Virological evaluation of treating HIV-infected patients with (combinations of) antiretroviral drugs at the Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, 1996/'97

OBJECTIVE: First clinical virological evaluation of anti-HIV treatment with HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease inhibitors.

DESIGN: Descriptive.

SETTING: Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

METHOD: From January 1, 1996, until May 1, 1997, HIV-RNA levels were determined in sequential serum or plasma samples obtained sequentially of 384 patients over a period of 3.1 years on average (minimum 0.5, maximum 10 years). Of these patients 318 had sustained treatment for at least 6 months. The effect on HIV-RNA serum or plasma levels was evaluated in this particular group, of which 224 (70.4%) had been pretreated with antiretroviral drugs (experienced patients) and 94 (29.6%) had not (naive patients).

RESULTS: Of the naive patients 8.5% were treated with a combination of two, 89.4% with three and 2.1% with four anti-HIV drugs. Preceding their current treatment, an average of more than two other anti-HIV regimens had been administered to the experienced patients. From 1987 until May 1997 a total of 834 treatments were registered among the 224 patients: 202 mono, 223 double, 340 triple, 60 quadruple and 9 other combination treatments. After six months 84% of the triple combination treatments in the naive patients and 61% in the experienced patients resulted in RNA levels < or = 10(3) copies/ml (p = 0.008). Of 68 patients who failed on treatment 36 (52.9%) showed resistance associated mutations in HIV reverse transcriptase. In 6/43 (14%) of these patients resistance associated mutations in protease were found as well. Genotypic resistance could not always be confirmed phenotypically.

CONCLUSION: Our preliminary results indicate that in a majority of cases triple combination treatment including at least one HIV protease inhibitor was successful. Nevertheless, in 16% of the therapy-naive and 39% of the therapy-experienced patients the anti-HIV effect of treatment was insufficient.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 May 16;142(20):1169-70. - PMID 9623246

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:142

Enthalten in:

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 142(1998), 11 vom: 14. März, Seite 573-8

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Virologische evaluatie van behandeling van HIV-geïnfecteerden met (combinaties van) antiretrovirale middelen in het Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, 1996/'97

Beteiligte Personen:

de Wolf, F [VerfasserIn]
de Jong, J J [VerfasserIn]
Hertogs, K [VerfasserIn]
Danner, S A [VerfasserIn]
Lange, J M [VerfasserIn]
Goudsmit, J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antiviral Agents
English Abstract
Journal Article
Protease Inhibitors
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.07.1998

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print

CommentIn: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 May 16;142(20):1169-70. - PMID 9623246

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM095632794