Clinical Trial: Inhibiting the Anti-apoptotic Factor, BCL-2, at the Time of ART Initiation to Promote Apoptosis of HIV-infected Cells and Restrict the Seeding of the HIV Reservoir: An Investigator-initiated Randomised, Controlled, Open-label Clinical Trial (The INITIATE Study)

U.S., March 19 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07481175) titled 'Inhibiting the Anti-apoptotic Factor, BCL-2, at the Time of ART Initiation to Promote Apoptosis of HIV-infected Cells and Restrict the Seeding of the HIV Reservoir: An Investigator-initiated Randomised, Controlled, Open-label Clinical Trial (The INITIATE Study)' on March 13.

Brief Summary: Combination therapy with antiretroviral medication (ART) has proven effective in keeping HIV suppressed and restoring the immune system, but it cannot cure the infection. Therefore, lifelong treatment is necessary. The reason for this is a reservoir of inactive virus that remains hidden in long-lived cells and cannot be eliminated by either HIV t...