Immediate Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy During "Hyperacute" HIV Infection
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 24
Summary
- Conditions
- HIV
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Although ART decreases HIV-associated mortality, it does not appear to completely restore immune health, for reasons that remain unclear. In addition, while HIV prevention approaches have led to significant successes in decreasing the incidence of new HIV infection over the past few years, the epide...
Although ART decreases HIV-associated mortality, it does not appear to completely restore immune health, for reasons that remain unclear. In addition, while HIV prevention approaches have led to significant successes in decreasing the incidence of new HIV infection over the past few years, the epidemic continues to grow both locally and globally. While complete eradication may not currently be feasible, a "functional cure" in which patients are able to indefinitely maintain undetectable viral loads in the absence of therapy may be an attainable immediate goal. Studying patients with early HIV infection and immediate ART will provide a unique opportunity to investigate the pathophysiology of the earliest stages of HIV infection and may help identify the virologic/immunologic predictors of a functional cure.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT02656511
- Collaborators
- ViiV Healthcare
- Gilead Sciences
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Sulggi Lee, MD PhD University of California, San Francisco