant when they entered the study.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

DRUG

Lamivudine/zidovudine

Participants received one lamivudine 150 mg/zidovudine 300 mg fixed-dose combination tablet twice a day from entry through delivery\*. \* Participants may have received a locally supplied nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone in place of lamivudine/zidovudine with permission of the protocol team obtained prior to randomization.

DRUG

Efavirenz

Participants received one 600 mg tablet of efavirenz each night from entry through delivery.

DRUG

Raltegravir

Participants received one 400 mg raltegravir tablet twice a day from entry through delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    collaborator NIH
  • Westat

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Esau Joao, M.D. · Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado - RJ

  • Mark Mirochnick, M.D. · Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-05
Primary Completion
2018-12-11
Completion
2018-12-11

Countries

  • United States
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Puerto Rico
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand

Study Locations

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