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

Hoogewerf, M; Regez, R M; Schouten, W E M; Weigel, H M; Frissen, P H J; Brinkman, K · Lancet · 2003

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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.

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