This is a multicenter, single arm, 48-week open-label study of FDC ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF \[Stribild\] in acute HIV infection. Study sites will be members of the Duke-UNC Acute HIV Infection Study Consortium. Participants will be enrolled for 96 weeks. Clinical care and study drug (ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF) will be provided for the first 48 weeks. After week 48, clinical care but not study drug will be provided through week 96. A study participant suppressed at week 48 can continue on FDC ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF. The primary hypothesis is that once daily fixed-dose combination elvitegravir (ELV), cobicistat (COBI), emtricitabine (FTC), and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) will rapidly reduce viral replication to \<50 copies RNA/ml in participants with acute HIV infection. The secondary hypotheses to be considered are 1) virologic response rates as measured by plasma HIV RNA levels will be non-inferior or superior to a historical group of participants from the PHI cohort treated with EFV/FTC/TDF, 2) compared to historical controls treated with EFV/FTC/TDF, plasma HIV RNA will decrease more rapidly in PHI participants treated with ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF, 3) compared to historical controls treated with EFV/FTC/TDF, immune activation as measured by the proportion CD4+ and CD8+ cells expressing HLA-DR and CD38+ will decrease more rapidly in PHI participants treated with ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF, 4)in a subset of participants samples will be obtained from compartments such as the gastrointestinal tract, and lymphoid tissues to assess changes over time in parameters such as HIV-1 RNA, immunologic responses to HIV, and tissue and anatomic reservoirs. We hypothesize that treatment with the ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF will demonstrate improved viral clearance in these compartments as compared to historical controls treated with EFV/FTC/TDF. 5) in a subset of participants who remain suppressed on therapy, resting CD4 cells with replication-competent HIV-1 (latent reservoir) will be quantitated and compared to similar measurements in PHI participants treated with EFV/FTC/TDF. In addition, we will compare these results to those measured in HIV-1 infected participants treated and 6) ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF will be well tolerated, and the proportion of participants who require treatment modification will be less than that observed in participants treated with EFV/FTC/TDF.
None desired
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
33
Antiretroviral treatment
UNC at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Number of Participants With a Viral Load Measurement of <200 Copies/mL at Week 24
Time frame: 24 weeks
Virologic Efficacy of the Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF Given Once Daily to Participants With Acute HIV Infection as Determined by the Proportion of Treated Participants With HIV-1 RNA to <50 Copies/mL at Week 48
Time frame: 48 weeks
Immune Activation as Measured by the Proportion of CD4+ and CD8+ Cells Expressing HLA-DR and CD38+
Time frame: 48 weeks
Rate of Virologic Decline in the First 48 Weeks of Treatment Comparing FDC ELV/COBI/FTC/TDF to FDC EFV/FTC/TDF
Time frame: 48 weeks
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