title: Long-term efficacy, safety, and tolerability of indinavir-based therapy in protease inhibitor-naive adults with advanced HIV infection.
abstract: A double-blind, randomized study of zidovudine-experienced, PI- and lamivudine-naive adults with baseline CD4 cell counts of < or =50 cells/mm3 had demonstrated that the HIV suppression achieved with zidovudine, lamivudine, and indinavir therapy was superior to that achieved with dual-nucleoside or indinavir-only regimens after 24 weeks of therapy. In a 192-week extension of the study, 371 participants received open-label indinavir with or without other antiretroviral drugs. One hundred and eight subjects were originally randomized to receive triple therapy. After 216 weeks, the proportion of subjects with HIV RNA levels of <500 copies/mL were 34%, according to a general estimating equation analysis, 92%, according to an observed data analysis, and 24%, according to an intention-to-treat analysis counting noncompleters as failures; the proportions of subjects with HIV RNA levels of <50 copies/mL were 31%, 85%, and 22%, respectively. Hyperbilirubinemia (experienced by 31% of subjects), nausea (17%), abdominal pain (14%), and nephrolithiasis (13%) were the most common drug-related adverse events during the extension.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Martin S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: Roy T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Steigbigel
authors.forename: Scholomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Staszewski
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fischl
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirschel
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Squires
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: DiNubile
authors.forename: Charlotte M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Randi Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Leavitt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019469:Indinavir / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D012367:RNA, Viral; D019259:Lamivudine; D015215:Zidovudine; D019469:Indinavir