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Refining criteria for selecting candidates for a safe lopinavir/ritonavir or darunavir/ritonavir monotherapy in HIV-infected virologically suppressed patients

Gianotti, N; Cozzi-Lepri, A; Antinori, A; Castagna, A; De Luca, A; Celesia, BM; Galli, M; ... Andreoni, M; + view all (2017) Refining criteria for selecting candidates for a safe lopinavir/ritonavir or darunavir/ritonavir monotherapy in HIV-infected virologically suppressed patients. PLoS ONE , 12 (2) , Article e0171611. 10.1371/journal.pone.0171611. Green open access

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of treatment failure (TF) to protease inhibitor monotherapies (PI/r-MT) with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) or darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r). DESIGN: A multicenter cohort of HIV-infected patients with viral load (VL) ≤50 copies/mL, who underwent a switch from any triple combination therapy to PI/r-MT with either LPV/r or DRV/r. METHODS: VL was assessed in each center according to local procedures. Residual viremia was defined by any HIV-RNA value detectable below 50 copies/mL by a Real-Time PCR method. Standard survival analysis was used to estimate the rate of TF (defined by virological failure or interruption of monotherapy or reintroduction of combination therapy). A multivariable Cox regression analysis with automatic stepwise procedures was used to identify factors independently associated with TF among nadir and baseline CD4+ counts, residual viremia, time spent with <50 HIV-RNA copies/mL before switch, history of virological failure, HCV co-infection, being on a PI/r and hemoglobin concentrations at baseline. RESULTS: Six hundred ninety patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in this analysis. Their median follow-up was 20 (10–37) months. By month 36, TF occurred in 176 (30.2%; 95% CI:25.9–34.5) patients. Only CD4+ nadir counts (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 2.03 [95% CI: 1.35, 3.07] for counts ≤100 vs. >100 cells/μL) and residual viremia (aHR = 1.48 [95% CI: 1.01–2.17] vs. undetectable VL) were independently associated to TF. CONCLUSIONS: Residual viremia and nadir CD4+ counts <100 cells/μL should be regarded as the main factors to be taken into account before considering switching to a PI/r-MT.

Type: Article
Title: Refining criteria for selecting candidates for a safe lopinavir/ritonavir or darunavir/ritonavir monotherapy in HIV-infected virologically suppressed patients
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171611
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171611
Language: English
Additional information: © 2017 Gianotti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, PROTEASE INHIBITOR MONOTHERAPY, REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS, EFFECTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, LOPINAVIR-RITONAVIR MONOTHERAPY, GLOMERULAR-FILTRATION-RATE, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, MONET TRIAL, INCOMPLETE REVERSIBILITY, HIV-1-INFECTED PATIENTS, COHORT COLLABORATION
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1550187
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