HIV drug showdown: which strategy works best for new patients?
NCT ID NCT04051970
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared two HIV treatment approaches in people who had never taken HIV drugs before. One group started with a three-drug combo for 16 weeks, then switched to a two-drug combo. The other group took a two-drug combo from the start. The goal was to see if the first approach worked just as well after 48 weeks. The study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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Study facts
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- 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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360 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2022
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Documented HIV-1 infection (positive HIV-1 serology or plasma viral load) * Age ≥ 18 years * Therapeutic antiretroviral treatment-naive participant (history of prophylaxy is accepted) * CD4 cells count \> 300 cells/mm3 at screening visit * HIV-1-RNA plasma viral load \<50 000 copies/mL at screening visit * Full susceptibility to trial drugs (NRTI, INI) at screening visit * eGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) \> 60 mL /min (MDRD) * AST (aspartate aminotransferase), ALT(alanine transaminase) \< 3x norm * Absence of any AIDS-defining event and/or opportunistic infection * Possible contact by phone and/or email in order to be informed in case of detectable HIV plasma viral load * Negative urinary pregnancy test at screening visit for women of childbearing age * Written and informed consent signed * For French participants only: subject enrolled in or a beneficiary of a Social Security programme (including State Medical Aid (AME), only if Ethic Committee approves it) Exclusion Criteria: * HIV-2 co-infection * Hepatitis B Virus infection (positive HBs antigen) * Any comorbidity potentially related to a life expectancy below 12 months * Any condition (use of alcohol, drugs, etc.) judged by the investigator to possibly interfere with trial protocol compliance, adherence and/or trial treatment tolerance * Pregnant women or breastfeeding women * Women of childbearing age that do not want to use an effective method of contraception * Participant under justice protection * Galactose/lactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose/galactose malabsorption (known or documented) * Participation to another clinical trial evaluating a new treatment/therapy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital la Salpêtrière
Paris, France
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