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CTRI Number  CTRI/2009/091/000644 [Registered on: 09/12/2009]
Last Modified On: 24/08/2015
Post Graduate Thesis   
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study
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Drug
Preventive 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Multiple Arm Trial 
Public Title of Study
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A Study in couples in which one partner is infected with HIV and the other partner is not infected. The primary goal is to find out whether treating HIV infected partner with Anti-HIV drugs can prevent them from transmitting the virus to their partner through sex 
Scientific Title of Study
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A randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy plus HIV primary care versus HIV primary care alone to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1 in Serodiscordant couples 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID  Identifier 
HPTN O52, Version 3.0,dated 20 Nov 2006  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name  DrSanjay Mehendale 
Designation  Principal investigator 
Affiliation  National AIDS Research Institute 
Address  National AIDS Research Institute 73, G Block MIDC,Bhosari,

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411 026
India 
Phone  91-20-27331200  
Fax  91-20-27121071  
Email  smehendale@nariindia.org  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query

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Name  DrSheela Godbole 
Designation  Investigator of Record 
Affiliation  National AIDS Research Institute 
Address  73, G Block MIDC,Bhosari

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411 026
India 
Phone  91-20-27331200  
Fax  91-20-27121071  
Email  sgodbole@nariindia.org  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query

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Name  DrSheela Godbole 
Designation  Investigator of Record 
Affiliation  National AIDS Research Institute 
Address  73, G Block MIDC,Bhosari

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
411 026
India 
Phone  91-20-27331200  
Fax  91-20-27121071  
Email  sgodbole@nariindia.org  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support
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Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS) National Institute of Health USA 
 
Primary Sponsor
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Name  National Institute of Health USA 
Address  Department of Health and Human services ,NIH,U.S. 
Type of Sponsor  Government funding agency 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Name  Address 
Nil  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment
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  India
Botswana
Brazil
Malawi
South Africa
Thailand
Zimbabwe  
Sites of Study
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No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Sheela Godbole  National AIDS Research Institute   73 G, Block, MIDC, Bhosari, Pune
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
020-27331200
91-20-27121071
sgodbole@nariindia.org 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
NARI Ethics Committtee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Find out whether treating HIV infected people with anti HIV drugs will prevent them from transmitting the virus to their partner through sex. ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Delayed ART arm  Stdy participant will receive only HIV primary care without initiation of ART until the index participant has two consecutive measurements of a CD4+ cell count within or below the range of 200-250 cells/mm3, or develops an AIDS-defining illness.  
Intervention  immediate ART arm  The study partcipant on this arm will receive immediate ART therapy plus HIV primary care 
 
Inclusion Criteria
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Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  70.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Couples are defined as sexual partners same or opposite sex who are married have been
living together or consider each other a primary partner. They must have been together for a minimum of three months and at the time of study enrollment expect to maintain their relationship for the duration of the study.

Index Case:
-Positive HIV serology obtained within 60 days prior to enrollment
-Has a sexual partner (as defined above) who is not infected with HIV (documented by negative HIV serology) and who is willing to participate in the study.
-Plans to maintain a sexual relationship with the person who is enrolled in the study with them.
-Reports having sex (vaginal or anal) with partner at least 3 times in the last 3 months.
-If pregnant or breastfeeding during screening or at the time of enrollment, willing to be randomized to either arm of the study.
-The following conditions must be met for laboratory parameters within 60 days prior to enrollment:
CD4+ cell count of 350-550 cells/mm3
Hemoglobin > 7.5 g/dL
Platelet count > 50,000/µL.
AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT), and alkaline phosphatase < 5 x ULN
Total bilirubin < 2.5 x ULN
Calculated creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min (use the Cockcroft and Gault method to calculate)
Absolute neutrophil count > 750 mm3 or 0.750 x 109/L

Partner
-Negative HIV serology within 14 days prior to enrollment.
-Has a sexual partner infected with HIV who is willing to participate in the study.
-Plans to maintain a sexual relationship with the person who is enrolled in the study with them.
-Reports having sex (vaginal or anal) with partner at least 3 times in the last 3 months.

Both Index Case and Partner:
-Men and women age > 18 years.
-Willing to disclose HIV test results to partner.
-Not intending to relocate out of the area for the duration of study participation and does not have a job or other obligations that may require long absences from the area. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Index Case: -Current or previous AIDS-defining illness (as defined in Appendix III). -Current or previous use of any ART drugs -Documented or suspected acute hepatitis within 30 days prior to enrollment, irrespective of AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) values. -Acute therapy for serious medical illnesses, chronic, acute, or recurrent infections in the opinion of the site investigator -Radiation therapy or systemic chemotherapy, any immunomodulator or other investigational therapy, Active drug or alcohol use or dependence, Allergy/sensitivity to any study drugs. Both Index Case and Partner: -Reports a history of injection drug use within the last five years. -Previous and/or current participant in an HIV vaccine study. -Any condition that, in the opinion of the study staff, would make participation in the study unsafe -Incarceration in a correctional facility 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Permuted block randomization, fixed 
Method of Concealment
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Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking
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Open Label 
Primary Outcome
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Outcome  TimePoints 
HIV infection in partners  Throughout study 
 
Secondary Outcome
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Outcome  TimePoints 
Determine, characterize, and compare the rates of AIDS-defining illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, opportunistic infections, and immune reconstitution syndromes, with regard to outcomes and survival as observed in different geographic settings and by antiretroviral treatment strategies.  Throughout study  
 
Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="1750"
Sample Size from India="175" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial
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Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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01/07/2005 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  21/02/2005 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="5"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
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1. Cohen MS, Chen YQ, McCauley M, Gamble T, Hosseinipour MC, Kumarasamy N, et al. Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy. N Engl J Med 2011;365(6):493-505. 2. Eshleman SH, Hudelson SE, Redd AD, Wang L, Debes R, Chen YQ, et al. Analysis of Genetic Linkage of HIV From Couples Enrolled in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 Trial. J Infect Dis. 2011;204(12):1918-26. 3. Cohen, MS, McCauley, M, Gamble T. HIV treatment as prevention and HPTN 052. Current Opinion in HIV & AIDS. 1 March 2012; 7(2):97-209. 4. Cohen, MS, McCauley, M, Sugarman, J. Establishing HIV treatment as prevention in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 randomized trial: an ethical odyssey. Clin Trials. 2012;9(3):340-7. 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary
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HPTN 052 is a Phase III, two-arm, randomized, controlled, multi-center trial. The purpose of this study is to determine whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) can prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1 in HIV-1 serodiscordant couples. This trial consists of a run-in period, which has been completed, and a full study. The target sample size for the full study is approximately 1,750 couples including 82 couples (globally) that enrolled in the run-in period. The enrollment target at NARI site is 200 and at YRG care is 250. The duration of the full study will be approximately 78 months total. Accrual into the study will require approximately 18 months, and all couples will be followed until the last couple enrolled completes their 60-month follow-up visit. The enrollment at NARI sites started in 01 July 2005 and YRG care started in 10 November 2005. Total Enrollments globally as of August 14, 2009 are 1242. Serodiscordant couples in which the HIV-infected index participant is ART-naïve and has a CD4+ cell count of 350-550 cells/mm3 are randomized to receive either immediate ART therapy plus HIV primary care or HIV primary care without initiation of ART until the index participant has two consecutive measurements of a CD4+ cell count within or below the range of 200-250 cells/mm3, or develops an AIDS-defining illness. The primary objective of this study is to compare rates of HIV infection among partners of HIV-infected index participants in the two arms. 
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