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Removal of Doravirine by Hemodialysis in HIV-Infected Patients With End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

Removal of Doravirine by Hemodialysis in HIV-Infected Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04689737
Enrollment
8
Registered
2020-12-30
Start date
2021-03-20
Completion date
2021-06-14
Last updated
2024-08-27

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Conditions

HIV-infected Participants With ESRD Undergoing Routine Hemodialysis

Keywords

HIV, ESRD, Doravirine

Brief summary

Doravirine is a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has demonstrated good efficacy, tolerability, and safety for the treatment of patients with HIV infection in phase III clinical trials. Doravirine achieved non- inferiority when compared with efavirenz- and darunavir/ritonavir-based regimens. Doravirine is mainly metabolized and eliminated by the liver, with only 6% of the drug being excreted unchanged through the urine.In a study comparing 8 subjects with severe renal disease to 8 subjects without renal impairment, the single dose exposure of doravirine was 43% higher in subjects with severe renal function impairment.However, according to prescribing information, no dosage adjustment of doravirine is required in patients with mild, moderate, or severe renal impairment. On the other hand, data on doravirine pharmacokinetics in patients with ESRD on dialysis are lacking. This may be of special interest because doravirine has a relatively low molecular weight and it is only 76% bound to proteins in plasma. These characteristics could make possible for hemodialysis to remove doravirine from plasma, potentially leading to subtherapeutic concentrations of doravirine after the dialysis sessions. On the contrary, doravirine volume of distribution is about 60 liters,15 what could limit extraction of doravirine by hemodialysis. Since data on doravirine pharmacokinetics in PLWH with ESRD on dialysis are lacking, our aim is to evaluate the effect of intermittent hemodialysis on doravirine concentrations in HIV-infected patients with ESRD

Detailed description

Doravirine is a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has demonstrated good efficacy, tolerability, and safety for the treatment of patients with HIV infection in phase III clinical trials. Doravirine achieved non- inferiority when compared with efavirenz- and darunavir/ritonavir-based regimens. Doravirine is mainly metabolized and eliminated by the liver, with only 6% of the drug being excreted unchanged through the urine.In a study comparing 8 subjects with severe renal disease to 8 subjects without renal impairment, the single dose exposure of doravirine was 43% higher in subjects with severe renal function impairment.However, according to prescribing information, no dosage adjustment of doravirine is required in patients with mild, moderate, or severe renal impairment. On the other hand, data on doravirine pharmacokinetics in patients with ESRD on dialysis are lacking. This may be of special interest because doravirine has a relatively low molecular weight and it is only 76% bound to proteins in plasma. These characteristics could make possible for hemodialysis to remove doravirine from plasma, potentially leading to subtherapeutic concentrations of doravirine after the dialysis sessions. On the contrary, doravirine volume of distribution is about 60 liters,15 what could limit extraction of doravirine by hemodialysis. Since data on doravirine pharmacokinetics in PLWH with ESRD on dialysis are lacking, our aim is to evaluate the effect of intermittent hemodialysis on doravirine concentrations in HIV-infected patients with ESRD.

Interventions

DRUGDoravirine

Participants will be told to take one tablet of doravirine (Pifeltro, MDS) once daily, with or without food, approximately at the day time that they usually finish the hemodialysis sessions. The rest of their antiretroviral regimen and concomitant medications will remain unchanged

Sponsors

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Fundación FLS de Lucha Contra el Sida, las Enfermedades Infecciosas y la Promoción de la Salud y la Ciencia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This is a multi-centre, single-arm, open-label, pilot study in HIV-infected participants with ESRD undergoing routine hemodialysis. All participants will receive doravirine 100 mg once daily during the study (5 days).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Males and females\* aging ≥ 18 years. 2. Documented HIV infection). 3. Stable antiretroviral treatment for at least 2 weeks prior to enrolment. 4. Optimal adherence to antiretroviral treatment, defined as less than 2 missed doses within the previousweek. 5. End-stage renal disease in renal replacement therapy with periodic hemodialysis. 6. Agree with the study procedures and signature of the informed consent. \*Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to randomization into the study and commitment to useat least one of these birth control methods: male or female condom with or without spermicide, cap, diaphragm or sponge with orwithout spermicide, intrauterine device, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner, sexual abstinence during the study. Condomuse is considered as an additional method of contraception only and cannot be the only method of contraception used as not beenconsidered an effective method by the Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (CTFG) guidelines. Based on ICH, M3 (R2) 2009 a woman is considered of childbearing potential: fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilization methods include tubal ligation, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy.

Exclusion criteria

1. Evidence or clinical suspicion that the patient will not be able to comply with the study protocol. 2. Hypersensitivity to doravirine 3. Concomitant therapy within the previous 4 weeks with any of the following drugs: * Anticonvulsants: carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin * Androgen receptor inhibitor: enzalutamide * Antimycobacterials: rifampin, rifapentine * Cytotoxic agent: mitotane * St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) 4. Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding. 5. ALT and/ or AST ≥ 4 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening. 6. Hemoglobin \< 7,5 g/dL at screening.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentatge of Doravirine Dialysis Extraction Ratio (ER)At day 6The haemodialysis extraction ratio (ER) for doravirine was calculated as: ER(%) = ((Cin - Cout)/ Cin) × 100 where Cin is the pre-dialyser doravirine concentration (i.e. blood entering the dialyser) and Cout is the post-dialyser doravirine concentration (i.e. blood leaving the dialyser). Post-dialyser doravirine concentrations (Cout) were corrected for haemoconcentration by a factor F based on total protein (TP) concentration pre- and post-dialyser: F = TPin / TPout.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants Developing Related Adverse Events Grade 3-4 Related to DoravirineBaseline to day 20Percentage of participants developing related adverse events grade 3 or grade 4 related to doravirine. Defining Grade 3 (severe) as symptoms causing inability to perform usual social and functional activities and Grade 4 (potentially life-threatening)as Symptoms causing inability to perform basic self-care functions or Medical or operative intervention indicated to prevent permanent impairment, persistent disability, or death.
Doravirine Concentration (mg/dl)At day 6Doravirine Concentration (mg/dl) in plasma at the end of the haemodialysis session.

Countries

Spain

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Experimental Group
Doravirine (Pifeltro, MSD) will be added to participant's cART (100 mg once daily) for 5 days Doravirine: Participants will be told to take one tablet of doravirine (Pifeltro, MDS) once daily, with or without food, approximately at the day time that they usually finish the hemodialysis sessions. The rest of their antiretroviral regimen and concomitant medications will remain unchanged
8
Total8

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicExperimental Group
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
1 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
7 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected— Participants
Region of Enrollment
Spain
8 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
6 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 8
other
Total, other adverse events
3 / 8
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 8

Outcome results

Primary

Percentatge of Doravirine Dialysis Extraction Ratio (ER)

The haemodialysis extraction ratio (ER) for doravirine was calculated as: ER(%) = ((Cin - Cout)/ Cin) × 100 where Cin is the pre-dialyser doravirine concentration (i.e. blood entering the dialyser) and Cout is the post-dialyser doravirine concentration (i.e. blood leaving the dialyser). Post-dialyser doravirine concentrations (Cout) were corrected for haemoconcentration by a factor F based on total protein (TP) concentration pre- and post-dialyser: F = TPin / TPout.

Time frame: At day 6

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Experimental GroupPercentatge of Doravirine Dialysis Extraction Ratio (ER)34.3 percentage of doravirine dialysis ER
Secondary

Doravirine Concentration (mg/dl)

Doravirine Concentration (mg/dl) in plasma at the end of the haemodialysis session.

Time frame: At day 6

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Experimental GroupDoravirine Concentration (mg/dl)785 mg/dl
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Developing Related Adverse Events Grade 3-4 Related to Doravirine

Percentage of participants developing related adverse events grade 3 or grade 4 related to doravirine. Defining Grade 3 (severe) as symptoms causing inability to perform usual social and functional activities and Grade 4 (potentially life-threatening)as Symptoms causing inability to perform basic self-care functions or Medical or operative intervention indicated to prevent permanent impairment, persistent disability, or death.

Time frame: Baseline to day 20

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Experimental GroupPercentage of Participants Developing Related Adverse Events Grade 3-4 Related to Doravirine2 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026