HIV patients pause meds in closely watched study
NCT ID NCT04359186
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study pauses HIV medication in 40 volunteers to closely monitor how the virus and body interact during the earliest stages of rebound. Participants stop their antiretroviral therapy and undergo frequent testing, resuming treatment within three weeks. The goal is to learn more about HIV persistence, not to test a new treatment.
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 could reveal how HIV rebounds after stopping medication, guiding future strategies for long-term remission.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage observational study with no direct treatment benefit. Participants may experience virus rebound or side effects from stopping therapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Willing and able to provide written informed consent * Age \>= 18 * Documented HIV infection * Antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months * Screening plasma HIV RNA levels below level of detection (\< 40-75 copies/mL), and all available determinations in past 12 months also below level of detection (blips allowed) * Screening CD4+ T-cell count \>350 cells/uL * If of childbearing potential, willing to use two methods of contraception * Willing to receive counseling regarding HIV transmission risk mitigation Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study * Active hepatitis B, defined as (1) positive sAg or (2) positive cAb with negative sAb and positive HBV DNA * Active hepatitis C, defined as positive Hep C Ab with positive HCV RNA * Use of a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and unable to switch regimen * Significant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease * Recent or prior (within past 5 years) malignancy * Severe kidney disease (CrCl \< 50 mL/min via Cockroft-Gault method) * Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C) or unstable liver disease * Concurrent treatment with immunomodulatory drugs * Unable or unwilling to use barrier protection or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission with sexual partners not known to be HIV-infected
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94110, United States
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