Dolutegravir/Lamivudine Dual Therapy for ART-naïve People With HIV and TB Receiving Rifampin-based TB Treatment (DOVETAIL)

Johns Hopkins University

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 3

Conditions: Tuberculosis; HIV

Treatments: Drug: Dolutegravir/Lamivudine 50 MG-300mg Oral Tablet [DOVATO]; Drug: Dolutegravir plus Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/ lamivudine (3TC); Drug: Dolutegravir 50mg Tab

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06497465

IRB00441778

Details and patient eligibility

About

This will be a Phase IIIb Clinical Trial, an international multicenter, randomized, three-arm, non-comparative trial of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the dual therapy regimen dolutegravir plus lamivudine either twice daily or DTG/3TC ( Dovato) in the morning +dolutegravir (DTG) in the evening, versus standard of care (SOC) twice-daily dolutegravir plus 2 once-daily Nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) tenofovir disoproxil fumarate /lamivudine (TDF/3TC), among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-nave individuals with HIV-1 receiving rifampin-based TB therapy

Full description

Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death in people with HIV worldwide. Among patients with HIV, the incidence of TB per year is about 5-10%. The two diseases are now always treated concurrently in co-infected individuals, as there is a survival benefit for starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after TB treatment initiation. Current Brazilian guidelines suggest that for patients with a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) < 50, ART should be started within 2 weeks of starting TB treatment; for patients with a CD4>50, ART should be started within 2 months of starting TB treatment. World Health Organization guidelines suggest ART initiation within 2 weeks of TB diagnosis regardless of CD4 count (provided there are no signs of TB meningitis), but most programs defer ART until 6-8 weeks in patients with CD4 >50 to reduce the risk of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).

The option of dual therapy for HIV (i.e., complete regimens to treat HIV composed of only 2 drugs) is of increasing interest and can lower costs for patients, payors, and programs while lowering cumulative lifetime exposure to ART (with potential resultant lessened burden of cumulative toxicities) and maintaining high antiviral efficacy. Based on the GEMINI, TANGO, and SALSA clinical trials, a regimen of 50 milligram (mg) DTG combined with 300mg lamivudine (3TC) has been shown to be a highly effective stand-alone option for the treatment of HIV-1 in ART treatment-naïve or virologically suppressed individuals through 48 weeks (SALSA) and 144 weeks (GEMINI and TANGO).

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Documentation of HIV-1 status: HIV-1 infection, documented by any licensed rapid HIV test or HIV-1 enzyme or chemiluminescence immunoassay (E/CIA) test kit at any time prior to entry and confirmed by a licensed Western blot or a second antibody test by a method other than the initial rapid HIV and/or E/CIA, or by HIV-1 antigen, or plasma HIV 1 RNA viral load. Two or more HIV-1 RNA viral loads of >1,000 copies/mL are also acceptable as documentation of HIV-1 infection.
• CD4+ cell count ≥50 cells/mm3 obtained within 30 days prior to study entry
• HIV-1 viral load ≥1000 copies/mL
• ART-naïve.
• Documentation of pulmonary TB

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant, or plans to become pregnant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

150 participants in 3 patient groups

Arm 1: DTG 50 mg/ 3TC 300mg (Dovato®) twice daily (BID)

Experimental group

Description:

Arm 1: DTG 50mg/3TC 300 mg fixed-dose-combination (FDC) tablet (Dovato®) twice daily during TB therapy and for 2 weeks after, then DTG 50mg/3TC 300 mg FDC tablet (Dovato®) once daily to week 52

Treatment:

Drug: Dolutegravir/Lamivudine 50 MG-300mg Oral Tablet [DOVATO]

Arm 2: DTG 50 mg/ 3TC 300mg (Dovato®) once daily (QD) in the morning with DTG 50 mg in the evening

Experimental group

Description:

Arm 2: DTG 50mg/300mg FDC tablet plus DTG 50mg at night during TB treatment and for 2 weeks after, then DTG 50 mg/ 3TC 300 mg FDC tablet (Dovato®) once daily to week 52

Treatment:

Drug: Dolutegravir 50mg Tab

Drug: Dolutegravir/Lamivudine 50 MG-300mg Oral Tablet [DOVATO]

Arm 3: Standard of Care 3-drug ART (DTG+ TDF/3TC) plus DTG 50mg in the evening.

Active Comparator group

Description:

Arm 3: Local Standard of Care 3-drug ART (DTG 50mg + TDF/3TC) plus DTG 50 mg at night during TB treatment and for 2 weeks after, then DTG 50 mg + TDF/3TC FDC tablet once daily to week 52

Treatment:

Drug: Dolutegravir plus Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/ lamivudine (3TC)