Could a Two-Drug HIV combo protect babies without extra side effects?
NCT ID NCT00424814
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a simpler HIV drug combination (lopinavir/ritonavir alone) could safely prevent mothers from passing HIV to their babies during pregnancy, compared to the standard three-drug combo. About 105 pregnant women with well-controlled HIV took part. The goal was to see if the simpler regimen could keep virus levels low enough to protect the baby while reducing drug side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) with or without zidovudine/lamivudine (Combivir)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer, simpler way to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, reducing drug side effects for both.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (105 participants) that may not prove generalizable. The simpler regimen might not suppress the virus as well as standard combinations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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105 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Mar 2007
- Finished
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Nov 2012
- 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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Female participants only
- 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: Assessed between 20 and 24 months of pregnancy * Pregnancy known before 24 weeks of gestation * Documented HIV-1 infection without indication for ARV therapy * CD4 count above or equal to 350 per mm3 * VL under 30 000 copies per ml * Naïve for PI (except treatment during previous pregnancy) * Informed consent signed Exclusion Criteria: * HIV2 infection or HIV1 group O infection * Any pathology related to pregnancy * Contra-indication to study drugs * Unstable hypertension or diabetes * Known risk of premature delivery * In case of previous treatment with a protease inhibitor : presence of resistance mutations on the HIV-1 protease gene by genotyping analysis (1 mutation among V32I et I47A, I50V V82A/F/S/T, I84V, L90 M or more than 3 mutations among L10 F/I/R/V, K20/M/R, L24I, L33F, M46I/L, F53L, I54M/L/T/V, L63P, A71L/V/T,)
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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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Hopital Pitie salpetriere
Paris, 75013, France
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