New HIV drug could offer safer alternative for First-Time patients
NCT ID NCT06203132
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares two HIV medications, doravirine and dolutegravir, in people who have never taken HIV treatment before. About 610 adults with HIV-1 will receive one of these drugs along with standard medicines. The goal is to see if doravirine works just as well as dolutegravir at controlling the virus after 48 weeks, while possibly causing fewer side effects like weight gain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 610 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Be at least 18 years of age on the day of signing the informed consent. * Be HIV-1 positive as determined according to national testing strategies * Have a plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥1000 copies/mL within 30 days prior to the randomization, * Have HIV treatment indication based on physician assessment according to local treatment guidelines * Be naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART) including investigational antiretroviral agents * For women or transgender men of childbearing potential i.e. of childbearing age who are not menopausal, or permanently sterilized (e.g. tubal occlusion, hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy) or not refraining from sexual activity: negative urinary test for pregnancy and acceptance to use contraceptive methods * Understand the study procedures and voluntarily agree to participate by giving written informed consent for the trial. Non-inclusion Criteria: * Has ongoing (pulmonary or extra-pulmonary) tuberculosis * Has any other history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, laboratory abnormality or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, such that it is not in the best interest of the subject to participate. * Is infected with HIV-2 or co-infected with HIV-1 and HIV-2 * Has received cabotegravir long acting or dapivirine pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). * Has received oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in the past three months or has had no negative HIV-1 serology performed * Has documented or known resistance or possible resistance to study drugs (in France and where national guidelines recommend screening for primary resistance before starting first-line ART) as defined by the ANRS MIE AC43 Resistance group * Has the following laboratory values at screening visit, within 30 days prior to the randomization: * AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) \>4.0 x upper limit of normal * Estimated glomerular filtration rate at time of screening \<60 mL/min/1.73m², based on the CKD-EPI equation * Has participated in a study with an investigational compound/device within 30 days prior to signing informed consent or anticipates participating in such a study involving an investigational compound/device during the course of this study. * Has used systemic immunosuppressive therapy or immune modulators within 30 days prior to treatment in this study or is anticipated to need them during the course of the study * Requires or is anticipated to require any of the prohibited or contraindicated medications noted in the trial protocol. * Has significant hypersensitivity or other contraindication to any of the components of the study drugs. * Is pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive at any time during the study. * Has any condition which might, in the investigator's opinion, compromise the safety of treatment and/or patient's adherence to study procedure. * Is a person under guardianship or deprived of freedom by a judicial or administrative decision
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
19 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HP Bichat Claude Bernard - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGParis, 75018, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Lariboisière - Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Saint Antoine - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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AP-HP Hôpital Saint Louis - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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CHU Bordeaux Pellegrin - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33075, France
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CHU Bordeaux St André - Service de Médecine Interne
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33075, France
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CHU Montpellier - Hôpital La Colombière - Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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CHU Nantes Hôtel Dieu - Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales
RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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CHU de Treichville, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (SMIT)
RECRUITINGAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Centre Médical de Suivi des Donneurs de Sang (CMSDS) - Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine (CNTS)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Centre de prise en charge de Recherche et de Formation (CEPREF)
RECRUITINGAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Centro de Saúde 1o de Maio
RECRUITINGMaputo, Mozambique
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Chiangrai Prachanukroh
RECRUITINGChiang Rai, 57000, Thailand
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Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu
RECRUITINGNova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, 26030-380, Brazil
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Hôpital Central de Yaoundé
RECRUITINGYaoundé, Cameroon
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Laboratory on Clinical research on AIDS-INI FIOCRUZ
RECRUITINGRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21040-900, Brazil
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Lampang Hospital Internal Medicine department
RECRUITINGLampang, 52000, Thailand
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Phayao Hospital Internal Medicine department
RECRUITINGPhayao, 56000, Thailand
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