A randomized phase 3 study comparing once-daily elvitegravir with twice-daily raltegravir in treatment-experienced subjects with HIV-1 infection: 96-week results

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Aug 1;63(4):494-7. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318298469c.

Abstract

: This 96-week, double-blind, active-controlled, phase 3 study, randomized subjects to elvitegravir once daily or raltegravir twice daily with a fully active, ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor plus a third agent. The proportion of subjects randomized to elvitegravir that achieved and maintained HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL through week 96 was 47.6% (167/351) compared with 45.0% (158/351) for raltegravir with a treatment difference of 2.6% (95% confidence interval: 4.6% to 9.9%). Both regimens were well tolerated, with comparable rates of adverse events and laboratory abnormalities through week 96. Once-daily elvitegravir was noninferior to twice-daily raltegravir, showed durable long-term efficacy, and was well tolerated in HIV+ treatment-experienced patients.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase III
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Double-Blind Method
  • Drug Resistance, Viral
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • HIV Infections / blood
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Integrase Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • HIV Integrase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • HIV-1*
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Pyrrolidinones / adverse effects
  • Pyrrolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Quinolones / adverse effects
  • Quinolones / therapeutic use*
  • RNA, Viral / blood*
  • Raltegravir Potassium
  • Ritonavir / therapeutic use
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • HIV Integrase Inhibitors
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Quinolones
  • RNA, Viral
  • Raltegravir Potassium
  • elvitegravir
  • Ritonavir