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A Phase IV, Open-label, Randomised, Pilot Clinical Trial Designed to Evaluate the Potential Neurotoxicity of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine/Abacavir in Neurosymptomatic HIV Patients and Its Reversibility After Switching to Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide. DREAM Study

A Phase IV, Open-label, Randomised, Pilot Clinical Trial Designed to Evaluate the Potential Neurotoxicity of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine/Abacavir in Neurosymptomatic HIV Patients and Its Reversibility After Switching to Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide. DREAM Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03067285
Acronym
DREAM
Enrollment
39
Registered
2017-03-01
Start date
2017-09-08
Completion date
2019-04-23
Last updated
2020-02-05

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Conditions

HIV Infections

Brief summary

A phase IV, multicentre, randomised, open-label, pilot clinical trial designed to evaluate HIV-infected, aviremic patients who receive treatment with the combination of DTG/3TC/ABC and who have neuropsychiatric adverse effects that, in the opinion of the investigators, may be related to taking DTG/3TC/ABC, if they improve after switching antiretroviral therapy to the combination of ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF.

Detailed description

we estimate that 64 participants will need to be enrolled in the study to demonstrate symptomatic improvement after switching antiretroviral therapy from DTG/3TC/ABC to ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF.

Interventions

DRUGDTG/3TC/ABC + ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF

Patients continuing on treatment with DTG/3TC/ABC after the randomization for 4 weeks, and then switch to ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF for 24 weeks

DRUGELV/COBI/FTC/TAF

Treatment with ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF during 24 weeks since randomized.

Sponsors

Fundacion SEIMC-GESIDA
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

A phase IV, open-label, randomised, pilot clinical trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient \> 18 years of age diagnosed with HIV using normal serology techniques. * Current antiretroviral therapy with DTG/3TC/ABC. * HIV viral load \< 50 copies/mL for at least 12 weeks prior to signing the consent form \[(\]confirmed by two assays at least 12 weeks apart with viremia \< 50 copies/mL between both). If the patient has a recent routine blood test available (≤ 4 weeks) that includes determining HIV viral load, these results may be used for the screening visit. If this test is not available, or the test is more than four weeks old, viral load will be determined on the day of screening in order to confirm that the patient meets this criterion. * Appearance or worsening of the following symptoms compared to when DTG/3TC/ABC was started: * Symptoms of anxiety or depression * Insomnia or other sleep disturbances * Headache * Cognitive complaints (attention, concentration or memory) * Alterations in behaviour (irritability, aggressiveness or agitation) * Dizziness of neurological or neurologically-mediated origin

Exclusion criteria

* Determination of at least one HIV viral load ≥ 50 copies/mL in the last 12 weeks. * Allergy, intolerance or existence of resistance mutations to any of the components of ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF * History of active CNS infections * Active psychosis, major depression with psychotic symptoms or autolytic ideation * Dementia or mental retardation * Drug use with a diagnosis of abuse or dependence according to DSM-5 criteria * Illnesses that may interfere with the study procedures * Claustrophobia * Presence of magnetisable devices in the body * Inability to complete any of the study procedures * Pregnant or nursing women, as well as women of childbearing age who do not agree to use an adequate birth control method.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To compare changes in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms potentially associated with the use of DTG/3TC/ABC, perceived by patients randomised to begin isolated symptomatic treatment or treatment associated with switching antiretroviral therapy.Week 4To compare, between the two arms of the study, changes in the percentage and in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms compiled using the ACTG adverse effects scale. anxiety and depression scale.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To evaluate changes in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms potentially associated with the use of DTG/3TC/ABC after switching to ELV/COBI/FTC/TAFWeek 4To evaluate the change in the percentage and in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms compiled using the ACTG adverse effects scale.
To evaluate changes in neurocognitive function and volumetric, spectroscopic, tractographic and cerebral perfusion markers, acquired by Magnetic Resonance Imaging, after switching from DTG/3TC/ABC to ELV/COBI/FTC/TAFWeek 24 after the switchingTo evaluate the change in global neurocognitive function (global deficit score) and cognitive domains (T-scores) in the volumes of the different structures of the brain using MRI volumetric techniques; the change in levels of neuronal integrity estimated by determining N-acetylaspartate levels in the structures of the frontal lobe and the basal ganglia using spectroscopy.
Percentages of virologic failureWeek 24 after the switchingTo evaluate the percentages of virologic failure after switching antiretroviral therapy from DTG/3TC/ABC to ELV/COBI/FTC/TAF

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026