title: New antiretroviral drugs.
abstract: Despite the availability of 21 antiretroviral drugs approved for the treatment of HIV infection, current combination regimens remain hampered by issues of toxicity, convenience, cost, incomplete viral suppression, and drug resistance. Expansion of the currently available therapeutic options through the reformulation of available agents, discovery of new compounds with antiretroviral activity, and the exploitation of novel drug targets are critical. This review describes the status of new nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and fusion inhibitors. We also summarize new classes of antiretroviral therapy in clinical development including the attachment inhibitors, chemokine receptor antagonists, integrase inhibitors, and maturation inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Box 3879, Durham, NC 27710, USA. kim.hanson@duke.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hicks
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015195:Drug Design; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors