ents
discontinued treatment for any reason vs. 73 in the placebo
arm.
Most of the rashes seen with TMC125 were mild to moderate in
severity, occurred within the first few weeks of treatment and
resolved with continued TMC125 treatment. Grade 3 or 4 rash
occurred in 1 percent of patients in the TMC125 arm and no patients
in the placebo arm.
DUET-1 and -2 Study Design
The DUET studies are double-blind, placebo-controlled,
international Phase 3 trials designed to assess the efficacy and
safety of TMC125 in treatment- experienced adult HIV-1 patients
with documented evidence of NNRTI and PI resistance. Participants
were randomized to receive TMC125 200 mg twice daily or placebo,
each given in addition to a BR.
In both studies, patient randomization was stratified for
enfuvirtide use in the BR (no use, re-use, or first time use),
previous darunavir use (used or not), and screening plasma viral
load (<30,000 or >=30,000 copies per mL).
Patients with HIV-1 who were eligible for the DUET trials had a
viral load of greater than 5,000 copies/mL, were on a stable
antiretroviral therapy regimen, and had evidence of at least one
NNRTI-resistance-associated mutation, either at screening or from
historical resistance tests as well as evidence of three or more
primary PI mutations at screening.
TMC125 Expanded Access Program
The expanded access program (EAP) for TMC125 is now open in a
number of European countries, Canada and the United States. TMC125
is available to HIV-1 infected adults, at least 18 years old, who
have limited treatment options either due to virological failure or
intolerance to multiple ARV regimens. Patients must be three-class
experienced, having received licensed treatment from each of the
three major oral classes of anti-HIV drugs (NRTIs, NNRTIs, and
PIs), unable to use currently approved NNRTIs due to resistance
and/or intolerance and have received at least two PI-based
regimens.
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