HIV breakthrough trial seeks to rescue failing treatments in africa
NCT ID NCT05373758
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests different approaches to help people with HIV whose current medication (tenofovir, lamivudine, and dolutegravir, or TLD) is no longer working. It involves 648 adults and teens in Uganda and South Africa. The goal is to find the best strategy to get the virus under control again, measured by a very low viral load after 48 weeks.
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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 648 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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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15 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: * Age 15 years and above * Enrolled in HIV care at one of the study clinics * History of two HIV-1 RNA viral load measurements \>1,000 copies/mL while on TLD * On TLD for at least 12 months * Lives within 100 kilometers of study clinic * Pregnant women are eligible for enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Plans to transfer out of the clinic within the next 48 weeks * Plans to move out of the study catchment area within the next 48 weeks * As determined by chart review, we will exclude those with known virologic failure on protease inhibitors or exposure to integrase strand transfer inhibitors other than dolutegravir.
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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
3 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mbarara City Clinic
RECRUITINGMbarara, Uganda
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Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Immune Suppression Syndrome Clinic
RECRUITINGMbarara, Uganda
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RK Khan Hospital Clinic
RECRUITINGDurban, South Africa
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