Global study decodes HIV drug resistance after dolutegravir failure
NCT ID NCT06285110
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at over 1,100 people with HIV whose dolutegravir-based treatment stopped working. Researchers collected blood samples to find drug-resistance mutations in the virus. The goal is to understand why some treatments fail and how to better manage HIV in the future.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help doctors choose better HIV medications for people whose current treatment fails.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only looks at what went wrong, not how to fix it. Results may not apply to all HIV subtypes or regions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,103 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients routinely treated at the local HIV care clinics.
- Ages
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10 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 years or older and adolescents (10-17 years) * On any DTG-based ART regimen * Who develop virologic failure (VF) defined as a VL \>1000 copies/mL (single or confirmed measurement), * and have signed the informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * No Informed Consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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ACONDA Centre de Prise en Charge et de Formation (CePReF)
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
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Centre for Infectious Disease Research Zambia (CIDRZ)
Lusaka, Zambia
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Centre médical de suivi des donneurs de sang, CNTS
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Centro Medico Huesped
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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HIV-NAT/Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center (TRCARC)
Bangkok, Thailand
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Hopital de Jour du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU Souro Sanou)
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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Hospital Jamot
Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Mexico City, Mexico
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Instituto Nacional de Infectiologia Evandro Chagas - Fiocruz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lighthouse clinic
Lilongwe, Malawi
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Martin Preuss Centre
Lilongwe, Malawi
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Masaka Regional Referral Hospital / AHF Uganda Cares
Masaka, Uganda
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Mbarara University of Science and Technology / Mbarara ISS Clinic (MUST)
Mbarara, Uganda
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Moi University, AMPATH
Eldoret, Kenya
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National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
Kisesa, Tanzania
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Newlands Clinic
Harare, Zimbabwe
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Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
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Regional Hospital Limbe
Limbe, Cameroon
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Research for Development, Einstein-Rwanda Research and Capacity Building Program
Kigali, Rwanda
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