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NCT number NCT03282799
Other study ID # PRO17080453
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date February 19, 2019
Est. completion date October 25, 2022

Study information

Verified date March 2023
Source University of Pittsburgh
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will evaluate the frequency of ovulation and cervical mucus quality of HIV-infected women on efavirenz (EFV)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) using either a single etonogestrel (ENG) implant or two ENG implants for at least one year.


Description:

Due to drug-drug interactions between efavirenz (EFV) and progestins, HIV-infected women on EFV-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) and using the etonogestrel implant have significantly lower systemic ENG concentrations than HIV-infected women not on ART. This finding has raised concerns regarding the contraceptive efficacy of the ENG implant for women on EFV-based ART and clinical studies have an increased rate of pregnancies for women on EFV-based ART and using a contraceptive implant. This study a randomized, open-label, longitudinal pharmacodynamic study to compare frequency of ovulation between a control group of HIV-infected women on efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy receiving standard dose etonogestrel (ENG) implant and a treatment group receiving increased dose ENG implant. The overall goal is to assess the pharmacodynamic significance of the known drug-drug interaction between EFV and ENG and to determine if the increased dose will overcome this interaction. Overall, this study will improve long-acting reversible contraceptive treatment options for women living with HIV and prevent unintended pregnancy.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 72
Est. completion date October 25, 2022
Est. primary completion date December 22, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 40 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: 1. Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the participant has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study. 2. Participants who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. 3. Women age 18 years to 40 years 4. Diagnosed with HIV infection 5. Medically eligible for the ENG subdermal implant as a contraceptive method based on the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use20 6. Receiving EFV-based ART for a minimum of 3 months prior to screening 7. Must agree to have concurrent highly effective non-hormonal contraception with a copper IUD, if not previously medically sterilized. 8. Participants must report regular menses (bleeding for 4-8 days at 21 to 35 day intervals) for the preceding 2 month 9. Participants must have a negative urine pregnancy test at entry and report no unprotected sex since the last menstrual period or in the last two weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. HIV RNA > 50 copies/mL at screening visit 2. Serum hemoglobin < 10.0 g/dl 3. Elevations in serum levels of alanine transaminase (ALT) above 5 times the upper limit of normal 4. Elevations in serum creatinine above 2.5 times the upper limit of normal 5. Use of drugs known to be contraindicated with ENG or EFV within 30 days of study entry. Due to the dynamic nature of drug interactions related to ART, the study team will review all concomitant medications at screening based on the US Department of Health and Human Services drug interaction table45 and the ENG implant product labeling15. 6. Currently pregnant or postpartum <30 days at study entry. 7. Breastfeeding women within 6 months of delivery. 8. Use of hormonal contraception in the preceding 3 months prior to entry 9. Participants determined to be ineligible for IUD placement by the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use46 10. Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to ENG implant, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, diagnosed or suspected sex hormone dependent neoplasia, benign or malignant liver tumor, or thromboembolic disease. 11. Presence of any active clinically significant disease or life-threatening disease that, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the subject's safety or outcome of the study.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
etonogestrel implant
The etonogestrel implant is an contraceptive implant that is placed into the upper arm.

Locations

Country Name City State
Uganda Infectious Disease Institute Kampala

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Catherine Anne Chappell Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Nebraska

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Uganda, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Ovulation Ovulation evaluated by endogenous progesterone concentrations of >3ng/mL weekly at months 3, 6, and 12
Secondary Cervical mucus quality World Health Organization Cervical Mucus Scores weekly at months 3, 6, and 12
Secondary Etonogestrel pharmacokinetics Etonogestrel serum concentrations Week 1, 4, 12, 24, 36, and 48
Secondary Adverse events Safety up to months 12
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