Evolution in Real-World Therapeutic Strategies for HIV Treatment: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy, 2014–2020

Changes in HIV treatment guidelines over the last two decades reflect the evolving challenges in this field. Our study examined treatment change patterns throughout a 7-year period in a large Italian cohort of HIV patients as well as the reasons and direction of changes. Treatment-naïve and -experienced HIV patients managed by Cotugno Hospital of Naples between 2014 and 2020 were analyzed. During the period, the proportion of single-tablet regimen treatment sharply increased for the naïve and experienced patients. Regimens containing integrase strand transfer inhibitors rapidly replaced those containing protease inhibitor and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. The use of the tenofovir alafenamide fumarate/emtricitabine backbone increased rapidly after its introduction in the Italian pharmaceutical market, making up 63.7 and 54.9% of all treatments in naïve and experienced patients, respectively, in 2020. The main reason for treatment changes was optimization and/or simplification (90.6% in 2018; 85.3% in 2019; 95.5 in 2020) followed by adverse effects and virological failure. Our real-world analysis revealed that the majority of treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients received antiretroviral drugs listed as preferred/recommended in current recommendations. Regimen optimization and/or simplification is a leading cause of treatment modification, while virologic failure or adverse effects are less likely reasons for modification in the current treatment landscape..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of Clinical Medicine - 11(2021), 1, p 161

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nunzia Papa [VerfasserIn]
Simona Cammarota [VerfasserIn]
Anna Citarella [VerfasserIn]
Luigi Atripaldi [VerfasserIn]
Francesca F. Bernardi [VerfasserIn]
Marianna Fogliasecca [VerfasserIn]
Nello Giugliano [VerfasserIn]
Ugo Trama [VerfasserIn]
Micaela Spatarella [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ART
Antiretroviral therapy
Guidelines
HIV
Medicine
R
Switching pattern
Treatment modification

doi:

10.3390/jcm11010161

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ023401753