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ArticleBMC pharmacology & toxicology2018

Efficacy and safety of the switch of Triumeq® to generic (abacavir + lamivudine) + Tivicay®: data at 24 weeks.

Julián Olalla, Javier Pérez-Stachowski, Begoña Tortajada, Alfonso Del Arco, Efrén Márquez, Javier De la Torre, Miriam Nieto, José María García de Lomas, José Luis Prada, Javier García-Alegría

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Article in BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2018. 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 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julián OlallaInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain. julio.olalla@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8577-3891
Javier Pérez-StachowskiInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
Begoña TortajadaPharmacy Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain.
Alfonso Del ArcoInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
Efrén MárquezPharmacy Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain.
Javier De la TorreInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
Miriam NietoPharmacy Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain.
José María García de LomasInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
José Luis PradaInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
Javier García-AlegríaInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovía A-7, km 187, 29603, Marbella, Spain.
Hospital Costa del Sol · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGeneric drugs may help to support antiretroviral treatment. We want to assess the efficacy and safety at 24 weeks of the change of coformulated (abacavir + lamivudine + dolutegravir) to (abacavir + lamivudine) coformulated as a generic pharmaceutical specialty + dolutegravir.

methodsBetween February and June 2017, switch from Triumeq® to a generic pharmaceutical specialty co-formulated tablet (abacavir + lamivudine) plus Tivicay® was made. Demographic, viroimmunological characteristics and the Charlson index were collected. Six months after switching, efficacy and safety were evaluated.

resultsSwitch was made in 93 patients, with a mean age of 47 years, after six months there were five patients (5.4%) with viral loads between 50 and 400 copies, no patient had viral loads of greater amount. There were 2 interruptions due to toxicity (2.15%), in relation to symptoms of the central nervous system. There were no differences in the amount of years with HAART, nor in the previous months with the STR regimen based on abacavir + lamivudine + dolutegravir, nor in the Charlson index. The effective saving in 2017 derived from the change in these 93 patients was € 125.512.

conclusionsThe change from a regimen of abacavir + lamivudine + dolutegravir seems to be safe and effective at 24 weeks.

Indexed as

AbacavirAnti-HIV AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveDideoxynucleosidesDolutegravirDrug CombinationsDrugs, GenericDrug SubstitutionFemaleHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingHIV InfectionsHumansLamivudineMaleMiddle AgedOxazinesAbacavirabacavir, lamivudine drug combinationAnti-HIV AgentsDideoxynucleosidesDolutegravirDrug CombinationsDrugs, GenericHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingLamivudineOxazinesPiperazinesPyridonesDolutegravir; drugsGeneric drugsHAARTSubstitution; HIV

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PMID30305176
PMCPMC6180504
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