New 96-Week ACTG Study Results Presented at CROI 2014; First Large Study Comparing ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) Regimen to Two Protease Inhibitor Regimens in Previously Untreated Adults with HIV-1
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
said today that in a new 96-week, open-label AIDS Clinical Trials Group
(ACTG) study designed to compare three different NNRTI-sparing HIV
regimens in treatment-naïve patients – one containing Merck’s
twice-daily ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) and two containing
different once-daily ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors, atazanavir
and darunavir -- all three regimens achieved high and equivalent levels
of efficacy, as measured by time to virologic failure (V
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