The purpose of this study was to compare the virologic efficacy and safety of three antiretroviral (ARV) regimens, dolutegravir plus emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide, dolutegravir plus emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in pregnant women living with HIV-1 and to compare the safety of these regimens for their infants.
This study compared the virologic efficacy and safety of three ARV regimens in pregnant women living with HIV: dolutegravir (DTG) plus emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (FTC/TAF), DTG plus emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF), and efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (EFV/FTC/TDF). The study also compared the safety of these regimens for their infants. At study entry, mothers were randomly assigned to either receive DTG plus FTC/TAF (Arm 1), DTG plus FTC/TDF (Arm 2), or EFV/FTC/TDF (Arm 3) during pregnancy, through delivery, and for 50 weeks postpartum. Mothers completed study visits at study entry and every four weeks during pregnancy. Study visits for mothers and their infants occurred at delivery and at 6, 14, 26, 38, and 50 weeks postpartum. Visits for mothers and infants included physical examinations and blood collection. Select study visits also included breast milk collection from mothers who breastfed, hair and urine collection, ultrasound scans, pregnancy testing, contraception counseling, and, for a subset of participants, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans for mothers and their infants. For pregnancy outcome measures, mothers and infants were evaluated together as mother-infant pairs, with any outcome between the two counting as an event (for example, if an infant was born small for gestational age, this would be a pregnancy outcome event for the mother-infant pair). For all other outcome measures, women and infants were evaluated separately.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
643
One 50 mg DTG tablet was administered orally once daily
One fixed-dose combination tablet (FTC 200 mg/TAF 25 mg) was administered orally once daily
One fixed-dose combination tablet (FTC 200 mg/TDF 300 mg) was administered orally once daily
One fixed-dose combination tablet (EFV 600 mg/FTC 200 mg/TDF 300 mg) was administered orally once daily
Univ. of Florida Jacksonville NICHD CRS
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Pediatric Perinatal HIV Clinical Trials Unit CRS
Miami, Florida, United States
Gaborone CRS
Gaborone, South-East District, Botswana
Molepolole CRS
Gaborone, Botswana
SOM Federal University Minas Gerais Brazil NICHD CRS
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado NICHD CRS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagao Gesteira - UFRJ NICHD CRS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hosp. Geral De Nova Igaucu Brazil NICHD CRS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College (BJMC) CRS
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Soweto IMPAACT CRS
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
...and 11 more locations
Percentage of Mothers With HIV-1 RNA Viral Load Less Than 200 Copies/mL at Delivery
Percentage of mothers with plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load less than 200 copies/mL at delivery determined using real-time test results obtained at site laboratories. This outcome was evaluated in the non-inferiority (primary outcome) and superiority (secondary outcome) analyses. The intention-to-treat analysis included all randomized women who had viral load data available. The per-protocol analysis excluded women who modified randomized treatment (stopped, paused, switched, added any treatment) before viral load evaluation at delivery, with the exception of women who modified randomized treatment for use of a concomitant medication.
Time frame: Delivery
Percentage of Mother-infant Pairs With an Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Percentage of mother-infant pairs with an adverse pregnancy outcome. Adverse pregnancy outcome includes spontaneous abortion (\<20 weeks gestation), stillbirth (≥20 weeks gestation), preterm delivery (\<37 completed weeks), or small for gestational age (\<10th percentile by INTERGROWTH 21st Standards)
Time frame: Delivery
Cumulative Probability of Women Experiencing Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of women experiencing grade 3 or higher adverse events, including events resulting in death due to any cause. Time to first maternal grade 3 or higher adverse event was defined as the first grade 3 or higher adverse event that occurred after randomization and before 74 weeks of follow-up. The timeframe of 74 weeks was determined by adding up 56 weeks of postpartum follow-up to the mean duration of antepartum follow-up, which was 18 weeks.
Time frame: From randomization up to 74 weeks
Cumulative Probability of Infants Experiencing Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of infants experiencing grade 3 or higher adverse events, including events resulting in death due to any cause.
Time frame: From birth through Week 50 postpartum
Percentage of Mothers With HIV-1 RNA Less Than 50 Copies/mL at Delivery Measured at Central Laboratory
Percentage of mothers with HIV-1 RNA less than 50 copies/mL at delivery using batched test results obtained from central laboratory
Time frame: Delivery
Percentage of Mothers With HIV-1 RNA Less Than 200 Copies/mL at 50 Weeks Postpartum
Percentage of mothers with HIV-1 RNA less than 200 copies/mL at 50 weeks postpartum using real-time test results obtained from site laboratories
Time frame: 50 weeks postpartum
Time to First HIV-1 RNA Less Than 200 Copies/mL Through Delivery
Time to first viral HIV-1 RNA less than 200 copies/mL through delivery, determined using real-time results obtained from site laboratories
Time frame: Randomization to delivery
Percentage of Mothers With Virologic Success of HIV-1 RNA Less Than 200 Copies/mL at Delivery Based on FDA Snapshot Algorithm
Percentage of mothers with virologic success of HIV-1 RNA less than 200 copies/mL at delivery based on FDA snapshot algorithm using real-time test results obtained from site laboratories
Time frame: Delivery
Percentage of Mothers With Virologic Success of HIV-1 RNA Less Than 200 Copies/mL at 50 Weeks Postpartum Based on FDA Snapshot Algorithm
Percentage of mothers with virologic success of HIV-1 RNA less than 200 copies/mL at 50 weeks postpartum based on FDA snapshot algorithm using real-time test results obtained from site laboratories
Time frame: 50 weeks postpartum
Percentage of Mother-Infant Pairs With an Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Percentage of mother-infant pairs with an adverse pregnancy outcome. Adverse pregnancy outcome includes spontaneous abortion (\<20 weeks gestation), stillbirth (≥20 weeks gestation), preterm delivery (\<37 completed weeks), or small for gestational age (\<10th percentile per INTERGROWTH 21st Standards)
Time frame: Delivery
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Cumulative Probability of Women Experiencing Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of women experiencing grade 3 or higher adverse events, including events resulting in death due to any cause. Time to first maternal grade 3 or higher adverse event was defined as the first grade 3 or higher adverse event that occurred after randomization and before 74 weeks of follow-up. The timeframe of 74 weeks was determined by adding up 56 weeks of postpartum follow-up to the mean duration of antepartum follow-up, which was 18 weeks.
Time frame: From randomization up to 74 weeks
Cumulative Probability of Infants Experiencing Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of infants experiencing grade 3 or higher adverse events, including events resulting in death due to any cause.
Time frame: Birth through Week 50 postpartum
Percentage of Mother-infant Pairs With an Adverse Pregnancy Outcome or Major Congenital Anomaly
Percentage of mother-infant pairs with an adverse pregnancy outcome or major congenital anomaly. Adverse pregnancy outcomes include spontaneous abortions (\<20 weeks gestation), stillbirths (≥20 weeks gestation), preterm deliveries (\<37 weeks gestation), and infants small for gestational age (\<10th percentile per INTERGROWTH 21st Standards). Major congenital anomaly was defined consistent with the definition of malformation provided by Holmes and Westgate (i.e., a structural abnormality with surgical, medical, or cosmetic importance) and evaluated by an internal study team blinded to treatment arm.
Time frame: Delivery through 50 weeks postpartum
Count of Mother-infant Pairs in the Classified Ranked Composite Safety Outcome
Infant and pregnancy outcomes were classified on a scale of 1 to 10, with mother-infant pairs categorized by the worst outcome they experienced (worst category being 1 and best being 10): 1) Infant death; 2) Spontaneous abortion (\<20 weeks gestation) or stillbirth (≥20 weeks gestation); 3) Infant HIV infection; 4) Extremely and very early preterm (\<32 completed weeks); 5) Major congenital anomaly; 6) Preterm delivery (\<37 completed weeks); 7) Small for gestational age (\<10th percentile); 8) Infant hospitalization; 9) Infant grade 3 or 4 adverse event; 10) None of the above. If a mother-infant pair experienced more than one safety outcome, only the worst was reported.
Time frame: Birth through 50 weeks postpartum
Cumulative Probability of Infant HIV-infection
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of infants acquiring HIV-1 infection from birth through 50 weeks after birth based on nucleic acid test results.
Time frame: Birth through 50 weeks after birth
Cumulative Probability of Infant Deaths
The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the cumulative probability of infant deaths from birth through 50 weeks after birth.
Time frame: Birth through 50 weeks after birth
Maternal Change in Creatinine Clearance
Maternal change in creatinine clearance per week based on generalized estimating equations
Time frame: Baseline to 50 weeks postpartum
Infant Creatinine Clearance
Infant creatinine clearance based on Schwartz formula
Time frame: Delivery and 26 weeks postpartum
Percentage of Mothers With HIV-1 ARV Drug Resistance Mutations at the Time of Maternal Virologic Failure
Percentage of mothers with HIV-1 antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance mutations at the time of maternal virologic failure. Virologic failure was defined as two consecutive plasma HIV-1 RNA viral loads \<200 copies/mL on or after 24 weeks on study. Drug resistance mutations were assessed using the Stanford algorithm, and all ARV regimens were assessed for mutations.
Time frame: From 24 weeks after randomization through Week 50 postpartum
Count of Infants With HIV-1 Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations at the Time of Infant HIV Diagnosis
Count of infants with HIV-1 antiretroviral drug resistance mutations (to any antiretroviral drug) at the time of infant HIV diagnosis, based on laboratory blood test results.
Time frame: From birth through 50 weeks postpartum
Percentage of Mother-Infant Pairs With Preterm Deliveries
Percentage of mother-infant pairs with preterm deliveries (\<37 weeks gestation) resulting in live born infant
Time frame: Delivery
Percentage of Infants Born Small for Gestational Age
Percentage of infants born small for gestational age (\<10th percentile adjusted for sex assigned at birth) based on Intergrowth 21st Standards
Time frame: Birth
Change in Maternal Weight Antepartum
Change in maternal antepartum weight per week based on generalized estimating equations
Time frame: Baseline through before delivery (up to one day prior)
Change in Maternal Weight Postpartum
Change in maternal postpartum weight per week based on generalized estimating equations
Time frame: Delivery to 50 weeks postpartum
Change in Maternal Weight Overall
Change in maternal weight per week based on generalized estimating equations
Time frame: Baseline to 50 weeks postpartum