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ArticleInfection & chemotherapy2018

Effectiveness, Safety, and Tolerability of a Switch to Dual Therapy with Dolutegravir Plus Cobicistat-Boosted Darunavir in Treatment-Experienced Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Sang Ah Lee, Shin Woo Kim, Hyun Ha Chang, Hyejin Jung, Yoonjung Kim, Soyoon Hwang, Sujeong Kim, Han Ki Park, Jong Myung Lee

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Article in Infection & chemotherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic review of the genetic mechanisms of dolutegravir resistance.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2019
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  6. Simplifying ARV Therapy in the Setting of Resistance.Current infectious disease reports · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sang Ah LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-6831
Shin Woo KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. ksw2kms@knu.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-8249
Hyun Ha ChangDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-2121
Hyejin JungDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1850-2987
Yoonjung KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7454-4014
Soyoon HwangDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3618-174X
Sujeong KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2494-9216
Han Ki ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5460-9917
Jong Myung LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-6051
Kyungpook National University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDual regimen with dolutegravir plus cobicistat-boosted darunavir (DTG/DRV/c) is reasonable alternative option for patients with existing resistance and/or intolerance to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). MATERIAL AND

methodsAll patients who switched to DTG/DRV/c among treatment-experienced patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a tertiary university hospital were selected. We analyzed the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability based on serial laboratory data and clinical findings. The primary endpoint was defined as the proportion of patients with plasma HIV RNA below 50 copies/mL at week 48 after switch. Secondary endpoints included evaluation of safety and tolerability.

resultsThirty-one patients were retrospectively analyzed. The main reasons for the change to DTG/DRV/c were treatment failure in 13 patients (41.9%), simplification in 12 patients (38.7%), and adverse drug reaction in 6 patients (19.4%). Among the 13 patients who switched owing to treatment failure, the proportion of patients in whom the viral loads were suppressed to less than 50 copies/mL increased from 0% at baseline to 45% at 4 weeks, 50% at 12 weeks, 50% at 24 weeks, and 66.7% at 48 weeks. HIV virus levels decreased and CD4⁺ T cell counts increased during the follow-up period. In non-treatment failure patients (18 patients), the levels of viral suppression and CD4⁺ T cells were maintained. There were no significant differences in renal function, liver function, glucose levels, and lipid profile before and after regimen changes. The tolerability was very good: 30 patients (96.8%) tolerated the drugs well and only 1 patient discontinued owing to no improvement in renal insufficiency. Two patients (6.4%) in treatment failure group failed to reach viral suppression.

conclusionThe use of DTG/DRV/c in HIV treatment-experienced patients appears to be a very good regimen for switch therapy that is effective and well tolerated, without significant adverse drug reaction.

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CobicistatDarunavirDolutegravirHuman immunodeficiency virus

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