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CompletedNCT06177574BIC-NOWUpdated Dec 20, 2023

Study of Bictegravir/Emtricitavine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in HIV-1 Infected naïve Patients Using Test and Treat Stategy Rapid-initiation Model of Care: BIC-NOW Clinical Trial (BIC-NOW)

A Phase 4 interventional study of BIC/FTC/TAF in HIV Infections, sponsored by Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio. Completed at 15 sites in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-12-20.

Sponsored by Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2020, registered Dec 2023).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
208
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this study is to analyze in treatment-naïve HIV patients the antiviral activity, using a test and treat strategy, in real life of BIC/FTC/TAF. Secondary, this study aims to evaluate outcomes for implementation of the evidence based test and treat strategy.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • HIV
  • TEST and TREAT
  • IMPLEMENTATION
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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 208 is above the median of 83 across 3,251 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio as lead sponsor.

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

  1. HIV-1 infected adults (>17 y.o.)
  2. Antiretroviral-naïve.
  3. Be able to comply with protocol requirements and instructions.
  4. Subject or the subject's representative capable of giving signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Women who are breastfeeding or plan to become pregnant during the study.
  2. Patients who in the investigator's judgment, poses a significant drop out risk or life expectancy inferior to study ending.
  3. Patients with anticipated need to change the ART before study ending.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
208 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    study group

    HIV-1 infected adults, ART-naive subjects, who start BIC/FTC/TAF using test and treat strategy recruited at infectious diseases units from various Spanish public healthcare centers.

    Drug: BIC/FTC/TAF

Interventions

  • DrugBIC/FTC/TAF

    TEST and TREAT strategy: Study group will start the intervention at the first visit with their healthcare provider.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. HIV-1 RNA in plasma (week 24)

    copies of HIV RNA -1 in plasma at week 24

    Time frame: 24 week

  2. HIV-1 RNA in plasma week 48

    copies of HIV RNA -1 in plasma at week 48

    Time frame: 48 week

Secondary outcomes

  1. Medicaction adherence

    proportion of pills taken, self-reported

    Time frame: 48 week

  2. Retention in care

    Subjects completing all study visits

    Time frame: 48 week

  3. Quality of Life patient reported outcomes EQ-5D

    effect of test and treat strategy on health related quality of life and HIV-related symptoms to treatment-naïve HIV patients through PROs EQ-5D (Five dimensions descriptive system of quality of live from EuroQoL)

    Time frame: 48 week

  4. Quality of Life patient reported outcomes dichotomized HIV-Symptoms Index

    effect of test and treat strategy on health related quality of life and HIV-related symptoms to treatment-naïve HIV patients through PROs dichotomized HIV-SI

    Time frame: 48 week

  5. Feasibility of test and treat strategy

    Time to full enrolment of 139 eligible treatment-naïve HIV patients at 22 public healthcare centers in Spain and by physicians using screening data reports

    Time frame: 48 week

  6. demographics and baseline characteristics

    Proportion of subjects by patient subgroup (e.g. by gender, age...) with plasma HIV-1 RNA \<50 copies/mL at week 48 using FDA Snapshot algorithm

    Time frame: 48 week

  7. viral resistance

    Incidence of treatment-emergent genotypic or/and phenotypic resistence to any ART

    Time frame: 48 week

  8. antiviral activity

    Time to viral suppression and absolute changes from baseline in lymphocyte count at week 48

    Time frame: 48 week

  9. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]

    Incidence and severity of adverse events and laboratory abnormalities

    Time frame: 48 week

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Study locations

15 sites
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves
    Granada, Andalucía 18008, Spain
  • H JEREZ
    Jerez De La Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas
    Almería, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, INIBICA,
    Cadiz, Spain
  • Hospital Campus de la Salud
    Granada, 18014, Spain
  • Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén,
    Jaén, Spain
  • Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Complutense University, CIBERINFEC ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hu Infanta Leonor
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hu La Princesa
    Madrid, Spain
  • Ramon Y Cajal
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía
    Murcia, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB,
    Murcia, Spain
  • Hospital de Son Llàtzer
    Palma De Mallorca, Spain
  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
    Valencia, Spain
  • HU la Fé
    Valencia, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 20, 2023, 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
NCT06177574
Lead sponsor
Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio
Collaborators
Gilead Sciences
Responsible party
Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio (Principal Investigator, Medical Director of the Early Stage Clinical Trial Unit-IBS.Granada, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Dec 20, 2023
Start date
Oct 27, 2020
Primary completion
Oct 30, 2023
Completion
Oct 30, 2023
Last update
Dec 20, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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