Significant improvement in triglyceride levels after switching from ritonavir to cobicistat in suppressed HIV-1-infected subjects with dyslipidaemia

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OBJECTIVES: Cobicistat seems to have a low rate of adverse events compared with ritonavir.

METHODS: This restrospective observational study to evaluated changes in lipid parameters and the percentage of subjects with dyslipidemia in virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients who were receiving a regimen containing darunavir/ritonavir and were then switched from ritonavir to cobicistat, carried out from December 2015 to May 2016, included 299 HIV-1-infected patients who were on stable antiretroviral treatment including darunavir/ritonavir (monotherapy, bitherapy or triple therapy for at least 6 months) and were then switched from ritonavir to cobicistat. Lipid parameters, as well as plasma HIV-1 RNA and CD4 cell counts, were recorded at baseline just before the switch, and 24 weeks after the switch. Patients were stratified according to the presence of hypercholesterolaemia [baseline total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL and/or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol > 130 mg/dL] or hypertriglyceridaemia (baseline triglyceride levels > 200 mg/dL).

RESULTS: Two hundred and ninety-nine patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty-two per cent of the total study population showed dyslipidaemia at baseline. All patients maintained HIV-1 RNA ≤ 50 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL at week 24. No statistically significant changes were seen in CD4 T-cell count from baseline to week 24 [654 (298) to 643 (313) cells/μL; P = 0.173]. When patients were stratified according to the presence of hypercholesterolaemia at baseline (n = 124), significant changes were observed in total cholesterol (P < 0.001), LDL cholesterol (P = 0.047), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (P = 0.002) and triglyceride levels (P = 0.025), and when they were stratified according to the presence of hypertriglyceridaemia at baseline (n = 64), changes from baseline to week 24 in triglyceride level were statistically significant [median (interquartile range) 352 (223, 389) mg/dL at baseline and 229 (131, 279) mg/dL at week 24; P < 0.001].

CONCLUSIONS: Cobicistat as a booster of darunavir in HIV-infected subjects had a beneficial effect on the lipid profile in patients with hypercholesterolaemia or hypertrigliceridaemia at baseline.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

HIV medicine - 18(2017), 10 vom: 23. Nov., Seite 782-786

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Echeverría, P [VerfasserIn]
Bonjoch, A [VerfasserIn]
Puig, J [VerfasserIn]
Ornella, A [VerfasserIn]
Clotet, B [VerfasserIn]
Negredo, E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Cobicistat
Darunavir/cobicistat
Darunavir/ritonavir
Journal Article
LW2E03M5PG
Lipid profile
O3J8G9O825
Observational Study
RNA, Viral
Ritonavir
Suppressed HIV-1-infected subjects
Triglycerides

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Date Completed 29.05.2018

Date Revised 20.08.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hiv.12530

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273484656