Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) HIV treatments are associated with increased quality of life, and a normalisation of life expectancy in people living with HIV. However, long-term use of cART can lead to side-effects through exposure to drug-related toxicity.
For this reason researchers are interested in looking at alternative therapies that might expose patients to fewer and less severe side effects while providing the same quality of care as antiretroviral therapies most often used to treat HIV.
The purpose of this study is to investigate if the study drug combination that is being tested (doravirine + dolutegravir) is safe compared with other triple cART regimens.
HIV-1 infected, 18 years or older
On stable & suppressive triple cART for at least 6 months
No evidence of resistance to DOR or DTG
No laboratory abnormalities, medical/psychiatric conditions or alcohol/drug use considered a barrier to participation by investigators
History of virological failure on an NNRTI in absence of a post-failure genotypic resistance test proving absence of resistance to DOR
History of virological failure on an INSTI in absence of a post-failure genotypic resistance test proving absence of resistance to DTG (INSTI mutations that will lead to the need of administering DTG twice-daily are considered as resistance to DTG - and the subject will be considered NOT eligible)
Concomitant medication contra-indicated with DTG or DOR
Haemoglobin <9 g/dL