Detection of HIV-1 CXCR4 tropism and resistance in treatment experienced subjects receiving CCR5 antagonist-Vicriviroc

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BACKGROUND: Vicriviroc (VCV), a small-molecule antagonist of the C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5), blocks HIV's entry into CD4+ cells. Small studies have suggested that resistance to CCR5 antagonists is slow to develop.

OBJECTIVES: To examine resistance to VCV in isolates from treatment experienced patients who experienced virologic failure in two phase 3 trials.

STUDY DESIGN: Genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility to VCV, and other antiretroviral drugs were evaluated at baseline and at defined intervals during the study. In a post hoc analysis, viral tropism at baseline was evaluated using the Trofile-ES assay. Only subjects with R5-tropic virus were included in the analysis. Viral envelope sequencing was performed on samples from subjects with emergent VCV resistance defined using a relative MPI cutoff.

RESULTS: 71/486 subjects treated with VCV for 48 weeks met the protocol-defined virologic failure criteria. 7/71 (10%) had DM/X4 virus at the time of virologic failure; VCV resistance was identified in 4/486 treated subjects (1%). No control subject had detectable DM/X4 virus or VCV resistance at virologic failure. Clonal analysis of envelope sequences from VCV-resistant virus identified 2-5 amino acid substitutions at or near the crown of the V3 loop; however, no signature V3 mutations were identified. Changes outside the V3 loop were also observed in resistant clones; no consistent variant pattern was observed.

CONCLUSIONS: In these trials, use of a sensitive tropism assay and potent antiretroviral drug combinations contributed to the infrequent detection of X4-tropic virus and VCV resistance. Substitutions in the V3 loop were associated with VCV resistance, however, no specific pattern of amino acid changes were sufficient to reliably predict VCV susceptibility.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

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Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 55(2012), 2 vom: 23. Okt., Seite 134-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McNicholas, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Vilchez, Regis A [VerfasserIn]
Greaves, Wayne [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Sushma [VerfasserIn]
Onyebuchi, Chinyere [VerfasserIn]
Black, Todd [VerfasserIn]
Strizki, Julie M [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-HIV Agents
Env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Journal Article
Piperazines
Pyrimidines
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TL515DW4QS
Vicriviroc

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Date Completed 07.01.2013

Date Revised 20.08.2012

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2012.06.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM219656630