Characteristics of Treatment-experienced HIV-infected African Children and Adolescents Initiating Darunavir and/or Etravirine-based Antiretroviral Treatment

BACKGROUND: Data are limited on the selection and sequencing of second-line and third-line pediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to evaluate characteristics of African pediatric patients initiated on darunavir (DRV) and/or etravirine (ETR) through a specific drug donation program.

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of baseline immunologic, virologic and demographic characteristics of children and adolescents initiating DRV-based and/or ETR-based ART. Descriptive statistics were used.

RESULTS: Study enrolled 48 patients (45.8% women; median age = 15 years [interquartile range 17.7-10.3]) at 9 clinical sites in Zambia, Swaziland, Kenya and Lesotho. The majority (87.5%; n = 42) had received ≥2 prior ART regimens; most (81.2%) had received lopinavir/ritonavir-based ART before switch. All patients had detectable HIV RNA (median = 56,653 copies/mL). Forty seven patients (98.9%) had HIV genotype results: 41 (87.2%) had ≥1 nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-resistance mutation (RM), predominantly M184V (76.6%; n = 36); 31 (65.9%) had ≥1 non-NRTI-RM, including 27 (57.4%) with ≥1 ETR-RM; 30 (63.8%) had ≥3 protease inhibitor RM, including 20 (42.6%) with ≥1 DRV-RM. For new ART regimens, DRV and raltegravir were most frequently prescribed (83.3%; n = 40 on DRV and raltegravir, each). Eighteen patients (37.5%) were initiated on the NRTI-sparing ART.

CONCLUSIONS: In our study, a significant proportion of treatment-experienced African children and adolescents had one or more DRV-RM and ETR-RM. For the new regimen, more than a third of pediatric patients failing second-line ART were prescribed NRTI-sparing regimens. Better understanding of the current approaches to pediatric ART sequencing in resource-limited settings is needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 37(2018), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 669-672

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Corrigan, Bethany [VerfasserIn]
Mukui, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Mulenga, Lloyd [VerfasserIn]
Mthethwa, Nobuhle [VerfasserIn]
Letsie, Mosilinyane [VerfasserIn]
Bruno, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Rakhmanina, Natella [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0C50HW4FO1
2494G1JF75
43Y000U234
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Darunavir
Etravirine
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Multicenter Study
Nitriles
O3J8G9O825
Pyridazines
Pyrimidines
RNA, Viral
Raltegravir Potassium
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ritonavir
YO603Y8113

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.05.2019

Date Revised 09.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/INF.0000000000001843

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM278073883