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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2016

The choice between a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor- and a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimen for initiation of antiretroviral treatment - results from an observational study in Germany.

Jörg Mahlich, Mona Groß, Alexander Kuhlmann, Johannes Bogner, Hans Heiken, Matthias Stoll

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Jörg MahlichJanssen KK, Health Economics, Tokyo, Japan ; Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany.
Mona GroßHeinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf, Germany.
Alexander KuhlmannUniversity of Hanover, Centre for Health Economics Research, Hanover, Germany.
Johannes BognerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Hans HeikenPrivate Practice, Hanover, Germany.
Matthias StollHannover Medical School (MHH), Centre for Internal Medicine, Hanover, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

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backgroundThis study aims at identifying predictors of the treatment decision of German physicians with regard to a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) or a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r) -based initial treatment regimen.

methodsThe study is based on a sub analysis of a nation-wide multi-centre, non-interventional, prospective cohort study. 133 patients were identified, who received antiretroviral first-line therapy. By means of a logistic regression, factors that determine the treatment strategy for treatment-naïve patients were analysed.

resultsCompared to patients receiving a NNRTI-based initial regimen, patients treated with PI/r are slightly younger, less educated, in a later stage of HIV and have more concomitant diseases. Regression analysis revealed that being in a later stage of HIV (CDC-C) is significantly associated with a PI/r-based treatment decision.

conclusionsOur analysis is the first study in Germany investigating sociodemographic and disease-specific parameters associated with a NNRTI- or a PI/r-based initial treatment decision. The results confirm that the treatment decision for a PI/r strategy is associated with disease severity.

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AIDSAntiretroviral treatmentHIV infectionNNRTIPITreatment decision

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