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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Thirteen protease inhibitor-naive patients with HIV-1 infection, and 12 patients with a median of 58 months prior treatment with saquinavir (SQV) monotherapy, were treated with SQV (400 mg twice daily) and ritonavir (RIT, 500 mg twice daily) in a study designed to assess the effect of prior treatment with SQV monotherapy on the antiretroviral activity of RIT-SQV combination therapy. Median baseline viral load and CD4+ cell counts were 155,000 and 262,000 copies/ml and 333 and 225 cells/mm3 in the naive and experienced groups, respectively. Mean viral load changes at 24 weeks were -1.63 and -0.27 log copies/ml in the naive and SQV-experienced groups, respectively (intent-to-treat analysis). Baseline genotype by point mutation assay and sequencing in the SQV-experienced group was highly predictive of virological response. Eight of 11 SQV-experienced patients had evidence of phenotypic resistance to RIT at baseline, despite previous treatment with SQV only. There was strong correlation between phenotypic resistance to RIT and the presence of the L90M mutation. We conclude that prolonged prior treatment with saquinavir monotherapy may produce cross-resistance to ritonavir and reduce the subsequent response to ritonavir-saquinavir in combination. In this study, both phenotypic resistance to ritonavir and presence of the L90M mutation predicted the viral load response to ritonavir-saquinavir.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0889-2229
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1181-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Anti-HIV Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-CD4 Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Gene Products, pol, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-HIV Protease Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Ritonavir, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Saquinavir, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10480631-Viral Load
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The rabbit study: ritonavir and saquinavir in combination in saquinavir-experienced and previously untreated patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK. DuncanChurchill@ukf.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Clinical Trial, Phase II, Clinical Trial, Phase I