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Trial reportClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2022

Time to Viral Rebound After Interruption of Modern Antiretroviral Therapies.

Jonathan Z Li, Evgenia Aga, Ronald J Bosch, Mark Pilkinton, Eugène Kroon, Lynsay MacLaren, Michael Keefer, Lawrence Fox, Liz Barr, Edward Acosta and 8 more

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Trial report in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Characterization of HIV humoral immunity during analytical treatment interruption.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2026
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  11. Early immune responses anticipate HIV rebound and precede viral control.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Maintenance of intestinal CX3CR1Nature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Jonathan Z LiBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Evgenia AgaHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ronald J BoschHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mark PilkintonVanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesee, USA.
Eugène KroonThai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lynsay MacLarenWhitman Walker Clinic, Washington D.C., USA.
Michael KeeferUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Lawrence FoxNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Liz BarrACTG Community Scientific Subcommittee, USA.
Edward AcostaUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Jintanat AnanworanichThai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.
Robert CoombsUniversity of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
John W MellorsUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alan L LandayRush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bernard MacatangayUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Steven DeeksUniversity of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rajesh T GandhiMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Davey M SmithUnversity of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

Funding

Leadership and Operations Center (LOC), AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG); LOC 1/UM1AI068636 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joseph J Eron, RAJESH T GANDHI · 2011 to 2026
$1073.1M
Statistical and Data Management Center (SDMC), AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)UM1AI068634 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Marlene Ann Cooper, Michael David Hughes · 2011 to 2026
$246.6M
Validation, CLIA and Qualification (VQC): Enhancing the RS ratio as a tool for AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) tuberculosis trialsUM1AI106701 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Grace M Aldrovandi · 2014 to 2026
$116.8M
VirologyP30AI036214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI David Mitchell Smith · 1994 to 2026
$78.4M
Statistical and Data Management Center for the AIDS Clinical Trials GroupU01AI068634 · NIAID · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HUGHES, MICHAEL DAVID · 2006 to 2010
$71.9M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical Trials UnitUM1AI069494 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SUSAN L KOLETAR, John W Mellors · 2012 to 2026
$38.0M
San Francisco Vaccine and Prevention UnitUM1AI069496 · NIAID · PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION ENTERPRISES · PI Susan Buchbinder, Diane V Havlir · 2012 to 2026
$30.5M
University of Rochester HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Unit Administrative SupplementUM1AI069511 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Paul R Bohjanen, MICHAEL C KEEFER · 2012 to 2026
$25.7M
Revealing Reservoirs during Rebound (R3)P01AI131385 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DEGRUTTOLA, VICTOR GERARD · 2017 to 2021
$8.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI131385NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036214NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI068634NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068634NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068636NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069494NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069496NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069511NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI106701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDevelopment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remission strategies requires precise information on time to HIV rebound after treatment interruption, but there is uncertainty regarding whether modern antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens and timing of ART initiation may affect this outcome.

methodsAIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5345 enrolled individuals who initiated ART during chronic or early HIV infection and on suppressive ART for ≥2 years. Participants underwent carefully monitored antiretroviral interruption. ART was restarted upon 2 successive viral loads ≥1000 copies/mL. We compared participants of A5345 with participants of 6 historic ACTG treatment interruption studies.

resultsThirty-three chronic-treated and 12 early-treated participants interrupted ART with evaluable time to viral rebound. Median time to viral rebound ≥1000 HIV RNA copies/mL was 22 days. Acute retroviral rebound syndrome was diagnosed in 9% of the chronic-treated and none of the early-treated individuals. All participants of the historic studies were on older protease inhibitor-based regimens, whereas 97% of A5345 participants were on integrase inhibitor-based ART. There were no differences in the timing of viral rebound comparing A5345 versus historic studies. In a combined analysis, a higher percentage of early-treated participants remained off ART at posttreatment interruption week 12 (chronic vs early: 2% vs 9%, P = .0496). One chronic-treated and one early-treated A5345 participant remained off ART for >24 weeks. All participants resuppressed after ART reinitiation.

conclusionsEarly ART initiation, using either older or newer ART regimens, was associated with a significant delay in the time to HIV rebound after ART interruption, lowering the barrier for HIV remission.

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HIV InfectionsAnti-Retroviral AgentsHumansViral LoadAnti-Retroviral AgentsHIV treatment interruptionposttreatment controllerviral rebound

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PMID34117753
PMCPMC8906742

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