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CompletedNCT00116415Updated Apr 22, 2011

DART I - A Phase IV Study of 3 Antiretroviral Medicines in Combination, in HIV Patients Who Have Not Been Previously Treated With Antiretroviral Therapy

An interventional study of efavirenz; didanosine EC; lamivudine in HIV Infections and AIDS, sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Completed at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-04-22.

Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
65
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a therapy with an all once daily regimen of efavirenz (EFV), didanosine (ddI)-EC and lamivudine (3TC) leads to improved outcomes, as measured by viral load, CD4 counts, adherence, safety, and tolerability.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections
  • AIDS

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Keywords

  • HIV/AIDS
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In context

HIV Infections

4,258 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 65 is below the median of 83 across 3,251 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Bristol-Myers Squibb is the lead sponsor of 1,538 studies on the registry; 116 are open to participants now.

Of its 429 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 223 (52%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients 18 years of age or older infected with HIV and weigh at least 40 kg.
  • Plasma HIV RNA viral load of 1000 copies/mL or greater and CD4 count of 100 cells/mL or greater
  • Be willing to use two forms of contraception throughout study
  • No previous exposure to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Physical or psychiatric disability
  • Proven or suspected acute hepatitis within 30 days prior to study entry
  • Active AIDS-defining opportunistic infection or disease
  • History of acute or chronic pancreatitis
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
65 participants

Interventions

  • Drugefavirenz; didanosine EC; lamivudine
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Estimate efficacy of ddI-EC/3TC/EFV given QD determined by proportion of patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA <400 copies/mL at 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate proportion of patients with plasma HIV RNA <400 copies/mL at Weeks 24, 48, 72, and 96.

  2. Evaluate proportion of patients with plasma HIV RNA <50 copies/mL at Weeks 24, 48, 72, and 96

  3. Determine viral suppression of plasma HIV RNA from change in baseline at week 48

  4. Determine proportion of patients whose HIV viral load doesn't drop to undetectable level within 24 weeks

  5. Evaluate time to undetectable plasma HIV RNA

  6. Evaluate proportion of patients demonstrating virologic breakthrough

  7. Evaluate proportion of patients demonstrating virologic failure

  8. Evaluate time to virologic breakthrough and virologic failure

  9. Measure magnitude and durability of changes in CD4 cell counts

  10. Evaluate patient adherence with QD regimen using pill counts and AMAF

  11. Determine pattern and emergence of HIV genotype resistance mutations in patients experiencing virologic failure

  12. Explore QoL changes using MOS-HIV health survey

  13. Evaluate safety and tolerability of QD regimen

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Local Institution
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Local Institution
    Orlando, Florida, United States
  • Local Institution
    Columbus, Georgia, United States
  • Local Institution
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Local Institution
    Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
  • Local Institution
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  • Local Institution
    Hillsborough, New Jersey, United States
  • Local Institution
    Bronx, New York, United States
  • Local Institution
    Dallas, Texas, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jayaweera D, Dejesus E, Nguyen KL, Grimm K, Butcher D, Seekins DW. Virologic suppression, treatment adherence, and improved quality of life on a once-daily efavirenz-based regimen in treatment-Naive HIV-1-infected patients over 96 weeks. HIV Clin Trials. 2009 Nov-Dec;10(6):375-84. doi: 10.1310/hct1006-375. PubMed 20133268 ↗
  • Nunes EP, Santini de Oliveira M, Mercon M, Zajdenverg R, Faulhaber JC, Pilotto JH, Ribeiro JE, Norton M, Schechter M. Monotherapy with Lopinavir/Ritonavir as maintenance after HIV-1 viral suppression: results of a 96-week randomized, controlled, open-label, pilot trial (KalMo study). HIV Clin Trials. 2009 Nov-Dec;10(6):368-74. doi: 10.1310/hct1006-368. PubMed 20133267 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 22, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00116415
Lead sponsor
Bristol-Myers Squibb
First posted
Jun 30, 2005
Start date
Mar 2002
Primary completion
Nov 2004
Completion
Nov 2004
Last update
Apr 22, 2011

Study contacts

Bristol-Myers Squibb
study director · Bristol-Myers Squibb
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