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Completed Phase 4 Interventional

The Effectiveness of HIV RNA Viral Load Testing in Determining Treatment Type in HIV-Infected Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00002376

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Official title

A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study to Determine If the Addition of HIV RNA Viral Load Is an Effective Tool in Determining Treatment Regimens for HIV-Infected Patients

Brief summary

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To evaluate, in HIV-infected patients whose baseline CD4 count is 300 to 750 cells/mm3, whether an antiretroviral treatment regimen based upon clinical evaluation and CD4 counts plus HIV RNA viral load is more effective than a treatment regimen based upon clinical evaluation and CD4 counts without the use of HIV RNA viral load information. To assess relative utility of viral load testing in determining therapeutic choice by the surrogate marker of CD4 cell counts after 48 weeks of therapy. It is hypothesized that among HIV-infected patients whose baseline CD4 count is in the range of 300 to 750 cells/mm3, those patients who incorporate initial and periodic viral RNA measurements in their therapeutic decisions will have higher CD4 counts after 48 weeks than patients whose therapeutic decisions do not incorporate initial and periodic viral RNA measurements.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00002376
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
540 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Not listed
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Not listed
Last update posted
Jun 23, 2005

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Kaiser Foundation Hospital San Francisco California 94118

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