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Study NCT ID: NCT03316534
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2017-10-20
First Post: 2017-10-12
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Effect of Aspirin on Abacavir-induced Platelet Reactivity in HIV-infected Patients
Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Effect of Aspirin on Abacavir-induced Platelet Reactivity in HIV-infected Patients
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2017-10
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: ABC-ASA
Brief Summary: The specific research questions addressed in the present study are:

* to investigate the impact of treatment with low-dose aspirin in HIV-1-infected patients treated with ABC and test it would result in decreased in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity
* to investigate if aspirin has the same effects in HIV-infected as in HIV-uninfected patients.
Detailed Description: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may reduce the deleterious effects of HIV on the cardiovascular system by decreasing viral load and chronic inflammation; however some antiretrovirals enhance cardiovascular risk due to direct adverse effects on platelets or the endothelium.

Abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) are the most widely used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) associations in HAART. ABC has been initially considered as one of the most benign antiretroviral drugs due to a better metabolic profile than other nucleoside analogues, but since the D.A.D. study reported an association between the use of ABC and an increase in cardiovascular risk there has been controversy around this drug.

Clinical evidence suggests that in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity contribute to adverse cardiovascular events and hyperreactive platelets may transform a normal reparative response to a mild arterial injury into an unwanted thrombotic event.

Aspirin is the cornerstone in the prevention of atherothrombotic events, as it has been shown to be effective both in the primary and secondary prevention of MI (6), and its beneficial effects likely involve the modulation of inflammatory and immune pathways. But despite heightened awareness regarding elevated CVD risk among HIV-infected patients, aspirin or others antiplatelet therapy were markedly underprescribed among HIV-infected patients at risk for CVD events (7).

Based on this, the proposed study will assess whether low-dose aspirin, in well-characterized HIV-1-infected patients treated with ABC, would result in decreased in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity. Moreover will be investigate if aspirin will have the same effects in HIV-infected as in HIV-uninfected patients.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: