NCT04233879CompletedPhase 3
Study of Doravirine/Islatravir (DOR/ISL 100 mg/0.75 mg) to Evaluate the Antiretroviral Activity, Safety, and Tolerability in Treatment-Naïve Participants With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection (MK-8591A-020)
A Phase 3 Randomized, Active-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Study to Evaluate the Antiretroviral Activity, Safety, and Tolerability of Doravirine/Islatravir Once-Daily in HIV-1 Infected Treatment-Naïve Participants
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a phase 3, randomized, controlled, double-blind, multisite clinical study of a once-daily fixed dose combination (FDC) of 100 mg doravirine/0.75 mg islatravir (DOR/ISL \[also known as MK-8591A\]) in treatment-naïve participants living with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection. The primary objectives are to evaluate the antiretroviral activity, safety, and tolerability of DOR/ISL compared to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF). The primary hypothesis is that DOR/ISL is noninferior or superior to BIC/FTC/TAF treatment based on the percentage of participants with HIV-1 ribonucleic acid (RNA) \<50 copies/mL at Week 48.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 599 (actual)
- First submitted
- 15 Jan 2020
- Start date
- 28 Feb 2020
- Primary completion date
- 17 Nov 2022
- Lead sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT04233879
- EudraCT number
- 2019-000590-23
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 599
- From 28 Feb 2020 to the primary completion date, 17 Nov 2022
- 95 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Is taking or is anticipated to require systemic immunosuppressive therapy, immune modulators, or any prohibited therapy from 45 days prior to Day 1 through the study intervention period
- Is currently participating in or has participated in a clinical study with an investigational compound or device from 45 days prior to Day 1 through the study intervention period
Other illness
- Has human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) infection
- Has hypersensitivity or other contraindication to any of the components of the study interventions as determined by the investigator
- Has an active diagnosis of hepatitis due to any cause, including active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\]-positive or hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid \[HBV DNA\]-positive)
- Has been treated for a viral infection other than HIV-1, such as hepatitis B, with an agent that is active against HIV-1
- Has a documented or known virologic resistance to any approved HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or any study intervention
Lab values
- Has a history or current evidence of any condition (including active tuberculosis infection), therapy, laboratory abnormality or other circumstance (including drug or alcohol use or dependence) that might, in the opinion of the investigator, confound the results of the study or interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study
- Has exclusionary laboratory values within 45 days prior to Day 1
Age
- Has a history of malignancy ≤5 years prior to signing informed consent except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma
Other
- Is female and is expecting to conceive or donate eggs at any time during the study
Who the study is looking for
- Is human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) positive
- Is naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART) defined as having received ≤10 days of prior therapy with any antiretroviral agent following a diagnosis of HIV-1 infection including prevention of mother-to-child transmission up to 1 month prior to screening.
- A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: 1) Is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP); 2) Is a WOCBP and using an acceptable contraceptive method, or be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long term and persistent basis); 3) A WOCBP must have a negative highly sensitive pregnancy test (\[urine or serum\] as required by local regulations) within 24 hours before the first dose of study intervention; 4) If a urine test cannot be confirmed as negative (eg, an ambiguous result), a serum pregnancy test is required
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (95)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEAA Foundation ( Site 5807) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Helios Salud S.A. ( Site 5802) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Fundación Huesped ( Site 5801) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | C.a.b.a | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Oulton ( Site 5804) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto CAICI ( Site 5803) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Hamilton Health Sciences- Urgent Care Centre-SIS Clinic ( Site 5703) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | Canada | Unknown status |
| McGill University Health Center - Research Institute-CVIS Clinical Research Unit ( Site 5702) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Clinique Medicale L Actuel ( Site 5714) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Toronto General Hospital - University Health Network ( Site 5705) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Clinica Arauco Salud ( Site 5900) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Fundacion Arriaran ( Site 5901) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clinico de la Universidad Catolica ( Site 5903) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Centro Cardiovascular Cardiosur ( Site 5907) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Clinica Universidad Catolica del Maule ( Site 5909) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Talca | Chile | Unknown status |
| Hospital Dr. Hernan Henriquez Aravena ( Site 5905) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Temuco | Chile | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario San Ignacio ( Site 6005) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bogotá | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Clinica Colsanitas S.A. Sede Clinica Universitaria Colombia ( Site 6006) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bogotá | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Fundacion Valle del Lili ( Site 6001) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cali | Colombia | Unknown status |
| EPIMED- Ges. f. epidemiolog. u. klin. Forschung in der Medizin mbH ( Site 6208) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinikum Bonn ( Site 6200) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bonn | Germany | Unknown status |
| Infektiologikum ( Site 6201) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinik Freiburg ( Site 6206) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg- Eppendorf (UKE) ( Site 6210) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| Klinikum der LMU München ( Site 6204) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munich | Germany | Unknown status |
| MVZ Munchen am Goetheplatz ( Site 6202) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munich | Germany | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol ( Site 6301) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Badalona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clinic i Provincial ( Site 6300) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Vall D Hebron ( Site 6302) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital General de Elche ( Site 6308) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Elche | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge ( Site 6312) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | LHospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz ( Site 6307) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon ( Site 6303) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre ( Site 6305) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario La Paz ( Site 6304) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria ( Site 6309) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hopital Avicenne ( Site 6102) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bobigny | France | Unknown status |
| CHU de Bordeaux. Hopital Pellegrin ( Site 6116) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Unknown status |
| Hopital Francois Mitterrand ( Site 6119) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dijon | France | Unknown status |
| Hopital de la Croix-Rousse ( Site 6127) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lyon | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional du Orleans ( Site 6108) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orléans | France | Unknown status |
| A.P.H. Paris. Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard ( Site 6124) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Hopital Saint-Antoine ( Site 6113) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| A.P.H. Paris, Hopital Saint Louis ( Site 6114) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Hopital Pitie Salpetriere ( Site 6111) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing ( Site 6100) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tourcoing | France | Unknown status |
| Rambam Medical Center ( Site 6701) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Unknown status |
| Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center ( Site 6702) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| Chaim Sheba Medical Center. ( Site 6704) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ramat Gan | Israel | Unknown status |
| Kaplan Medical Center ( Site 6700) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rehovot | Israel | Unknown status |
| Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 6705) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Unknown status |
| ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII ( Site 6411) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergamo | Italy | Unknown status |
| Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico ( Site 6401) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Salute San Raffaele ( Site 6402) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo ( Site 6403) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| ASST Fatebenefratelli-Ospedale Sacco ( Site 6400) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena Policlinico ( Site 6404) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Modena | Italy | Unknown status |
| Ospedale San Gerardo ASST Monza ( Site 6412) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monza | Italy | Unknown status |
| A.O.R.N. dei Colli - Ospedale Cotugno ( Site 6407) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Unknown status |
| IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo ( Site 6410) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pavia | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda USL di Pescara-Presidio Ospedaliero di Pescara ( Site 6413) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pescara | Italy | Unknown status |
| Istituto Nazionale per Le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani ( Site 6405) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Roma | Italy | Unknown status |
| Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia ( Site 6414) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turin | Italy | Unknown status |
| Kumamoto University Hospital ( Site 6905) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kumamoto | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center ( Site 6903) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nagoya | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization - Osaka National Hospital - Institute For Clinical Research ( Site 69 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Tokyo Medical University Hospital ( Site 6904) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tokyo | Japan | Unknown status |
| Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine ( Site 6901) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tokyo | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 7102) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| National Cheng Kung University Hospital ( Site 7101) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tainan | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| National Taiwan University Hospital ( Site 7100) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Saint Hope Foundation, Inc. ( Site 5629) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bellaire | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham 1917 Research Clinic ( Site 5610) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Columbus Regional Research Institute ( Site 5616) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| North Texas ID Consultants, PA ( Site 5604) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Infectious Disease Specialists Of Atlanta PC ( Site 5608) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Decatur | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates P.A. ( Site 5619) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Worth | United States | Unknown status |
| Midway Immunology and Research ( Site 5622) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ft. Pierce | United States | Unknown status |
| Kansas City CARE Clinic ( Site 5607) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
| Ruane Clinical Research Group, Inc. ( Site 5624) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| The Kinder Medical Group ( Site 5615) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Floridian Clinical Research, LLC ( Site 5625) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami Lakes | United States | Unknown status |
| Hennepin Healthcare-Hennepin Healthcare-ID ( Site 5633) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Orlando Immunology Center ( Site 5613) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pennsylvania ( Site 5630) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| Pueblo Family Physicians ( Site 5606) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| CAN Community Health ( Site 5627) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sarasota | United States | Unknown status |
| Triple O Research Institute, P.A. ( Site 5621) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Palm Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| JOSHA Research ( Site 6605) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloemfontein | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Clinical Trial Unit ( Site 6613) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Family Clinical Research Unit (Fam-Cru)-Adult Infectious Diseases ( Site 6617) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Wentworth Hospital ( Site 6607) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durban | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Wits Health Consortium. Clinical HIV Research Unit ( Site 6614) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Johannesburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Ezintsha ( Site 6609) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Johannesburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital - ICU ( Site 6608) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Johannesburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Be Part Yoluntu Centre ( Site 6603) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mbekweni, Paarl | South Africa | Unknown status |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.