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NCT04648280Active, not recruitingPhase 1/2

Safety and Pharmacokinetics Evaluation of Fostemsavir + (OBT) in HIV-1 Infected Children and Adolescents Who Are Failing Their cART and Have Dual- or Triple-class Antiretroviral Resistance

A Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Antiviral Activity of Fostemsavir in Combination With Optimized Background Therapy (OBT) in HIV-1 Infected Children and Adolescents Who Are Failing Their Current Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) and Have Dual- or Triple-class Antiretroviral (ARV) Resistance

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

In the SHIELD study, the study sponsor seeks to assess safety, PK and antiviral activity for children and adolescents with dual or triple class resistance. It will also assess the acceptability and swallowability of formulation among the pediatric population. The dose selection of FTR for children and adolescents ≥20kg utilized a population pharmacokinetic (POP PK) model-based approach to achieve similar adult TMR exposures following FTR 600mg BID administration with combination therapy that was demonstrated to be safe and effective in the FTR Phase 3 BRIGHTE study in HTE patients.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
10 Nov 2020
Start date
30 Jun 2022
Primary completion date
Dec 2028
Lead sponsor
PENTA Foundation
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT04648280

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 30 Jun 2022 to the primary completion date, Dec 2028
  • 8 sites in 3 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Medical History and Concurrent Diseases:
  • Any clinical condition (including but not limited to recreational drug use) or prior therapy that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study
  • Current (defined as taking the medication within 14 days of Day 1) or anticipated treatment with medication considered prohibited or restricted as per Appendix II. Certain medication will be carefully evaluated as acceptable, see Appendix II.
  • Participation in an experimental drug and/or HIV-1 vaccine trial(s) within the previous 30 days

Other illness

  • Presence of a malabsorption syndrome or other gastrointestinal dysfunction which might interfere with drug absorption or render the participant unable to take oral medication.
  • Chronic untreated Hepatitis B virus (HBV) (however, participants with chronic treated HBV or spontaneously remitted HBV are eligible)
  • HIV-2 infection
  • History of unstable liver disease, decompensated cirrhosis, or known biliary disorder

Lab values

  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding
    • Physical and Laboratory Test Findings:
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), OR ALT ≥3xULN and bilirubin ≥1.5xULN (with\>35% direct bilirubin)
  • History of congestive heart failure, or congenital/acquired prolonged QT syndrome/other cardiac diseases predisposing to prolonged QTc
  • Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dL
  • Platelets \< 50,000 cells/mm3

Other

  • Unable to comply with dosing requirements (to swallow solid pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product)
  • Unable to comply with study visits
  • Confirmed QTcF value \> 450 msec, regardless of sex, at Screening or Day 1
  • Child in governmental care, e.g. child is a ward of the state. Note: This criterion does not apply if the child is officially adopted by a family/guardian.

Who the study is looking for

  • Male and female HIV-1 infected paediatric participants from 6 years old and weighing at least 20 kg to less than 18 years of age.
  • Antiretroviral-experienced with documented historical or baseline resistance to one or more agents in at least two classes. All resistance has to be properly documented.
  • Failing current antiretroviral regimen with a confirmed plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥ 1000 c/mL (first value from Investigator within 6 months of screening visit, with the second value obtained from Screening labs, without a decline greater than 1 log10, and no value \<1000 in between).
  • Documented resistance to at least one component of the current failing regimen per screening resistance testing.
  • Must have at least 1 fully active and available agent in 2 or more ARV classes, based on current and/or documented historical resistance testing, taking into account tolerability, and other safety concerns. At least two fully active agents must be a part of the initial OBT to be paired with FTR.
  • Girls who have reached menarche must have a negative pregnancy test at screening, not be breastfeeding, and be willing to adhere to effective methods of contraception if sexually active. All participants (male or female) have to agree with recommendations for effective contraception.

Age in the registry: 6 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (8)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu
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Nova IguaçuBrazilUnknown status
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado
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Rio de JaneiroBrazilUnknown status
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
FAM-CRU
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
King Edward VIII Hospital
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DurbanSouth AfricaUnknown status
Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital
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JohannesburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institutel
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JohannesburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
PHRU
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SowetoSouth AfricaUnknown status

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