Nucleoside Switch Pilot for Virologically Controlled HIV Subjects With Decreasing CD4 Cells Who Have Received TDF-based ARV Therapy

HIV-1 RNA ≤ 50 copies/mL by HIV-1 Ultrasensitive RNA, Quantitative.

Treatment experienced subjects on virologically stable HAART regimen containing tenofovir-emtricitabine or tenofovir-lamivudine.

Subject with CD4 cells that do not increase by 15% and/or that decrease by 15% over previous 12 months period.

-≥ 18 years of age

Cognitive ability to understand and provide written informed consent and willingness to participate in and comply with the study protocol

Less than 7 days of prior ART with any licensed or investigational compound

Patient does not currently have or has not been treated for an active opportunistic infection (OI) consistent with CDC definition (Appendix C) within 30 days of screening

Vital signs, physical examination and laboratory results do not exhibit evidence of acute illness

A female is eligible to enter and participate in this study if she is of:

Non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant, including any female who is post-menopausal) or

Child-bearing potential, has a negative serum pregnancy test at screen, and agrees to one of the following:

Complete abstinence from intercourse from 2 weeks prior to administration of the study drug, throughout the study, and for at least 2 weeks after completion or premature discontinuation from the study to account for elimination of the investigational drug. Should a patient decide to become sexually active during the course of the study, she must be counseled and be willing to use one of the birth control methods listed below:

Double barrier method (male condom/spermicide, male condom/diaphragm, diaphragm/spermicide)

Any intrauterine device (IUD) with published data showing that the expected failure rate is \<1% per year (not all IUDs meet this criterion)

Sterilization (female patient or male partner of female patient)

Any other methods with published data showing that the lowest expected failure rate for that method is \<1% per year.

What this study is about