Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18472197›Full record

Trial reportVaccine2008

Structured treatment interruptions (STIs) in HIV-1 infected pediatric populations increases interferon gamma production and reduces viremia.

William Borkowsky, Ram Yogev, Petronella Muresan, Elizabeth McFarland, Lisa Frenkel, Terry Fenton, Edmond Capparelli, Jack Moye, Paul Harding, Nina Ellis and 2 more

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Trial report in Vaccine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

William BorkowskyNYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. borkow01@gcrc.med.nyu.edu
Ram Yogev
Petronella Muresan
Elizabeth McFarland
Lisa Frenkel
Terry Fenton
Edmond Capparelli
Jack Moye
Paul Harding
Nina Ellis
Barbara Heckman
Joyce Kraimer
Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation · USUniversity of Colorado Health · USUniversity of Washington · USEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USLurie Children's Hospital · USNew York University · USSocial and Scientific Systems (United States) · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

ZOPOLRESTAT IN SUBJECTS W/ PERIPHERAL SYMMETRICAL DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHYM01RR000096 · NCRR · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI NOVIK, YELENA · 1985 to 2008
$34.8M
ZORVIRAX ORAL SUSPENSION FOR SEVERE CHILDHOOD HERPES VIRUS INFECTIONSM01RR000069 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 1985 to 2008
$22.1M
PEDIATRIC AIDS CLINICAL TRIALS UNITU01AI027553 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BORKOWSKY, WILLIAM · 1988 to 2002
$2.3M
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000069NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000096NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR00069NCRR NIH HHS RR00096NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI027553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the effect of progressively longer antiretroviral structured treatment interruptions (STIs) starting with 3 days, increasing by 2 days in length each cycle on HIV-specific immune responses. As well, we correlated these responses with control of HIV viremia. Eight individuals became viremic and reached cycle 13 with an STI of > or =27 days. HIV-specific gamma-interferon production to inactivated HIV and vaccinia vectors expressing gag, env, nef, and pol increased (>10-fold) in six of eight subjects. Median plasma RNA levels peaked @ cycle 7 and declined to levels <10(4)cp/ml after cycle 10. In a subset of five who reached cycle 17, HIV-specific IFN-gamma frequencies increased from cycle 8 to cycle 17 with evidence of improved virologic control over comparable periods off antiretroviral therapy. This allowed us to conclude that exposure to autologous virus increased HIV-specific immune responses and decreased HIV RNA were seen in those who have had >13 interruptions, with STI intervals that exceeded 27 days.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnti-HIV AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesDrug Administration ScheduleHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansInterferon-gammaRNA, ViralTime FactorsViral LoadViremiaAnti-HIV AgentsInterferon-gammaRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID18472197
PMCPMC3643503
OpenAlexW2063944212

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