title: [Determination of HIV RNA concentration for evaluation of the efficacy of combined therapy of HIV infection].
abstract: Plasma HIV RNA (viral load) and count of CD4+ T cells were evaluated in 23 patients with HIV infection treated with invirase (1800 mg/day), zidovudine (600 mg/day), and zalcitabine (2.25 mg/day) for 6 months in order to evaluate the efficiency of antiretroviral therapy. Viral load was measured by AMPLICOR HIV-1 Monitor test. The reproducibility of HIV RNA measurements was in line with reported data (CV 15-41%), allowing highly accurate (15%) evaluation of RNA in a standard control sample provided by National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Great Britain. Plasma HIV RNA concentration decreased to an undetectable level (below 400 RNA copies/ml plasma) after 6 months of treatment in 52.2% patients. In 17.4% the therapy failed, and in 30.4% it resulted in a reduction of viral load to > 1 lg, although HIV RNA was still detected in the plasma after 6-month therapy. The count of CD4+ T cells increased by 9.5%. Changes in the viral load outstripped changes in CD4+ cells. Viral load was in high correlation with the count of CD4+ lymphocytes: -0.53, p = 0.01 before treatment and -0.61, p = 0.002 after 6-month treatment.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Bogoslovskaia
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Shipulin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
authors.forename: A Ia
authors.initials: AIa
authors.lastname: Ol'shanskiĭ
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Serebrovskaia
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral