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ReviewThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2021

Redefining therapeutic success in HIV patients: an expert view.

Antonio Antela, Antonio Rivero, Josep M Llibre, Santiago Moreno, RET Group

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Review in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Breaking the fourth wall: Integrating quality into HIV care.The Indian journal of medical research · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio AntelaComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Antonio RiveroHospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain.
Josep M LlibreHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
Santiago MorenoHospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.
RET Group
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago · ESUniversidad de Alcalá · ESInstituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba · ESHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thanks to advances in the field over the years, HIV/AIDS has now become a manageable chronic condition. Nevertheless, a new set of HIV-associated complications has emerged, related in part to the accelerated ageing observed in people living with HIV/AIDS, the cumulative toxicities from exposure to antiretroviral drugs over decades and emerging comorbidities. As a result, HIV/AIDS can still have a negative impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). In this scenario, it is reasonable to believe that the concept of therapeutic success, traditionally associated with CD4 cell count restoration and HIV RNA plasma viral load suppression and the absence of drug resistances, needs to be redefined to include other factors that reach beyond antiretroviral efficacy. With this in mind, a group of experts initiated and coordinated the RET Project, and this group, using the available evidence and their clinical experience in the field, has proposed new criteria to redefine treatment success in HIV, arranged into five main concepts: rapid initiation, efficacy, simplicity, safety, and QoL. An extensive review of the literature was performed for each category, and results were discussed by a total of 32 clinicians with experience in HIV/AIDS (4 coordinators + 28 additional experts). This article summarizes the conclusions of these experts and presents the most updated overview on the five topics, along with a discussion of the experts' main concerns, conclusions and/or recommendations on the most controversial issues.

Indexed as

Anti-HIV AgentsHIV InfectionsAnti-Retroviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountHumansQuality of LifeViral LoadAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID34077524
PMCPMC8446931
OpenAlexW3165038113

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Registered trials

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