Abstract
Objectives: To describe the efficacy and tolerability of switching to raltegravir (RAL) in virologically suppressed HIV-1-infected patients during routine clinical practice.
Methods: A total number of 263 subjects (189 men, median age 48.1 years) with HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL for ≥ 6 months were switched to RAL (400 mg b.i.d). Reasons for change were toxicity (49.0%), drug interactions (6.1%) or convenience (28.6%) (switch from subcutaneous to oral treatment 22.4%, improvement of posology 3.4%). Patients were followed up to 24 months after switching to RAL. Primary end-points were tolerability and virological failure defined as two consecutive measures of HIV-1 RNA > 50 copies/mL.
Results: After a median of 12.4 months (range 2.8-26.4 months), virological failure was observed in 6 (2.3%) patients (2.2 per 100 person-years [95%CI 0.9-4.6]), while AIDS occurred in 1, drug discontinuation in 4, 3 patients died and 10 were lost to follow-up. The median CD4+ T cell count increased from 460 cells/mm3 to 508.6 cells/mm3 (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Switching to RAL in clinical practice was mainly driven by toxicity, convenience or interactions, they were well tolerated and secured virologic suppression in the vast majority of patients.
Keywords: Raltegravir, simplification strategy, HIV infection, toxicity, CD4+, T cell, patients, lipid, virological, suppression
Current HIV Research
Title:Switching to Raltegravir in Virologically Suppressed in HIV-1-Infected Patients: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Descriptive Study
Volume: 10 Issue: 8
Author(s): Vicente Estrada, The TORAL Study Group, Manuel Castano, Jorge Carmena, Antonio Antela, Josefa Galindo, Esteban Ribera, Joaquin Portilla, Ferran Segura, Eugenia Negredo, Daniel Podzamczer, Hernando Knobel, Ignacio Santos, Antonio Ocampo, Maria-Jesus Perez-Elias, Jordi Curto, Pompeyo Viciana, Elena Ferrer, Pere Domingo and Esteban Martinez
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Keywords: Raltegravir, simplification strategy, HIV infection, toxicity, CD4+, T cell, patients, lipid, virological, suppression
Abstract: Objectives: To describe the efficacy and tolerability of switching to raltegravir (RAL) in virologically suppressed HIV-1-infected patients during routine clinical practice.
Methods: A total number of 263 subjects (189 men, median age 48.1 years) with HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL for ≥ 6 months were switched to RAL (400 mg b.i.d). Reasons for change were toxicity (49.0%), drug interactions (6.1%) or convenience (28.6%) (switch from subcutaneous to oral treatment 22.4%, improvement of posology 3.4%). Patients were followed up to 24 months after switching to RAL. Primary end-points were tolerability and virological failure defined as two consecutive measures of HIV-1 RNA > 50 copies/mL.
Results: After a median of 12.4 months (range 2.8-26.4 months), virological failure was observed in 6 (2.3%) patients (2.2 per 100 person-years [95%CI 0.9-4.6]), while AIDS occurred in 1, drug discontinuation in 4, 3 patients died and 10 were lost to follow-up. The median CD4+ T cell count increased from 460 cells/mm3 to 508.6 cells/mm3 (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Switching to RAL in clinical practice was mainly driven by toxicity, convenience or interactions, they were well tolerated and secured virologic suppression in the vast majority of patients.
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Estrada Vicente, TORAL Study Group The, Castano Manuel, Carmena Jorge, Antela Antonio, Galindo Josefa, Ribera Esteban, Portilla Joaquin, Segura Ferran, Negredo Eugenia, Podzamczer Daniel, Knobel Hernando, Santos Ignacio, Ocampo Antonio, Perez-Elias Maria-Jesus, Curto Jordi, Viciana Pompeyo, Ferrer Elena, Domingo Pere and Martinez Esteban, Switching to Raltegravir in Virologically Suppressed in HIV-1-Infected Patients: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Descriptive Study, Current HIV Research 2012; 10 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016212803901428
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