2840. Long-term Efficacy, Safety, and Durability of CAB and RPV as Two Drug Oral Maintenance Therapy: LATTE Week 312 Results

BACKGROUND: Cabotegravir (CAB), an INI, is under development in both oral and long-acting (LA) injectable formulations. LATTE (NCT01641809) was designed to select a daily oral dose of CAB and evaluate a two-drug ART regimen with rilpivirine (RPV), as suppressive maintenance therapy. Results enabled the LATTE-2 (NCT02120352) study to evaluate CAB LA + RPV LA dosed once every 1 or 2 months. METHODS: Phase 2b, multicentre, partially blinded dose-ranging study in ART-naïve HIV infected adults, randomized 1:1:1:1 to the induction regimen of once-daily oral CAB 10, 30, or 60 mg or efavirenz (EFV) 600 mg with TDF/FTC or ABC/3TC through W24. CAB patients with VL <50 c/mL immediately prior to W24 discontinued NRTIs and began RPV 25 mg as a two-drug oral maintenance regimen through W96. No change was made to the EFV arm. After W96, at the start of the open-label (OL) phase, all patients randomized to CAB were given the option to continue and switch to the sponsor-selected dose of oral CAB 30 mg. EFV patients completed the study at W96. The OL phase was completed at W312 (288 weeks on CAB + RPV). Successful CAB + RPV patients transitioned to the POLAR study (NCT03639311). RESULTS: A total of 243 patients were randomized and initiated treatment (ITT-E). Of those randomized to CAB (n = 181), 160 patients began CAB + RPV (W24) and 138 continued into OL phase (W96). One hundred and ten patients successfully completed the study (W312). Among patients who began CAB + RPV at W24, 66% maintained <50 c/mL, 9% had HIV-1 RNA ≥ 50 c/mL, and 25% were categorized as “No Virologic Data” by Snapshot at W312 (ITT-ME). There were 11 protocol-defined virologic failures (PDVF) on CAB; only 2 occurring after W144. Six patients developed treatment emergent (TE) resistance to one or both agents during the study; of which 4 patients developed TE major INI resistance mutations, 3 after W96. The median increase in CD4+ cell count from Baseline was 393 cells/mm(3) (−174 to 1118). During the maintenance and OL phases, 4% of CAB patients reported drug-related AEs ≥ Grade 2; SAEs occurred in 9% of CAB patients (none drug related); 3% of CAB patients withdrew due to AEs. 43% of CAB patients who entered maintenance phase reported TE lab abnormalities ≥ Grade 3. CONCLUSION: As maintenance therapy in virologically suppressed patients, the 2DR CAB + RPV provided durable viral suppression through W312. Through 7 years of study, CAB + RPV continues to be generally safe and well tolerated. [Image: see text] [Image: see text] DISCLOSURES: All Authors: No reported Disclosures.