This was an open-label, controlled study, conducted at US sites to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of the study drug letermovir in adults with HIV and asymptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV) who were on antiretroviral therapy (ART)-mediated suppression. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either letermovir once daily or no anti-CMV treatment, for 48 weeks. The primary hypothesis of this study was that letermovir would cause a greater reduction in plasma soluble receptor for tumor necrosis factor type II (sTNFRII) levels than no anti-CMV treatment at weeks 46/48.
This was a phase 2, randomized, open-label, controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate the anti-inflammatory efficacy of letermovir, administered once daily for 48 weeks in adults with HIV and asymptomatic CMV, who are on ART-mediated suppression. Participants were randomized 1:1 to receive either letermovir or no anti-CMV treatment. The target enrollment was 180 participants. A futility analysis was planned to be performed after the first 40 participants to initiate study treatment reached their 8-week study visit. Study enrollment was to be paused after the 40th participant started the study until the results of the futility analysis were considered. This study was terminated due to futility.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
480 mg administered orally once daily with or without food
UCSD Antiviral Research Center CRS (Site 701)
San Diego, California, United States
UCSF HIV/AIDS CRS (Site 801)
San Francisco, California, United States
University of Colorado Hospital CRS
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Northwestern University CRS
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital CRS (MGH CRS)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Washington University Therapeutics (WT) CRS
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Weill Cornell Chelsea CRS (7804)
New York, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Uptown CRS (7803)
New York, New York, United States
University of Rochester Adult HIV Therapeutic Strategies Network CRS
Rochester, New York, United States
Cincinnati Clinical Research Site
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
...and 5 more locations
Change (Absolute) in sTNFRII
The absolute change in sTNFRII from Baseline (average of study entry and treatment initiation visits) to Week 46/48 (average of Week 46 and Week 48), or the latest result in the treatment phase. Linear regression was used to estimate the mean change. The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 46 and 48
Occurrence of Grade ≥3 AEs or Confirmed HIV-1 Virologic Failure
Adverse events were graded according to the Division of AIDS Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events (DAIDS AE Grading Table), corrected Version 2.1, July 2017. Adverse events were graded on a scale from 1-5: 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=life-threatening, 5=death. Confirmed virologic failure was defined as two consecutive HIV-1 RNA levels ≥200 copies/mL by real-time HIV-1 RNA testing. Participants with a plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥200 copies/mL at any visit had a confirmatory viral load obtained as soon as possible but within 14 days after the first sample was drawn, if possible. If the consecutive measurement of HIV-1 RNA was also ≥200 copies/mL, the participant was considered to have confirmed virologic failure.
Time frame: Measured from study entry through Week 48
Rate of Change in Odds of Oral CMV DNA Detection
When the number of detection outcomes was sufficient, binary repeated oral CMV DNA detection (yes/no) was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm. Due to the small sample size and small number of detectable CMV DNA results, the GEE model was not able to provide estimates. Cross-sectional CMV DNA detection summaries have been provided instead.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 46, 48, 52 and 60
Rate of Change in Odds of Genital CMV DNA Detection
When the number of detection outcomes was sufficient, binary repeated genital CMV DNA detection (yes/no) was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm. The model estimates do not reflect the odds of detection, but rather, the change in the odds of detection per week on the multiplicative scale.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 46, 48, 52 and 60
Rate of Change in Odds of Rectal CMV DNA Detection
When the number of detection outcomes was sufficient, binary repeated rectal CMV DNA detection (yes/no) was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm. Due to the small sample size and small number of detectable CMV DNA results, the GEE model was not able to provide estimates. Cross-sectional CMV DNA detection summaries have been provided instead.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 48 and 60
Rate of Change in Odds of Plasma CMV DNA Detection
When the number of detection outcomes was sufficient, binary repeated plasma CMV DNA detection (yes/no) was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm. Due to the small sample size and small number of detectable CMV DNA results, the GEE model was not able to provide estimates. Cross-sectional CMV DNA detection summaries have been provided instead.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 46, 48, 52 and 60
Rate of Change in sCD163
Repeated, continuous sCD163 was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 24, 46, 48, 52 and 60
Rate of Change in sTNFRII
Repeated, continuous sTNFRII was modeled with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the weekly rate of change (slope). The covariates were study arm and the gender and CD4 stratification factors, as well as a three-level period effect (early treatment phase \[through Week 8\], late treatment phase, post-treatment phase) and its interaction with the study arm.
Time frame: Measured at Baseline and Weeks 8, 24, 46, 48, 52 and 60
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