Conditions: Virus Diseases HIV
Keywords: Safety
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 46
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether raltegravir 400 mg b.i.d. in a boosted PI regimen is as efficacious and safe as the NRTI backbone in a boosted PI regimen.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Group 1 Raltegravir 400 mg PO b.i.d. + their current boosted PI regimen Subjects in this study are HIV-Infected Patients who are on a stable boosted PI regimen; in this group are assigned to switched from their NRTIs as a Backbone to Raltegravir arm 2: Group 2 Continue the same regimen without change

Interventions: intervention 1: Switch NRTIs as a Backbone to Raltegravir
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: This is a multicenter, pilot randomized, controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of raltegravir in patients switched from a stable boosted PI-based regimen with a NRTI backbone to raltegravir instead of their current NRTIs. A stable boosted PI-based regimen is defined as having a documented HIV RNA \<75 copies/mL for ≥ 3 months prior to study entry, while receiving a boosted PI-based with NRTI backbone. Additionally, patients must not have had HIV RNA ≥ 75 copies/mL during the three months prior to study entry. Approximately 25 patients will be enrolled in the raltegravir treatment arm (Group 1) and approximately 25 patients in the continuation of the current NRTI backbone regimen treatment arm (Group 2). Patients will be randomly assigned 1:1 to a treatment group.

Protocol document: