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SynthesisThe Journal of infectious diseases2020

Low-Abundance Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants in Antiretroviral Drug-Naive Individuals: A Systematic Review of Detection Methods, Prevalence, and Clinical Impact.

Herbert A Mbunkah, Silvia Bertagnolio, Raph L Hamers, Gillian Hunt, Seth Inzaule, Tobias F Rinke De Wit, Roger Paredes, Neil T Parkin, Michael R Jordan, Karin J Metzner and 1 more

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Herbert A MbunkahDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Silvia BertagnolioHIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Raph L HamersAmsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gillian HuntNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seth InzauleAmsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tobias F Rinke De WitAmsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Roger ParedesInfectious Diseases Service and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute for AIDS Research, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.
Neil T ParkinData First Consulting, Sebastopol, California, USA.
Michael R JordanDivision of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Karin J MetznerDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
WHO HIVResNet Working Group

Funding

Wellcome TrustWorld Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe presence of high-abundance drug-resistant HIV-1 jeopardizes success of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Despite numerous investigations, the clinical impact of low-abundance drug-resistant HIV-1 variants (LA-DRVs) at levels <15%-25% of the virus population in antiretroviral (ARV) drug-naive individuals remains controversial.

methodsWe systematically reviewed 103 studies assessing prevalence, detection methods, technical and clinical detection cutoffs, and clinical significance of LA-DRVs in antiretroviral drug-naive adults.

resultsIn total, 14 919 ARV drug-naive individuals were included. Prevalence of LA-DRVs (ie, proportion of individuals harboring LA-DRVs) was 0%-100%. Technical detection cutoffs showed a 4 log range (0.001%-10%); 42/103 (40.8%) studies investigating the impact of LA-DRVs on ART; 25 studies included only individuals on first-line nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based ART regimens. Eleven of those 25 studies (44.0%) reported a significantly association between preexisting LA-DRVs and risk of virological failure whereas 14/25 (56.0%) did not.

conclusionsComparability of the 103 studies is hampered by high heterogeneity of the studies' designs and use of different methods to detect LA-DRVs. Thus, evaluating clinical impact of LA-DRVs on first-line ART remains challenging. We, the WHO HIVResNet working group, defined central areas of future investigations to guide further efforts to implement ultrasensitive resistance testing in routine settings.

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Anti-HIV AgentsDrug Resistance, ViralGenetic VariationHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansAnti-HIV Agentsantiretroviral therapyantitretroviral drug-naive individualsHIV-1HIV-1 drug resistancelow-abundance drug-resistant HIV-1 variantsminority variantsnext-generation sequencing

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PMID31809534
PMCPMC7184901

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