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Open Access
01-12-2010 | Oral presentation
O212. Ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor monotherapy is 6% less effective than combination antiretroviral therapy in a meta-analysis
Authors:
WFW Bierman, EH Humphreys, MA van Agtmael, CA Boucher, GW Rutherford
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r) monotherapy has several potential benefits over standard PI-based combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and has recently been included in the European HIV treatment guidelines. However, there are concerns about its efficacy. We performed a meta-analysis comparing PI/r monotherapy to cART to examine its efficacy. …