Single Dose Pharmacokinetics of Doravirine in HIV-infected Pregnant Women

Last updated: May 23, 2025
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

1

Condition

Hiv Infections

Treatment

Doravirine

Clinical Study ID

NCT04900974
20-0052
  • Ages > 18
  • Female

Study Summary

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effect of body changes in pregnancy on doravirine concentrations, to determine what dose of doravirine should be used. Study participants will remain on their normal antiretroviral medications (ARVs) while participating in this study as prescribed by their regular clinic provider. Study participants will come to the research clinic for three sampling visits throughout their time as a participant. Study participants will only take one dose of doravirine during each sampling visit, which will occur during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, as well as after their baby is delivered. This study was designed intentionally to not give a dose of doravirine in the first trimester when there is the greatest chance for all drugs to potentially cause injury to the baby. Study participants that choose to participate in this study may be enrolled for up to 10 months depending on the length of their pregnancy and how the visits are scheduled.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ≥18 years of age

  • Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests,and other trial procedures.

  • Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating thatthe participant has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the trial.

  • On stable combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) for at least 30 days prior toenrollment

  • Plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL within 90 days prior to enrollment

  • Ability and willingness of participant to not change their cART regimen to avoid anyconfounding of pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters. o Note: Women who change cART regimens will be replaced.

  • Aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase < 3x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)

  • Hemoglobin lower than Division of AIDs (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) (DAIDs)Grade 2 (9.0 g/dL)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women with multiple gestation, active opportunistic infections, present obstetricalcomplications that would deem them unsuitable for study participation, or evidenceof fetal anomalies in present pregnancy will be excluded.

  • Women with severe renal impairment, end stage renal disease, undergoing dialysis, orsevere hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C)

  • Women with a significant illness/condition at the time of enrollment that, in thejudgment of the investigator, would interfere with, or serve as a contraindicationto, protocol adherence or assessment of safety.

  • Women with pregnancies that have become complicated are excluded for safety reasons.

  • Active hepatitis C (HCV) infection as defined by anti-hepatitis C virus serology (asdetermined by multi-antigen EIA) and detectable HCV RNA.

  • Clinically significant labs greater than Grade 2 on the NIH Division of AIDs Tablefor Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse events

  • Receiving CYP3A inducers including carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin,enzalutamide, rifampin, rifapentine, mitotane, or St. John's wort or other drugs,including antiretrovirals, that influence drug concentration or alterpharmacokinetic profiles (atazanavir, maraviroc, darunavir, norvir, efavirenz,tipranavir)

  • Receiving moderate to strong cytochrome p450 3A (CYP3A) inhibitors includingclarithromycin, boceprevir, cobicistat, danoprevir and ritonavir, elvitegravir andritonavir, indinavir and ritonavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, lopinavir andritonavir, paritaprevir and ritonavir, posaconazole, ritonavir, saquinavir andritonavir, telaprevir, tipranavir and ritonavir, grapefruit juice, idelalisib,nefazodone, and nelfinavir.

Study Design

Total Participants: 8
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Doravirine
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
June 09, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
April 08, 2025

Study Description

Antiretroviral (ARV) medications are used to treat infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). During pregnancy, ARV therapy keeps women healthy and decreases the spread of HIV to their babies (<1-2%).

Many changes occur in the body during pregnancy, which can alter the concentrations of drug in the body. Doravirine (DOR) is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ARV, but the extent to which the drug concentrations of doravirine change during pregnancy is unknown. Because these changes are unknown, DOR has not been approved by the FDA for use among pregnant women; however, the FDA has given the researchers permission to use it in this study Pregnant women are often excluded from clinical trials, so it can take several years after a drug gets approved before contemporary ARV is available to them.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effect of body changes in pregnancy on doravirine concentrations, to determine what dose of doravirine should be used. Study participants will remain on their normal antiretroviral medications (ARVs) while participating in this study as prescribed by their regular clinic provider. Study participants will come to the research clinic for three sampling visits throughout their time as a participant. Study participants will only take one dose of doravirine during each sampling visit, which will occur during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, as well as after their baby is delivered. This study was designed intentionally to not give a dose of doravirine in the first trimester when there is the greatest chance for all drugs to potentially cause injury to the baby. Study participants that choose to participate in this study may be enrolled for up to 10 months depending on the length of their pregnancy and how the visits are scheduled.

Connect with a study center

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
    United States

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