Active clinical trials for "HIV Infections"

There has been little success in treating the cognitive (thinking) problems associated with HIV/AIDS using medications. The purpose of this study is to determine whether an internet-based cognitive "stimulation" program might help HIV-infected individuals think more clearly. If this is true, then it means that people with mild forms of cognitive impairment may be able to help themselves to get better.

The primary objective of the trial is: • to evaluate the change from baseline in plasma viral load with placebo and one of up to 4 dose regimens of RDEA806. The secondary objectives are: Efficacy to describe the nadir of the plasma viral load to describe the DAVG to assess the proportion of subjects who reached a drop in viral load of 0.5 log, 1 log, or reach an undetectable viral load to assess the plasma viral load decay rate to evaluate immunologic changes (as measured by CD4 and CD8 cells) to evaluate the genotypic and phenotypic pattern of the virus Pharmacokinetics to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship of RDEA806 Safety to evaluate the safety and tolerability of bid and qd dosing of RDEA806 as monotherapy

This pilot pharmacokinetic study is designed to exclude a large difference (>40%) in pharmacokinetics (esp. AUC) between two new Lopimune formulations and the branded formulation. The formal bioequivalence study with adequate power will be conducted by the manufacturer. In order to get data independently from the manufacturer and to have this information in an earlier phase, this small pilot study is initiated. The initial study showed a declined bioavailability of the granules under fasting conditions. The study has been extended with an arm determining the pharmacokinetics of the granules after food (compared to the oral solution taken with food).

This study will determine whether HIV treatment that is initiated during the acute phase of HIV infection, followed by discontinuation of treatment, is effective in reducing the amount of HIV and an increasing the amount of CD4 cells in the blood of people with HIV, compared to the amounts of HIV and CD4 cells in people who do not receive treatment at this stage.

Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes decline in immunity or the ability to fight infection and progresses to acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS). Anti-HIV drug treatment has improved the prognosis of persons with HIV infection, but is expensive and potentially toxic. Low micronutrient levels occur in the blood even in early stages of HIV infection and increase risk of a poorer prognosis, but the role of micronutrient and antioxidant supplements in medical management of HIV/AIDS is not well defined. The proposed clinical trial aims to assess if supplementation of untreated HIV-infected adults with a micronutrient and antioxidant preparation can delay decline in immunity or disease progression or start of anti-HIV drug treatment compared with supplementation with standard multivitamins. If the findings are positive, the study has implications for health and health care savings.

This study aims to provide new knowledge about the pathogenesis of HIV infection, specifically, the role that immune activation and apoptotic activity play in immune recovery, and in particular, in the paradoxical immunologic response of some patients on antiretroviral therapy despite achievement of sustained and complete viral suppression. In this regard, the investigators will prospectively evaluate the impact of intensification with Raltegravir in those "discordants" patients with high index of immune activation, measured as the percentage of CD8+HLADR+CD38+ cells. This will provide relevant information on the effectiveness of this drug in guided intensification regimens.

The purpose of this Phase I, open-label, single sequence drug-drug interaction trial in human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 infected patients is to investigate the potential interaction between steady-state nevirapine (NVP) 200 mg b.i.d. (twice a day) and a single dose of 400 mg TMC207 and to explore the pharmacokinetics (how the drug is absorbed into the bloodstream, distributed in the body and eliminated from the body).

This protocol represents the first in human study of TUTI-16, and is being conducted to establish the safety and human immunogenicity (anti-HIV-1 Tat titers) of subcutaneously administered TUTI-16. Activity of TUTI-16 will also be determined in minimizing HIV-1 viral loads and sustaining CD4+ T-cell levels.

HIV-infected children, youth, and adults have lower bone mineral density (BMD) than would be expected for HIV-uninfected people of similar age, weight and race. As the majority of perinatally HIV-infected U.S. children are entering or in adolescence, the potential for HIV-related impaired BMD during the adolescent peak of bone mass acquisition is of particular concern. The primary purpose of this study was to compare changes from pre-treatment levels of BMD of the lumbar spine after 24 and 48 weeks of alendronate treatment with placebo in HIV-infected children and adolescents.

The main purpose of this protocol is to study the effect of an HIV medication known as Raltegravir on Buprenorphine in people who have been receiving the same dose of Buprenorphine for at least 3 weeks before study entry. This will be determined by giving Raltegravir along with Buprenorphine and by measuring the amount of Raltegravir and Buprenorphine in the blood. The investigators will also learn about the effects of Buprenorphine on Raltegravir and about the safety of taking these two medications together.