Clinical outcome and predictive factors of failure of highly active antiretroviral therapy in antiretroviral-experienced patients in advanced stages of HIV-1 infection

Autor: Mauro Moroni, C. Abeli, Teresa Bini, d'Arminio Monforte A, L. Testa, Elisabetta Chiesa, Claudia Balotta, Massimo Musicco, Salvatore Sollima, Fulvio Adorni, Moscatelli Gc, Massimo Galli, Stefano Rusconi
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: AIDS (Lond.) 12 (1998): 1631–1637. doi:10.1097/00002030-199813000-00010
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:D'Arminio Monforte A.; Testa L.; Adorni F.; Chiesa E.; Bini T.; Moscatelli G.C.; Abeli C.; Rusconi S.; Sollima S.; Balotta C.; Musicco M.; Galli M.; Moroni M./titolo:Clinical outcome and predictive factors of failure of highly active antiretroviral therapy in antiretroviral-experienced patients in advanced stages of HIV-1 infection/doi:10.1097%2F00002030-199813000-00010/rivista:AIDS (Lond.)/anno:1998/pagina_da:1631/pagina_a:1637/intervallo_pagine:1631–1637/volume:12
ISSN: 0269-9370
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00010
Popis: Objective: To verify the effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and to identify any factors predictive of clinical outcome in a clinical setting. Design: Observational study. Methods: Treatment failure (i.e., the occurrence of new or recurrent AIDS-defining events, death or any definitive discontinuation) and the course of CD4+ cell counts and HIV RNA copies were evaluated in 250 heavily pretreated HIV-infected patients starting HAART [153 with indinavir (IDV), 55 with ritonavir (RTV), 43 with saquinavir (SQV)]. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify predictors of worse outcome. Results: During a median follow-up of 8 months, 75 patients (30%) had treatment failure because of the occurrence of an AIDS-defining event or death (n = 24), inefficacy (n = 24), or severe intolerance (n = 27). Twenty new and six recurrent AIDS-defining events, and nine deaths occurred (six out of 20 AIDS-defining events and two out of nine deaths within 1 month of treatment). CD4+ counts were above 200 x 10 6 /l at AIDS diagnosis in only two patients. None of the SQV patients, 12 (7.8%) of the IDV patients, and 15 (27.3%) of the RTV-treated patients were considered non-compliant. The SQV-containing regimens independently correlated with treatment failure (relative risk, 2.46; 95% confidence interval, 1.20-5.03; versus IDV). Low compliance partially determined outcome in RTV-treated patients; both severe immunodepression and AIDS at baseline were predictive of treatment failure. There was a 10-fold increase in CD4+ cell counts in the patients treated with IDV and RTV; the best virological outcome occurred in IDV-treated patients, with 68.4% of patients showing undetectable HIV RNA copies after 6 months. Conclusions: HAART was effective in 70% of patients; low compliance and previous AIDS diagnosis represented predictive factors of therapy failure.
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