Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Willing and able to provide written informed consent
- * Age \>= 18
- * Documented HIV infection
- * Antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months
- * Screening plasma HIV RNA levels below level of detection (\< 40-75 copies/mL), and all available determinations in past 12 months also below level of detection (blips allowed)
- * Screening CD4+ T-cell count \>350 cells/uL
- * If of childbearing potential, willing to use two methods of contraception
- * Willing to receive counseling regarding HIV transmission risk mitigation
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Pregnant or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study
- * Active hepatitis B, defined as (1) positive sAg or (2) positive cAb with negative sAb and positive HBV DNA
- * Active hepatitis C, defined as positive Hep C Ab with positive HCV RNA
- * Use of a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and unable to switch regimen
- * Significant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease
- * Recent or prior (within past 5 years) malignancy
- * Severe kidney disease (CrCl \< 50 mL/min via Cockroft-Gault method)
- * Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C) or unstable liver disease
- * Concurrent treatment with immunomodulatory drugs
- * Unable or unwilling to use barrier protection or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission with sexual partners not known to be HIV-infected
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No