HIV-1感染の予防のためのPRO2000のヴァギナルジェル (微生物殺菌剤開発プログラム301):第3相,ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,並列群試験
Sheena McCormack1, Gita Ramjee, Anatoli Kamali
1MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, UK. smc@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|September 21, 2010
まとめ
女性にHIV-1感染を予防するためにテストされたPRO2000のヴァギナルゲルは,安全であることが判明したが,有効ではない. この研究は,新しいHIV-1予防方法に関する継続的な研究の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- HIV-1感染を予防するために,革新的な戦略が不可欠です.
- PRO2000のヴァギナルゲルは,マカクの研究で有効性を示しました.
- この研究は,サハラ以南のアフリカの女性でPRO2000ゲルを評価することを目的とした.
研究 の 目的:
- HIV-1感染に対する,2%および0.5%のPRO2000陰道ジェルの有効性と安全性を評価する.
- 女性における微生物殺菌剤の有効性に関するデータを提供する.
主な方法:
- 第3相,ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,プラセボ対照試験 (微生物殺菌剤開発プログラム301)
- 9385人の女性は,2%のPRO2000,0.5%のPRO2000,またはプラセボゲルグループにランダムに分けられました.
- 主要な有効性評価は,52週までのHIV-1感染率であり,安全性評価はグレード3またはそれ以上の有害事象でした.
主要な成果:
- HIV-1の発生率は,すべてのグループで類似した: 4.5% (0.5% PRO2000) vs. 4.3% (プラセボ) 100女性年あたり.
- 2% PRO2000ゲルの使用は,利益の可能性が低いため,早期に中止されました.
- 安全性プロファイルは,0.5%のPRO2000とプラセボ群で比較可能でした.
結論:
- 0.5%と2%のPRO2000のゲルは,経HIV-1感染の予防に有効ではありません.
- PRO2000ゲルは,女性におけるHIV-1予防に適していません.
- 効果的なHIV-1予防戦略に関するさらなる研究が必要である.
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