Efficacy of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based highly active antiretroviral therapy in Thai HIV-infected children aged two years or less

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Mar;28(3):246-8. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818dd72b.

Abstract

Twenty-six Thai HIV-infected children, aged 2 years or less were prospectively enrolled to receive non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitor-based highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Twenty-two children (85%) had World Health Organization clinical stage 3 or 4. The median baseline CD4 cell percentage and plasma HIV RNA were 17% and 5.9 log 10 copies/mL, respectively. The median age at HAART initiation was 9.8 months (range, 1.5-24.0). One child died. The mean CD4 cell percentages at 24, 48, and 96 weeks of treatment were 26%, 31%, and 37%, respectively. The proportions of children with virologic suppression (<400 copies/mL) at week 24 and 48 were 14/26 (54%) and 19/26 (73%), respectively. Non-nucleoside reverse transcription inhibitor-based HAART is safe and effective in HIV-infected young children in a resource-limited setting.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lamivudine / administration & dosage
  • Lamivudine / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Nevirapine / administration & dosage
  • Nevirapine / therapeutic use
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Stavudine / administration & dosage
  • Stavudine / therapeutic use
  • Thailand
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  • Lamivudine
  • Nevirapine
  • Stavudine