A Study of the Once Daily Combination of Etravirine and Darunavir/Ritonavir As Dual Therapy in Early Treatment-Experienced Patients

This study is a Phase II single arm, open-label, multicenter, (all people involved know the identity of the intervention) study of 50 HIV-1 infected adult patients, all of whom will receive ETR 400mg and darunavir (DRV)/r 800/100mg each given orally once daily. This trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of the aforementioned ARV regimen, as measured by the percentage of patients with HIV ribonucleic acid (RNA) \<50 copies/mL at 48 weeks, in early treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients. In addition to general safety parameter measurements, this trial will also assess changes in metabolic, inflammatory, immune restoration, and bone markers. Screening will occur over a 6-week period. The trial schedule includes a Baseline Visit (Day 1), Open-label Treatment Phase (Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48/ Early Withdrawal) and a Post-treatment Phase (4 Week Follow-Up) visit. In addition, all patients will have two pharmacokinetic (PK) samples drawn at Weeks 4 and 24, A single PK sample will be drawn at Weeks 12, 36, and 48 (or early withdrawal visit). There will also be a substudy conducting 24 hour intensive PK at week 4 for a subset of patients. For patients who consent, genotyping for CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 will be performed at Baseline. A Modified Medication Adherence Self-Report Inventory (M-MASRI) questionnaire will be collected, which is a patient-reported survey to assess adherence to medication taking. The primary endpoint will be assessed at Week 48, and the treatment period is 48 weeks. The end of study endpoint will be met by either completing the Week 48 visit, or by early termination from the study for any reason. ETR 400mg once daily for 48 weeks and DRV 800mg once daily for 48 weeks.