title: Efficacy and safety of an anti-retroviral combination regimen including either efavirenz or lopinavir-ritonavir with a backbone of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
abstract: The efficacy and safety of a combination regimen including either efavirenz or lopinavir-ritonavir was examined in a cohort of 65 patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1). Both the efavirenz (n = 33, 18 anti-retroviral naive) and lopinavir-ritonavir (n = 32, 15 naive) regimens achieved significant changes from baseline CD4 cell counts and HIV RNA levels after 108 weeks (p < 0.01). Despite diminished immunological and virological parameters at study entry, the lopinavir-ritonavir group showed greater virological effects than the efavirenz group after 108 weeks (median change 3.3 log(10), interquartile range (IQR) 2.2-3.8 log(10) vs. 2.4 log(10), IQR 0.9-3.3 log(10), respectively, p 0.004). Use of lopinavir-ritonavir, in contrast to use of efavirenz, was associated with significant hypertriglyceridaemia.
authors.affiliation: 4th University Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, 24 Omirou Street, Melissia, 15127 Athens, Greece. ppanag@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panagopoulos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiodras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadou
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katsarolis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poulakou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Giamarellou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000480:Alkynes; D048588:Benzoxazines; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D039682:HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D061466:Lopinavir; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010078:Oxazines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011744:Pyrimidinones / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019438:Ritonavir / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D048588:Benzoxazines; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D010078:Oxazines; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D012367:RNA, Viral; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D014280:Triglycerides; D061466:Lopinavir; C098320:efavirenz; D019438:Ritonavir