Dolutegravir plus lamivudine versus dolutegravir plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine in antiretroviral-naive adults with HIV-1 infection (GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2): week 48 results from two multicentre, double-blind, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trials

Publication date: Available online 9 November 2018Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Pedro Cahn, Juan Sierra Madero, José Ramón Arribas, Andrea Antinori, Roberto Ortiz, Amanda E Clarke, Chien-Ching Hung, Jürgen K Rockstroh, Pierre-Marie Girard, Jörg Sievers, Choy Man, Alexander Currie, Mark Underwood, Allan R Tenorio, Keith Pappa, Brian Wynne, Anna Fettiplace, Martin Gartland, Michael Aboud, Kimberly SmithSummaryBackgroundEffective two-drug regimens could decrease long-term drug exposure and toxicity with HIV-1 antiretroviral therapy (ART). We therefore aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a two-drug regimen compared with a three-drug region for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in ART-naive adultsMethodsWe conducted two identically designed, multicentre, double-blind, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trials: GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2. Both studies were done at 192 centres in 21 countries. We included participants (≥18 years) with HIV-1 infection and a screening HIV-1 RNA of 500 000 copies per mL or less, and who were naive to ART. We randomly assigned participants (1:1) to receive a once-daily two-drug regimen of dolutegravir (50 mg) plus lamivudine (300 mg) or a once-daily three-drug regimen of dolutegravir (50 mg) plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (300 mg) and emtricitabine (200 mg). Both regimen drugs were administered orally. We masked participants and investigators to treatment assignment: dolutegravir was administered as single-entity tablets (similar to its ...
Source: The Lancet - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research