Completed
DRIVE-AHEADA Phase III Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Active Comparator-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of MK-1439A Once-Daily Versus ATRIPLA™ Once-Daily in Treatment-Naïve HIV-1 Infected Subjects
What is being tested
Doravirine, Tenofovir, Lamivudine
+ Placebo
+ ATRIPLA™
Drug
Who is being recruted
Blood-Borne Infections+13
+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Over 18 Years
+12 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 3
Interventional
Study Start: June 2015
Summary
Principal SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: June 5, 2015
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Participants in Australia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, South Africa, and Thailand who are deriving benefit from doravirine, tenofovir, lamivudine are also eligible to continue receiving study drug during additional open-label extensions which will last for 2 years or until drug is available locally, whichever comes first.
Official TitleA Phase III Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Active Comparator-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of MK-1439A Once-Daily Versus ATRIPLA™ Once-Daily in Treatment-Naïve HIV-1 Infected Subjects
Principal SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
734 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 18 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Blood-Borne InfectionsUrogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeCommunicable DiseasesImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesImmune System DiseasesInfectionsRetroviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSlow Virus DiseasesVirus DiseasesSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralHIV InfectionsLentivirus Infections
Criteria
3 inclusion criteria required to participate
Is HIV-1 positive as determined by a positive result on an enzyme-immunoassay, has screening plasma HIV-1 RNA (determined by the central laboratory) ≥1000 copies/mL within 45 days prior to the treatment phase of this study, and has HIV treatment indicated based on physician assessment
Has never received antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Is highly unlikely to either become pregnant or impregnate a partner
9 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, laboratory abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound results of the study
Is a user of recreational or illicit drugs or has a recent history of alcohol/drug abuse
Has been treated for a viral infection other than HIV-1 (e.g., hepatitis B) with an agent that is active against HIV-1
Has participated in a study with an investigational drug/device within 30 days prior to Screening
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Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
2 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
ExperimentalTreatment-naive HIV-infected participants will receive doravirine, tenofovir, lamivudine, a single-tablet FDC containing doravirine 100 mg + lamivudine 300 mg + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg, q.d. by mouth for 96 weeks. Participants will also take 1 placebo tablet matched to ATRIPLA™ q.d. by mouth for 96 weeks in order to maintain blinding.
Group II
Active ComparatorTreatment-naive HIV-infected participants will receive ATRIPLA™, a single-tablet FDC containing efavirenz 600 mg + emtricitabine 200 mg + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg (equivalent to 245 mg tenofovir disoproxil), q.d. by mouth for 96 weeks. Participants will also take 1 placebo tablet matched to doravirine, tenofovir, lamivudine q.d. by mouth for 96 weeks in order to maintain blinding.
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
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CompletedNo study centers