Clinical trial NCT01701882 (phase 3, status: completed)
Conditions: hiv
ICD codes: B20, Z71.7, O98.72, Z21, O98.73, R75, Z11.4
Drugs: tenofovir/emtricitabine/rilpivirine
SMILES: [H][C@@](C)(CN1C=NC2=C(N)N=CN=C12)OCP(=O)(OCOC(=O)OC(C)C)OCOC(=O)OC(C)C
Eligibility criteria:

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Patient volunteers who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for this trial:

               1. Is male or female aged 18 years or above

               2. Has HIV-1 infection documented in their medical notes

               3. Has signed the Informed Consent Form voluntarily

               4. Is willing to comply with the protocol requirements

               5. Has been on Atripla for at least 12 weeks OR Kivexa plus efavirenz

               6. Has an HIV-plasma viral load at screening <50 copies/mL (single re-test allowed)

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

               8. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (MDRD) >50 ml/min.

               9. Has symptomatic CNS related toxicity associated with EFV

              10. If female and of childbearing potential, is using effective birth control methods
                  (as agreed by the investigator) and is willing to continue practising these birth
                  control methods during the trial and for at least 30 days after the end of the
                  trial. Note: Women who are postmenopausal for least 2 years, women with total
                  hysterectomy, and women who have a tubal ligation are considered of
                  non-childbearing potential

              11. If a heterosexually active male, he is using effective birth control methods and
                  is willing to continue practising these birth control methods during the trial
                  and until follow-up visit

                  Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Patients meeting 1 or more of the following criteria cannot be selected:

               1. Infected with HIV-2

               2. Using any concomitant therapy disallowed as per SPC for the study drugs (note
                  acid-reducing agents and interaction with rilpivirine)

               3. Has acute viral hepatitis including, but not limited to, A, B, or C

               4. Has chronic hepatitis B and/or C with AST and/or ALT >5 x ULN Note: Subjects can
                  enter trial with chronic HBV if HBV-DNA undetectable at screen (and no detectable
                  result in last 6 months) and with chronic HCV if not expected to require
                  treatment during the trial period.

               5. Any investigational drug within 30 days prior to the trial drug administration

               6. Has received rilpivirine in the past

               7. Any clinical evidence of baseline resistance mutations

               8. Known allergy to lactose monohydrate, sunset yellow aluminium lake (E110), and
                  patients with galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency, or
                  glucose-galactose malabsorption

               9. Severe hepatic impairment

              10. Moderate or severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance < 50ml/min)

              11. If female, she is pregnant or breastfeeding

              12. Screening blood result with any grade 3/4 toxicity according to Division of AIDS
                  (DAIDS) grading scale, except: asymptomatic grade 3 glucose, amylase or lipid
                  elevation or asymptomatic grade 4 triglyceride elevation (re-test allowed).

              13. Any condition (including drug/alcohol abuse) or laboratory results which, in the
                  investigator's opinion, interfere with assessments or completion of the trial.