The purpose of this study is to determine whether providing directly administered antiretroviral therapy to HIV-infected who receive methadone therapy leads to better treatment outcomes than if they take HIV medications on their own.
Name: Directly administered antiretroviral therapy (DAART)
Allocation: Randomized
Parallel Assignment
There are 3 SNPs
Current plasma HIV RNA > 500 copies/ml 7. Initiating ART for first time, reinitiating therapy after stopping, or changing therapy due to virologic failure 8. ART with at least 3 agents, including a protease inhibitor, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or abacavir 9. Methadone or buprenorphine maintenance therapy > 3 weeks, with no planned detoxification Exclusion Criteria: 1. Need to use ART dosed more frequently than twice daily, 2. Need to use a liquid preparation of antiretroviral medication, 3. Documented triple-class antiretroviral resistance (defined below), 4. Participation in another study or program that includes directly observed therapy. 5. Use of ART regimens that are expressly discouraged in DHHS HIV clinical care guidelines Triple-class antiretroviral resistance will be defined according to IAS-USA interpretive guidelines: NRTI class - 3 thymidine or non-thymidine-associated mutations (excluding the M184V mutation) or a multi-nucleoside resistance mutation in reverse transcriptase; PI class - 3 protease mutations, including 1 primary mutation; NNRTI class - 1 primary (K103N or Y188L) or 2 secondary NNRTI-associated mutations in reverse transcriptase. --- M184V --- --- K103N ---
Current plasma HIV RNA > 500 copies/ml 7. Initiating ART for first time, reinitiating therapy after stopping, or changing therapy due to virologic failure 8. ART with at least 3 agents, including a protease inhibitor, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or abacavir 9. Methadone or buprenorphine maintenance therapy > 3 weeks, with no planned detoxification Exclusion Criteria: 1. Need to use ART dosed more frequently than twice daily, 2. Need to use a liquid preparation of antiretroviral medication, 3. Documented triple-class antiretroviral resistance (defined below), 4. Participation in another study or program that includes directly observed therapy. 5. Use of ART regimens that are expressly discouraged in DHHS HIV clinical care guidelines Triple-class antiretroviral resistance will be defined according to IAS-USA interpretive guidelines: NRTI class - 3 thymidine or non-thymidine-associated mutations (excluding the M184V mutation) or a multi-nucleoside resistance mutation in reverse transcriptase; PI class - 3 protease mutations, including 1 primary mutation; NNRTI class - 1 primary (K103N or Y188L) or 2 secondary NNRTI-associated mutations in reverse transcriptase. --- M184V ---
Current plasma HIV RNA > 500 copies/ml 7. Initiating ART for first time, reinitiating therapy after stopping, or changing therapy due to virologic failure 8. ART with at least 3 agents, including a protease inhibitor, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or abacavir 9. Methadone or buprenorphine maintenance therapy > 3 weeks, with no planned detoxification Exclusion Criteria: 1. Need to use ART dosed more frequently than twice daily, 2. Need to use a liquid preparation of antiretroviral medication, 3. Documented triple-class antiretroviral resistance (defined below), 4. Participation in another study or program that includes directly observed therapy. 5. Use of ART regimens that are expressly discouraged in DHHS HIV clinical care guidelines Triple-class antiretroviral resistance will be defined according to IAS-USA interpretive guidelines: NRTI class - 3 thymidine or non-thymidine-associated mutations (excluding the M184V mutation) or a multi-nucleoside resistance mutation in reverse transcriptase; PI class - 3 protease mutations, including 1 primary mutation; NNRTI class - 1 primary (K103N or Y188L) or 2 secondary NNRTI-associated mutations in reverse transcriptase. --- M184V --- --- K103N --- --- Y188L ---