A Randomised Trial to Evaluate the Antiviral Efficacy and Safety of Treatment With 500 mg Tipranavir (TPV) Plus 100 mg or 200 mg Ritonavir (RTV) p.o. BID in Comparison to 400 mg Lopinavir (LPV) Plus 100 mg RTV p.o. BID in Combination With Standard Background Regimen in ARV Therapy naïve Patients.
HIV Infections

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for HIV Infections
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Signed informed consent prior to trial participation. HIV-1 infected males or females >= 18 years of age. No previous ARV therapy. Any CD4+ T lymphocyte count < 500 cells / µl. HIV-1 viral load >= 5000 copies/mL at screening. Screening laboratory values that indicate adequate baseline organ function. A prior AIDS defining event is acceptable as long as it has resolved or the subject has been on stable treatment (e.g. opportunistic infection; no ARV) for at least 2 weeks before screening Exclusion criteria: Female patients of child-bearing potential who: have a positive serum pregnancy test at screening or during the study, are breast feeding, are planning to become pregnant Use of investigational medications within 30 days before study entry or during the trial
Sites / Locations
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Fundacion Huesped
- Hospital de Agudos Teodoro Alvarez
- Hospital Posadas
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- St Vincents Hospital;
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Alfred Hospital
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Unidade de Pesquisa Clínica (UPC) - AIDS
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Instituto de Crianca / Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP
- Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu - Ministério da Saúde
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Hospital Dia
- Universidade Federal da Bahia-Unidade Docente Assistencial d
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo
- I.I. Emilio Ribas - Moléstias Infecciosas
- Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas
- UNIFESP/ Hospital São Paulo- Univers. Federal de São Paulo
- Centro de Referência e Treinamento - DST/AIDS
- Downtown Infectious Diseases Clinic
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- McMaster University Medical Centre
- The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus
- Canadian Immunodeficiency Research Collaborative Inc.
- St. Michael's Hospital
- Sunnybrook & Woman's College Health Science Centre
- Toronto General Hospital
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Montreal General Hospital - McGill University Health Centre
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hôpital Jean Verdier
- Hôpital Bocage
- Hôpital Albert Michallon
- Hop Hôtel Dieu
- Hôpital Gui de Chauliac
- Hôpital Saint Antoine
- Hôpital Bellevue
- Epimed GmbH
- Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
- Universitätsklinikum Essen
- ifi Studien und Projekte GbR
- Universitätsklinik Köln
- Medizinische Poliklinik
- Hospital de Especialidades no. 25
- Hospital Juan I. Menchaca IMSS
- Hospital Lopez Mateos
- Centre for AIDS Diagnostics and Therapy
- Medical Academy of Szczecin
- Hospital for Infectious Diseases
- Department of Infectious Diseases
- Matei Bals Institute of Infectious Diseases
- Victor Babes Clincial Hospital
- Russian Federal Scientific
- City Hospital St Petersburg
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hospital Clínico y Provincial
- Ciutat Sanitaria Universitaria de Bellvitge
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hospital 12 de octubre
- Hospital Ramón y Cajal
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hospital Universitario Vírgen del Rocío
- Hospital Mútua de Terrasa
- Ramathibodhi Hospital
- King Chulalonkorn Hospital
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Royal Free Hospital