Common TitleGEMINI
Official Title A 48-week, Randomized, Open-label, 2-arm Study to Compare the Efficacy of Saquinavir/Ritonavir Twice Daily (BID) Plus Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Once Daily (QD) Versus Lopinavir/Ritonavir BID Plus Emtricitabine/Tenofovir QD in Treatment-naïve Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infected Patients (GEMINI Study)
Phase Phase III
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00105079
Treatments
Lopinavir-Ritonavir
, Lopinavir-Ritonavir
Tradename:KaletraOther Names:LPV-RTVClass:Protease Inhibitors (PI)Saquinavir
, Saquinavir
Tradename:InviraseOther Names:SQVClass:Protease Inhibitors (PI)Ritonavir
Ritonavir
Tradename:NorvirOther Names:RTVClass:Pharmacokinetic EnhancersCategories PharmacologyTreatment-NaiveAdverse Effects
Funding
IndustryHoffmann-La Roche
References
- Walmsley S, Avihingsanon A, Slim J, et al. Gemini: a noninferiority study of saquinavir/ritonavir versus lopinavir/ritonavir as initial HIV-1 therapy in adults. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009;50:367-74.