The Addition of Indinavir to Anti-HIV Treatment in HIV-Infected Patients

HIV Infections Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Trial of Immediate Versus Deferred Indinavir in Addition to Background Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients With CD4+ Cell Counts Between 200 and 500/mm3 and Plasma HIV RNA Levels >= 10,000 Copies/ml

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00000861
• Other study ID #: CPCRA 041
• Secondary ID: 11591
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Est. completion date: March 1997

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of immediate versus deferred indinavir (IDV) in addition to background therapy on disease progression or death in patients with CD4+ cell counts between 200 and 500 cells/mm3 and plasma HIV RNA levels >= 10,000 copies/ml.

This study aims to examine two management strategies, immediate versus deferred IDV therapy, for their clinical effects in the context of background antiretroviral (AR) therapy, given according to current clinical practice. There is an urgent need to identify the optimal use of IDV in patient management, since clinical endpoint studies have not been completed in the United States. Since there is little information about the long term durability of clinical effects, and even less information about the timing of the initiation of protease inhibitor therapy, exploring the disease progression and survival impact of immediate versus delayed use of IDV will yield important information to guide clinical decision making for this group of patients.

Description:

This study aims to examine two management strategies, immediate versus deferred IDV therapy, for their clinical effects in the context of background antiretroviral (AR) therapy, given according to current clinical practice. There is an urgent need to identify the optimal use of IDV in patient management, since clinical endpoint studies have not been completed in the United States. Since there is little information about the long term durability of clinical effects, and even less information about the timing of the initiation of protease inhibitor therapy, exploring the disease progression and survival impact of immediate versus delayed use of IDV will yield important information to guide clinical decision making for this group of patients.

Prior to randomization the patient and clinician will determine whether the background therapy will be zidovudine (ZDV) plus lamivudine (3TC) or other background antiretroviral therapy (OBAT). Patients will then be randomized to IDV or matching placebo. AS PER AMENDMENT 06/27/97: The protocol was closed as of 03/25/97, and all patients have been unblinded to their assigned treatment. Patients still on study medication are eligible for the protocol extension. Patients who were randomized to immediate IDV may continue on therapy for up to an additional 4 months. All study therapy, both for those on immediate or delayed therapy, must be discontinued on 10/24/97.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1900
• Est. completion date: March 1997
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

• Topical and/or antifungal agents, except ketoconazole.

• Treatment, maintenance, or chemoprophylaxis with approved agents for OIs will be given as clinically indicated.

• Clinically indicated antibiotics, unless excluded.

• Systemic corticosteroid use for <21 days for acute problems is permitted as clinically indicated. However, chronic systemic corticosteroid use should be avoided.

• Recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF, filgrastim).

• Didanosine (ddI).

• Regularly prescribed medications, such as antipyretics, antidepressants, oral contraceptives, megestrol acetate, testosterone, or any other medication.

Patients must have:

• A working diagnosis of HIV infection.

• A CD4+ count between 200 and 500 cells/mm3.

• Signed, informed parental consent if patient is less than 18.

NOTE:

• The DAIDS Clinical Science Research Committee (CSRC) has deemed this protocol appropriate for prisoner enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with any of the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

Febrile illness with temperature > 38.5 degrees C (101.3 degrees F) within 3 days prior to study entry.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

• Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

• Protease inhibitors except IDV.

• Rifabutin and rifampin.

• Ketoconazole.

• Terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, triazolam and midazolam.

Patients with any of the following prior conditions are excluded:

• History of prior saquinavir (SQV) therapy for more than 14 days.

• History of any prior protease inhibitor therapy other than SQV.

• History of serious opportunistic infection.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Infections

Intervention

Drug:
• Indinavir sulfate

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta	Atlanta	Georgia
United States	Southern New Jersey AIDS Cln Trials / Dept of Med	Camden	New Jersey
United States	AIDS Research Alliance - Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Denver CPCRA / Denver Public Hlth	Denver	Colorado
United States	Comprehensive AIDS Alliance of Detroit	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Henry Ford Hosp	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Louisiana Comm AIDS Rsch Prog / Tulane Univ Med	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Harlem AIDS Treatment Group / Harlem Hosp Ctr	New York	New York
United States	North Jersey Community Research Initiative	Newark	New Jersey
United States	Philadelphia FIGHT	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
United States	Portland Veterans Adm Med Ctr / Rsch & Education Grp	Portland	Oregon
United States	Richmond AIDS Consortium	Richmond	Virginia
United States	Community Consortium of San Francisco	San Francisco	California
United States	Veterans Administration Med Ctr / Regional AIDS Program	Washington	District of Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Spector SA, Barker C, Buhles W, Feinberg J, Montague P, Weingeist T, DeArmond B. A randomized, controlled study of immediate vs deferred ganciclovir therapy in AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus peripheral retinitis. Int Conf AIDS. 1991 Jun 16-21;7(1):44 (abstract no MB86)