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CompletedNCT02157311ANRS162-4DUpdated Jan 27, 2016

4 Consecutive Days on Treatment Followed by 3 Days Off Treatment, in HIV Patients

A Phase 3 interventional study of Four consecutive days on treatment and 3 days off in HIV-1 Infection, sponsored by ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Completed at 17 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-01-27.

Sponsored by ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Evaluate after 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads > 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

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Methods:

Open-label, multicentric, prospective, non-randomized, non-controlled trial to evaluate at 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads > 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

Allocation: Non-randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Primary Purpose: Treatment

Enrollment: 100 patients

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Conditions studied

  • HIV-1 Infection

Keywords

  • HIV-1
  • simplification,
  • treatment discontinuation
  • virological success
  • four days a week
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In context

Lead sponsor

ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases is the lead sponsor of 212 studies on the registry; 40 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

    • HIV-1 documented infection

      • Age 18 years or older
      • HIV-1 viral load always ≤ 50 cp/mL for at least 12 months (with a minimum of 3 measures in the last 12 months, including screening)
      • CD4+ lymphocytes count > 250/mm3, for at least 6 months
      • Treatment with a stable regimen for at least 4 months prior to screening, containing 2 nucleoside/nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) combined with, either 1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), or 1 ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r). The list of accepted antiretroviral drugs is limited to :

        1. NRTI : tenofovir, emtricitabine, abacavir, lamivudine
        2. PI/r : lopinavir/r, darunavir/r or atazanavir/r
        3. NNRTI : efavirenz, rilpivirine or etravirine.
      • Exclusive antiretroviral 3 drug-therapy (no 4 drug-therapy)
      • A least one genotypic resistance test available (reverse transcriptase and/or protease amino acid sequence, according to on-going antiretroviral drugs) ; on each genotypic resistance test(s) available in medical history, susceptibility to every on-going antiretroviral drugs must be demonstrated
      • Clearance of the creatinine > 60 mL/min (MDRD)
      • ASAT and ALAT \< 3 ULN
      • Hemoglobin > 10 g/dl
      • Platelets count > 100 000/mm3
      • Negative pregnancy test for potential child-bearing women and mechanical contraception for sexual intercourses
      • Patient living in France and affiliated to a social security system
      • Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    • HIV-2 infection

      • HBV infection (positive HBs antigen) or isolated positive HBc antibody
      • HCV infection requiring specific treatment during the 51 weeks of the trial
      • At least one known resistance to one of on-going antiretroviral drugs
      • Exclusive antiretroviral 3 drug-therapy (no 4 drug-therapy)
      • No genotypic resistance test available
      • On-going either interferon, interleukin treatment, or every immuno- / chemo-therapy
      • Progressive opportunistic infection, on-going treatment for opportunistic infection or tuberculosis
      • Patient with irregular follow-up or with treatment adherence problems
      • Any condition (alcohol, drug abuse...) compromising treatment adherence, treatment safety, and/or study adherence
      • Progressive neurological disorders (meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis...) related to HIV infection or not
      • Medical history of severe neuropsychiatric disorder, with insufficient treatment efficacy
      • Subject under legal guardianship or incapacitation
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Four consecutive days on treatment and 3 days off

    All patients will take a combination of three HIV treatment with a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment

    Drug: Four consecutive days on treatment and 3 days off

Interventions

  • DrugFour consecutive days on treatment and 3 days off

    All patients will take a combination of three of these treatment with a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment

    Also known as: tenofovir,, emtricitabine,, abacavir,, lamivudine,, efavirenz,, rilpivirine,, etravirine,, lopinavir/r,, darunavir/r,, atazanavir/r

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Capacity to maintain a therapeutic success with 4 days on treatment followed 3 days off treatment

    To evaluate after 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads \> 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

    Time frame: Week 48

Secondary outcomes

  1. Virological success

    The HIV-1 viral load at week 48 must be inferior to 50 copies/mL

    Time frame: Week 48

  2. The time of virological failure occurrence

    Measure the delay between week 0 and the date of the different virologic failure

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  3. The blips

    Number of blips (viral load detectable on 1 sample) during the study

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  4. The low viral loads (between 20 - 50 cp/mL)

    Measurement of the low viral loads (between 20 - 50 cop/mL)

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  5. Detected signal on viral quantification

    The presence or not of detected signal when no quantification is possible on viral loads

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  6. Mutations resistance

    The profile of new resistance mutations in case of virological failure

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  7. Evaluation CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 ratios

    Measurement of the CD4 cell count, CD8 cell count, and CD4/CD8 ratio

    Time frame: Week 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

  8. HIV proviral DNA

    The evolution of HIV proviral DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 24 and Week 48

  9. Clinical events related to HIV infection

    Clinical events related to HIV infection, according to the US CDC classification

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  10. Adverse events

    Collect all clinical and biological adverse events

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  11. Interruption or modification of the therapeutic strategy

    Every interruption or modification of the therapeutic strategy for more than 30 days

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  12. Renal parameters

    The evolution of creatinin and clearance of creatinin between week 0 and Week 48.

    Time frame: Week 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

  13. Inflammation and immune activation

    The evolution of inflammation and immune activation parameters (IL-6, CRP-US, CD14s, IP-10 and MIG-1). The measurement will be done at the end of the study in a central lab on the biobank

    Time frame: Week 0, week 24 and Week 48

  14. Antiretrovirals Pharmacokinetic

    The evolution of pharmacokinetic parameters, for protease inhibitors (lopinavir, darunavir or atazanavir) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (efavirensz, etravirine or rilpivirine) The measurment will be done on the sample bank at the end of the study in a central lab

    Time frame: Week 0, week 24 and week 48

  15. Antiretrovirals pharmacokinetic

    Measurment of Residual plasmatic concentrations of protease inhibitors (lopinavir/r - darunavir/r - atazanavir/r ) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (efavirenz or rilpivirine or etravirine), at the end of the 3-days off, from Day 0 to week 48. The measurment will be done on the sample bank at the end of the study in a central lab

    Time frame: week 4, week8, week 12, week 24, week 32 and week 48

  16. Quality of life

    selfquestionnary to measure the quality of life (PRO-QOL HIV and felt symptoms )

    Time frame: week 0, week 24 and week 48

  17. Adherence

    Measurement of treatment adherence (questionnaire, self-survey book, pharmacological measures of antiretroviral drugs, medication event monitoring system)

    Time frame: Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

  18. Hepatitis parameters

    Measurment of AST, SGOT, CGT

    Time frame: Week 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

  19. Glucidolipidics parameters

    Measurement of Glycemia, Triglycerids, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL

    Time frame: Week 0, week 24 and week 48

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Study locations

17 sites
  • Hôpital Meynard
    Fort-de-france, Martinique 97261, France
  • Hôpital Avicenne
    Bobigny, 93000, France
  • CHU Côte de Nacre
    Caen, 14033, France
  • Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
    Corbeil Essonnes, 91100, France
  • Hôpital Le Bocage
    Dijon, 21079, France
  • Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
    Garches, 92380, France
  • Hôpital Bicêtre
    Kremlin Bicetre, 94275, France
  • Hôpital Gui de Chauliac
    Montpellier, 34295, France
  • Hôpital Saint-Antoine
    Paris, 75012, France
  • Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
    Paris, 75013, France
  • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
    Paris, 75015, France
  • Hôpital Necker
    Paris, 75015, France
  • Hôpital Bichat
    Paris, 75018, France
  • Hôpital Tenon
    Paris, 75020, France
  • Hôpital Foch
    Suresnes, 92151, France
  • Hôpital Purpan
    Toulouse, 31059, France
  • Hôpital Bretonneau
    Tours, 37044, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • de Truchis P, Assoumou L, Landman R, Mathez D, Le Du D, Bellet J, Amat K, Katlama C, Gras G, Bouchaud O, Duracinsky M, Abe E, Alvarez JC, Izopet J, Saillard J, Melchior JC, Leibowitch J, Costagliola D, Girard PM, Perronne C; ANRS 162-4D Study Group. Four-days-a-week antiretroviral maintenance therapy in virologically controlled HIV-1-infected adults: the ANRS 162-4D trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Mar 1;73(3):738-747. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx434. PubMed 29186458 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 27, 2016, 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
NCT02157311
Lead sponsor
ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 6, 2014
Start date
Jul 2014
Primary completion
Jan 2016
Completion
Jan 2016
Last update
Jan 27, 2016

Study contacts

Christian PERRONNE, MD-PHD
principal investigator · Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
Jean-Claude MELCHIOR, MD-PHD
principal investigator · Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
Pierre DE TRUCHIS, MD
principal investigator · Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
Damien LE DU, MD
principal investigator · Hôpital Raymond Poincaré

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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