Change to abacavir-lamivudine-tenofovir combination treatment in patients with HIV-1 who had complete virological suppression

Lancet. 2003 Dec 13;362(9400):1979-80. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15018-0.

Abstract

Patients who have not received previous antiretroviral treatment (ART) have a high failure rate on the combination treatment of abacavir, lamivudine, and tenovir. We assessed the virological failure rate in eight patients with HIV-1 who switched to this combination after having complete virological suppression from their previous long-term ART (median 8.0 months, range 7.5-18.0). Five of the eight patients showed virological failure. Four of these five patients had either the K65R mutation, the M184V/I mutation, or both. This combination of drugs cannot therefore be recommended as alternative treatment in patients with HIV-1 who are fully virologically suppressed.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adenine / therapeutic use
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Dideoxynucleosides / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Viral / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Viral / immunology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • HIV-1*
  • Humans
  • Lamivudine / therapeutic use
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Organophosphonates*
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Tenofovir
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Dideoxynucleosides
  • Organophosphonates
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  • Lamivudine
  • Tenofovir
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase
  • Adenine
  • abacavir