TY - JOUR
T1 - Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice?
AU - Mugavero, Michael J.
AU - May, Margaret
AU - Harris, Ross
AU - Saag, Michael S.
AU - Costagliola, Dominique
AU - Egger, Matthias
AU - Phillips, Andrew
AU - Günthard, Huldrych F.
AU - Dabis, Francois
AU - Hogg, Robert
AU - de Wolf, Frank
AU - Fatkenheuer, Gerd
AU - Gill, M. John
AU - Justice, Amy
AU - D'Arminio Monforte, Antonella
AU - Lampe, Fiona
AU - Miró, Jose M.
AU - Staszewski, Schlomo
AU - Sterne, Jonathan A. C.
AU - AUTHOR GROUP
AU - Casabona, Jordi
AU - Geneviè, Chêne
AU - Dabis, François
AU - del Amo, Julia
AU - Fätkenheuer, Gerd
AU - Gill, John
AU - Guest, Jodie
AU - Kitahata, Mari
AU - Ledergerber, Bruno
AU - Mocroft, Amanda
AU - Reiss, Peter
AU - Saag, Michael
AU - Sterne, Jonathan
AU - Gras, L. A.
AU - Prins, J. M.
AU - Godfried, M. H.
AU - Lange, J. M. A.
AU - van der Meer, J. T. M.
AU - Nellen, F. J. B.
AU - van der Poll, T.
AU - Vermeulen, J. N.
AU - van Vugt, M.
AU - Wit, F. W. M. N.
AU - Kuijpers, T. W.
AU - Pajkrt, D.
AU - Scherpbier, H. J.
AU - Back, N. K. T.
AU - Berkhout, B.
AU - Jurriaans, S.
AU - Zaaijer, H. L.
AU - van Kan, H. J. M.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether differences in short-term virologic failure among commonly used antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens translate to differences in clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating ART. DESIGN: Observational cohort study of patients initiating ART between January 2000 and December 2005. SETTING: The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) is a collaboration of 15 HIV cohort studies from Canada, Europe, and the United States. STUDY PARTICIPANTS: A total of 13 546 antiretroviral-naïve HIV-positive patients initiating ART with efavirenz, nevirapine, lopinavir/ritonavir, nelfinavir, or abacavir as third drugs in combination with a zidovudine and lamivudine nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Short-term (24-week) virologic failure (>500 copies/ml) and clinical events within 2 years of ART initiation (incident AIDS-defining event, death, and a composite measure of these two outcomes). RESULTS: Compared with efavirenz as initial third drug, short-term virologic failure was more common with all other third drugs evaluated; nevirapine (adjusted odds ratio = 1.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.58-2.22), lopinavir/ritonavir (1.32, 95% CI = 1.12-1.57), nelfinavir (3.20, 95% CI = 2.74-3.74), and abacavir (2.13, 95% CI = 1.82-2.50). However, the rate of clinical events within 2 years of ART initiation appeared higher only with nevirapine (adjusted hazard ratio for composite outcome measure 1.27, 95% CI = 1.04-1.56) and abacavir (1.22, 95% CI = 1.00-1.48). CONCLUSION: Among antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating therapy, between-ART regimen, differences in short-term virologic failure do not necessarily translate to differences in clinical outcomes. Our results should be interpreted with caution because of the possibility of residual confounding by indication
AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether differences in short-term virologic failure among commonly used antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens translate to differences in clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating ART. DESIGN: Observational cohort study of patients initiating ART between January 2000 and December 2005. SETTING: The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) is a collaboration of 15 HIV cohort studies from Canada, Europe, and the United States. STUDY PARTICIPANTS: A total of 13 546 antiretroviral-naïve HIV-positive patients initiating ART with efavirenz, nevirapine, lopinavir/ritonavir, nelfinavir, or abacavir as third drugs in combination with a zidovudine and lamivudine nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Short-term (24-week) virologic failure (>500 copies/ml) and clinical events within 2 years of ART initiation (incident AIDS-defining event, death, and a composite measure of these two outcomes). RESULTS: Compared with efavirenz as initial third drug, short-term virologic failure was more common with all other third drugs evaluated; nevirapine (adjusted odds ratio = 1.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.58-2.22), lopinavir/ritonavir (1.32, 95% CI = 1.12-1.57), nelfinavir (3.20, 95% CI = 2.74-3.74), and abacavir (2.13, 95% CI = 1.82-2.50). However, the rate of clinical events within 2 years of ART initiation appeared higher only with nevirapine (adjusted hazard ratio for composite outcome measure 1.27, 95% CI = 1.04-1.56) and abacavir (1.22, 95% CI = 1.00-1.48). CONCLUSION: Among antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating therapy, between-ART regimen, differences in short-term virologic failure do not necessarily translate to differences in clinical outcomes. Our results should be interpreted with caution because of the possibility of residual confounding by indication
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e328318f130
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e328318f130
M3 - Article
C2 - 19005271
SN - 0269-9370
VL - 22
SP - 2481
EP - 2492
JO - AIDS (London, England)
JF - AIDS (London, England)
IS - 18
ER -