New treatment options for HIV salvage patients: an overview of second generation PIs, NNRTIs, integrase inhibitors and CCR5 antagonists.
Since 1996, the prognosis of those living with HIV and AIDS has improved significantly due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Treatment failure can occur clinically, immunologically or virologically. Until recently, treatment options for those individuals harboring resistance to the three initial licensed classes of drug have been limited. These three classes are the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) and protease inhibitors (PIs). New drugs are now available in these classes (second generation NNRTIs and novel PIs) as well as new classes of drugs, integrase inhibitors, CCR5 antagonists and fusion inhibitors. If these new drugs are used appropriately with other active antiretroviral agents, it is probable that antiretroviral therapy can achieve the optimum outcome of HIV therapy - durable suppression of HIV viraemia. This article is a review of currently available antiretroviral agents including the new classes and second generation drugs, resistance pathways and treatment options for salvage therapy.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK. amelia.hughes@chelwest.nhs.uk
Amelia
A
Hughes
Tristan
T
Barber
Mark
M
Nelson
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D065100:CCR5 Receptor Antagonists; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069454:Darunavir; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D000077592:Maraviroc; D009570:Nitriles; D011724:Pyridazines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011725:Pyridines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011753:Pyrones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068898:Raltegravir Potassium; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014230:Triazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D065100:CCR5 Receptor Antagonists; D003510:Cyclohexanes; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D009570:Nitriles; D011724:Pyridazines; D011725:Pyridines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011753:Pyrones; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014230:Triazoles; C451734:etravirine; D000068898:Raltegravir Potassium; D000077592:Maraviroc; D000069454:Darunavir; C107201:tipranavir