Phase IIIB Study Evaluating the Effects of Atazanavir Powder With Ritonavir in HIV-infected Pediatric Patients

AE=any new unfavorable symptom, sign, or disease or worsening of a preexisting condition that may not have a causal relationship with treatment.

SAE= any of the the following: is life-threatening (defined as an event in which the subject was at risk of death at the time of the event; it does not refer to an event which hypothetically might have caused death if it were more severe), requires inpatient hospitalization or causes prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, is an important medical event (defined as a medical event(s) that may not be immediately life threatening or result in death or hospitalization but, based upon appropriate medical and scientific judgment, may jeopardize the subject or may require intervention [eg, medical, surgical] to prevent one of the other serious outcomes listed in the definition above.) Examples of such events include, but are not limited to, intensive treatment in an emergency room or at home for allergic bronchospasm; blood dyscrasias or convulsions that do not result in hospitalization

The CDC disease staging system assesses the severity of HIV disease by CD4 cell counts and by the presence of specific HIV-related conditions. CD4 counts are classified as 1: ≥500 cells/µL, 2: 200-499 cells/µL, and 3: <200 cells/µL. Children with HIV infection are also classified in each of several categories. Category N: Not symptomatic. Category A: Mildly symptomatic. Category B: Moderately symptomatic. Category C: Severely symptomatic.

Criteria of the Division of AIDS for grading the severity of adult and pediatric adverse events as follows: Grade (Gr) 1=mild; Gr 2=moderate; Gr 3=severe; Gr 4=potentially life-threatening. Neutrophils (absolute) (adult and infants >7 days): Gr 1=1.000-1300/mm^3; Gr 2=750-999 mm^3; Gr 3=500-749 mm^3; Gr 4= <500 mm^3. Alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase: Gr 1=1.25-2.5*upper limit of normal (ULN); Gr 2=2.6-5.0*ULN; Gr 3=5.1-10.0*ULN; Gr 4= >10.0*ULN. Bilirubin, total (adults and infants >14 days): Gr 1=1.1-1.5*ULN; Gr 2=1.6-2.5*ULN; Gr 3=2.6-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN. Lipase: Gr 1=1.1-1.5*ULN; Gr 2=1.6-3.0*ULN; Gr 3=3.1-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN. Bicarbonate, serum low: Gr 1=16.0 mEq/L-<lower limit of normal; Gr 2=11.0-15.9 mEq/L; Gr 3=8.0-10.9 mEq/L; Gr 4= <8 mEq/L. By criteria of the World Health Organization: Amylase: Gr 1=1.0-1.39*ULN; Gr 2=1.40-2.09*ULN; Gr 3.=2.10-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN.

Virologic success includes patients with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL. Two cohorts were assessed: The Atazanavir Powder Cohort=patients who received treatment and did not switch to capsule before analysis Week 24 or before their HIV RNA Week 24 assessment, and the Eligible Week 48 Atazanavir Powder Cohort=patients who initiated study treatment at least 48 weeks before last person last visit and did not switch to capsule before analysis Week 48 or before their HIV RNA Week 48 assessment.

Human immunodeficiency virus ribonucleic acid (HIV RNA) change from baseline using observed values

Change in CD4 percent using observed values

CD4 cell count change from baseline using observed values

Newly emergent substitutions are on-treatment substitutions that were not detected at baseline.Viral rebound in the resistance analysis was defined as: Less than a 1 log10 drop from baseline in plasma HIV RNA level by Week 16, confirmed by a second plasma HIV RNA level redrawn within 2 and 4 weeks from original sample. Or, a plasma HIV RNA level >200 c/mL after Week 24, confirmed by a second plasma HIV RNA level redrawn within 2 and 4 weeks from original sample. Or, repeated plasma HIV RNA level ≥50 c/mL after Week 48. Viral rebound was defined as a plasma HIV RNA level ≥400 c/mL at any time in a patient who had previously achieved a plasma HIV RNA level <50 c/mL. Or, a plasma HIV RNA level ≥50 c/mL and <1,000 c/mL followed by a return to virologic suppression was considered a viral blip and not a viral rebound. NRTI=nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

To describe the PK profile of ATV powder formulation with RTV in pediatric subjects weighing 25 - < 35 kg and/or 6 to < 11 years of age and for the new 5 - < 10 kg cohort (200 mg ATV and 80 mg RTV) in terms of ATV Cmax

To describe the PK profile of ATV powder formulation with RTV in pediatric subjects weighing 25 - < 35 kg and/or 6 to < 11 years of age and for the new 5 - < 10 kg cohort (200 mg ATV and 80 mg RTV) in terms of ATV Cmin

To describe the PK profile of ATV powder formulation with RTV in pediatric subjects weighing 25 - < 35 kg and/or 6 to < 11 years of age and for the new 5 - < 10 kg cohort (200 mg ATV and 80 mg RTV) in terms of ATV AUC