Challenges of lopinavir/ritonavir in the chronicity of human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased patient survival, which is currently similar to that of the general population in western countries. However, ART is unable to completely restore normal health, given the persistence of chronic immune activation. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a chronic disease and 50% of patients will soon be older than 50 years. Currently, there is a debate on the possibility of accelerated aging in the HIV-infected population. An overlap has been observed between chronic inflammation, age-related comorbidities, lifestyle, and the long-term toxicity of ART. ART-related toxicity can encourage the development of comorbidities, especially cardiovascular and renal complications, while toxicity-especially that of thymidine analogs-can also contribute to inflammation and aging. Evidence is available on simplification strategies with boosted protease inhibitor monotherapy aiming to avoid or reduce potential or demonstrated toxicity. Currently, studies are underway of dual therapy strategies with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) with distinct antiretroviral agents. The studies with the largest samples are those with raltegravir and lamivudine. The GARDEL trial has demonstrated that dual therapy with LPV/r plus a generic drug such as lamivudine is non-inferior to triple therapy in treatment- naïve patients. All of the above indicates the response to the challenge posed to LPV/r by the chronic phase of the disease and by the need to reduce costs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32 Suppl 3

Enthalten in:

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 32 Suppl 3(2014) vom: 15. Nov., Seite 26-30

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Desafíos de lopinavir/ritonavir en la cronicidad de la infección por virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana

Beteiligte Personen:

Aguirrebengoa, Koldo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Aging
Anti-HIV Agents
Comorbidity
Comorbilidad
Drug Combinations
Envejecimiento
HIV Integrase Inhibitors
HIV Protease Inhibitors
HIV infection
Infección VIH
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
O3J8G9O825
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 31.10.2016

Date Revised 30.12.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/S0213-005X(14)70165-X

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM24490720X