Optimizing treatment switch for virologic failure during first-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Adedotun A. Adetunji, Chad Achenbach, Joseph Feinglass, Kristin M. Darin, Kimberly K. Scarsi, Ernest Ekong, Babafemi O. Taiwo, Isaac F. Adewole, Robert Murphy

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Abstract

We evaluated adult Nigerian patients with antiretroviral switch to second-line treatment with ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r)-based regimens due to virologic failure (confirmed HIV-1 RNA viral load [VL] >1000 copies/mL) during first-line antiretroviral therapy. Proportion of patients with VL >400 copies/mL and characteristics associated with nonsuppression during second-line treatment are described. Approximately 15% of patients (34 of 225) had VL >400 copies/mL at 1-year after treatment switch to PI/r-based regimens. In adjusted analyses, VL ≥5 log10 copies/mL at treatment switch (odds ratio [OR] 2.90 [confidence interval (CI) 1.21-6.93]); duration of first-line treatment after virologic failure >180 days (OR 2.56 [CI 1.0-6.54]); and PI/r regimen adherence <90% (OR 3.27 [CI 1.39-7.68]) were associated with VL >400 copies/mL at 1 year of second-line treatment. We therefore recommend that the maximum permissible time between suspicion of virologic failure and completion of antiretroviral treatment switch should not exceed 6 months when patients develop first-line antiretroviral failure in resource-limited settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)236-240
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Volume12
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ART
  • antiretroviral
  • first-line
  • treatment switch
  • virologic failure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology
  • Dermatology
  • Infectious Diseases

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