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ReviewAdvances in therapy2010

Abacavir/lamivudine fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV.

Chad J Achenbach, Kimberly K Scarsi, Robert L Murphy

Erratum issuedAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Advances in therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chad J AchenbachFeinberg School of Medicine and Center for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. c-achenbach@northwestern.edu
Kimberly K Scarsi
Robert L Murphy
Center for Global Health · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical Trial UnitU01AI069471 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MURPHY, ROBERT LEO · 2007 to 2011
$12.0M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI069471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past 15 years, improvements in the treatment of HIV infection have dramatically reduced morbidity and mortality. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors are the backbone of combination antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV. One of the recommended and commonly used therapies in this class is the once-daily fixed-dose combination of abacavir/lamivudine. Clinical studies and practice have shown these drugs to be potent, safe, and easy to use in a variety of settings; however, several recent reports have challenged the safety and efficacy claims among certain patient populations, including those at risk for cardiovascular disease and in those with high viral loads prior to treatment initiation. We reviewed abacavir/lamivudine as a treatment for HIV and discussed limitations of its use due to these controversial issues.

Indexed as

AbacavirAnti-HIV AgentsArea Under CurveClinical Trials as TopicDideoxynucleosidesDrug CombinationsDrug InteractionsHalf-LifeHIV InfectionsHumansLamivudineMetabolic Clearance RateMyocardial InfarctionAbacavirabacavir, lamivudine drug combinationAnti-HIV AgentsDideoxynucleosidesDrug CombinationsLamivudine

Identifiers

PMID20204580
PMCPMC4379713
OpenAlexW2011541911

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Registered trials

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