A Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of Darunavir for Treating Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Type I (HIV-1) Infection in Filipino Patients

A Post-Marketing Surveillance Study on the Safety and Effectiveness of Darunavir on Filipino Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Type I (HIV-1) Infection

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of darunavir for the treatment human immunodeficiency virus-type I (HIV-1) infection among Filipino adults.

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), multi-center (study conducted at multiple sites), uncontrolled (all the patients receiving darunavir) clinical and observational study (study in which the investigators/physicians observe the patients and measure their outcomes) to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of darunavir for the treatment human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection among adult Filipino patients. The study will enroll 10 percentage of patient who would use the product, as a requirement of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients will be monitored from baseline and every 4 weeks thereafter for a period of 24 weeks. Safety evaluations for adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, physical examination, concomitant medications, and co-morbid conditions will be monitored throughout the study. The duration of treatment will be for 24 weeks and the total study will be conducted for 3 years.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1), and who are eligible for darunavir (in combination with ritonavir) treatment. These may be either: treatment-naive adult patients and treatment-experienced adult patients with no darunavir resistance associated substitutions; or treatment-experienced adult patients with at least one darunavir resistance associated substitution

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known hypersensitivity to darunavir/ritonavir or to any of the components of the two agent preparations
• Pregnant or breastfeeding females
• Agrees to protocol-defined use of effective contraception
• Patients taking medication that are highly dependent on Cytochrome P450 3A4 for clearance and for which initial concentrations are associated with serious and/or life threatening events
• Patients with severe hepatic impairment
• History of allergy to sulfa containing drugs or molecules
• Patients currently receiving alfuzosin, dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, methylergonavine, cisapride, pimozide, midazolam, triazolam, St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum), lovastatin, simvastatin, rifampin and sildenafil