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LANCET
Volume 379, Issue 9835, Pages 2439-2448Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60917-9
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Gilead Sciences
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck Laboratories
- Tibotec
- Abbott Laboratories
- Aeliron Scientific
- Janssen Therapeutics
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals
- Avexa
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Hoffmann LaRoche
- Idenix
- Janssen
- Merck
- Pfizer
- Sangamo
- Taimed
- Tobira
- Vertex
- Kowa
- ViiV
- Merck Co
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Background The integrase inhibitor elvitegravir (EVG) has been co-formulated with the CYP3A4 inhibitor cobicistat (COBI), emtricitabine (FTC), and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in a single tablet given once daily. We compared the efficacy and safety of EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF with standard of care-co-formulated efavirenz (EFV)/FTC/TDF-as initial treatment for HIV infection. Methods In this phase 3 trial, treatment-naive patients from outpatient clinics in North America were randomly assigned by computer-generated allocation sequence with a block size of four in a 1: 1 ratio to receive EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF or EFV/FTC/TDF, once daily, plus matching placebo. Patients and study staff involved in giving study treatment, assessing outcomes, and collecting and analysing data were masked to treatment allocation. Eligibility criteria included screening HIV RNA concentration of 5000 copies per mL or more, and susceptibility to efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir. The primary endpoint was HIV RNA concentration of fewer than 50 copies per mL at week 48. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01095796. Findings 700 patients were randomly assigned and treated (348 with EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF, 352 with EFV/FTC/TDF). EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF was non-inferior to EFV/FTC/TDF; 305/348 (87.6%) versus 296/352 (84.1%) of patients had HIV RNA concentrations of fewer than 50 copies per mL at week 48 (difference 3.6%, 95% CI -1.6% to 8.8%). Proportions of patients discontinuing drugs for adverse events did not differ substantially (13/348 in the EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF group vs 18/352 in the EFV/FTC/TDF group). Nausea was more common with EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF than with EFV/FTC/TDF (72/348 vs 48/352) and dizziness (23/348 vs 86/352), abnormal dreams (53/348 vs 95/352), insomnia (30/348 vs 49/352), and rash (22/348 vs 43/352) were less common. Serum creatinine concentration increased more by week 48 in the EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF group than in the EFV/FTC/TDF group (median 13 mu mol/L, IQR 5 to 20 vs 1 mu mol/L, -6 to 8; p < 0.001). Interpretation If regulatory approval is given, EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF would be the only single-tablet, once-daily, integrase-inhibitor-based regimen for initial treatment of HIV infection.
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