SynthesisBMC infectious diseases2019
Comparative efficacy and safety of dolutegravir relative to common core agents in treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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- Virological outcomes of dolutegravir-based versus other antiretroviral regimens in people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative safety of B/F/TAF versus other antiretroviral therapy regimens for treatment-naïve people with HIV-1: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2025Pooled it
- An indirect comparison of 144-week efficacy, safety, and tolerability of dolutegravir plus lamivudine and second-generation integrase inhibitor-based, 3-drug, single-tablet regimens in therapy-naive people with HIV-1.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Pooled it
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- A randomized comparison of health-related quality of life outcomes of dolutegravir versus efavirenz-based antiretroviral treatment initiated in the third trimester of pregnancy.AIDS research and therapy · 2022Trial
- Virologic and immunologic outcomes of treatment with integrase inhibitors in a real-world setting: The RESPOND cohort consortium.PloS one · 2020Trial
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- Estimates and predictors of HIV viral non-suppression in South African adults on antiretroviral treatment.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Early outcomes of South African children with persistent viral non-suppression following switch to dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2026Article
- Impact on clinical biomarkers, immune recovery, and HIV reservoir dynamics of switching to EVG/c/FTC/TAF versus maintaining a non-INSTI-based regimen in virologically suppressed individuals.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2025Article
- Virology Outcomes of Tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir in Treatment-naïve and Virologically Suppressed Individuals Switching From an NNRTI-based Regimen: An Observational Analysis at 13 Sites.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Dyslipidemia and Its Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV on Dolutegravir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.AIDS research and treatment · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of dolutegravir-based regimens compared to raltegravir-, elvitegravir-, bictegravir, and darunavir-based regimens among older adults with HIV in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS).AIDS research and therapy · 2024Article
- Liver function tests, CD4Heliyon · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundNetwork meta-analyses (NMAs) provide comparative treatment effects estimates in the absence of head-to-head randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This NMA compared the efficacy and safety of dolutegravir (DTG) with other recommended or commonly used core antiretroviral agents.
methodsA systematic review identified phase 3/4 RCTs in treatment-naïve patients with HIV-1 receiving core agents: ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors (PIs), non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), or integrase strand inhibitors (INSTIs). Efficacy (virologic suppression [VS], CD4
resultsThe NMA included 36 studies; 2 additional studies were included in subgroup analyses only. Odds of achieving VS with DTG were statistically superior to PIs (odds ratios [ORs] 1.78-2.59) and NNRTIs (ORs 1.51-1.86), and similar but numerically higher than other INSTIs. CD4
conclusionINSTI core agents had superior efficacy and similar safety to PIs and NNRTIs at Week 48 in treatment-naïve patients with HIV-1, with DTG being among the most efficacious, including in patients with baseline VL > 100,000copies/mL or ≤ 200 CD4
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