eprintid: 1395866 rev_number: 45 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/39/58/66 datestamp: 2013-06-10 18:55:32 lastmod: 2021-12-13 01:59:14 status_changed: 2013-06-10 18:55:32 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Holodniy, M creators_name: Brown, ST creators_name: Cameron, DW creators_name: Kyriakides, TC creators_name: Angus, B creators_name: Babiker, A creators_name: Singer, J creators_name: Owens, DK creators_name: Anis, A creators_name: Goodall, R creators_name: Hudson, F creators_name: Piaseczny, M creators_name: Russo, J creators_name: Schechter, M creators_name: Deyton, L creators_name: Darbyshire, J creators_name: OPTIMA Team, title: Results of Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption and Intensification in Advanced Multi-Drug Resistant HIV Infection from the OPTIMA Trial ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D65 divisions: J38 keywords: Structured treatment interruption, quality-of-life, cross-resistance, clinical progression, virological failure, mega-haart, cohort, therapy, inhibitors, virus note: This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. abstract: Background: Guidance is needed on best medical management for advanced HIV disease with multidrug resistance (MDR) and limited retreatment options. We assessed two novel antiretroviral (ARV) treatment approaches in this setting.Methods and Findings: We conducted a 262 factorial randomized open label controlled trial in patients with a CD4 count <= 300 cells/mu l who had ARV treatment (ART) failure requiring retreatment, to two options (a) re-treatment with either standard (<= 4 ARVs) or intensive (>= 5 ARVs) ART and b) either treatment starting immediately or after a 12-week monitored ART interruption. Primary outcome was time to developing a first AIDS-defining event (ADE) or death from any cause. Analysis was by intention to treat. From 2001 to 2006, 368 patients were randomized. At baseline, mean age was 48 years, 2% were women, median CD4 count was 106/mu l, mean viral load was 4.74 log(10) copies/ml, and 59% had a prior AIDS diagnosis. Median follow-up was 4.0 years in 1249 person-years of observation. There were no statistically significant differences in the primary composite outcome of ADE or death between re-treatment options of standard versus intensive ART (hazard ratio 1.17; CI 0.86-1.59), or between immediate retreatment initiation versus interruption before re-treatment (hazard ratio 0.93; CI 0.68-1.30), or in the rate of non-HIV associated serious adverse events between re-treatment options.Conclusions: We did not observe clinical benefit or harm assessed by the primary outcome in this largest and longest trial exploring both ART interruption and intensification in advanced MDR HIV infection with poor retreatment options. date: 2011-03-31 publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014764 vfaculties: VFPHS oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 305862 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014764 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Babiker, Abdel lyricists_name: Goodall, Ruth lyricists_name: Hudson, Fleur lyricists_id: ABABI41 lyricists_id: RLGOO00 lyricists_id: FHUDS08 full_text_status: public publication: PLOS ONE volume: 6 number: 3 article_number: e14764 pagerange: - issn: 1932-6203 citation: Holodniy, M; Brown, ST; Cameron, DW; Kyriakides, TC; Angus, B; Babiker, A; Singer, J; ... OPTIMA Team; + view all <#> Holodniy, M; Brown, ST; Cameron, DW; Kyriakides, TC; Angus, B; Babiker, A; Singer, J; Owens, DK; Anis, A; Goodall, R; Hudson, F; Piaseczny, M; Russo, J; Schechter, M; Deyton, L; Darbyshire, J; OPTIMA Team; - view fewer <#> (2011) Results of Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption and Intensification in Advanced Multi-Drug Resistant HIV Infection from the OPTIMA Trial. PLOS ONE , 6 (3) , Article e14764. 10.1371/journal.pone.0014764 <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014764>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1395866/1/journal.pone.0014764.pdf