Darunavir is a good third-line antiretroviral agent for HIV type 1-infected patients failing second-line protease inhibitor-based regimens in South India

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Mar;29(3):630-2. doi: 10.1089/AID.2011.0334. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

Abstract

Eleven protease mutations have been associated with reduced susceptibility to darunavir. In this study of 87 HIV-1-infected patients experiencing virological failure to second-line regimens containing protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir (viral load >1,000 HIV RNA copies/ml), we observed a low prevalence (3%) of ≥3 darunavir resistance-associated mutations, indicating that this drug may be a good option for third-line antiretroviral therapy in southern India.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Darunavir
  • Drug Resistance, Viral*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV Protease / genetics
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • HIV-1 / drug effects*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • India
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Sulfonamides
  • HIV Protease
  • Darunavir