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01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
Outcomes in antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients initiating therapy with TDF/FTC plus either atazanavir/r or another third recommended drug
Authors:
E Billaud, JM Lacombe, A Abgrall, J Ghosn, O Launay, JM Livrozet, JL Meynard, J Pavie, D Costagliola
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Atazanavir/r (ATV/r) is a recommended PI option for treating ART-naive patients in recent guidelines. TDF/FTC is the most commonly used recommended backbone in this setting. Our objectives were to compare times 1) to discontinuation of the third drug, 2) to virologic suppression (VL< 50 copies/ml), with discontinuation of the third drug considered as failure, 3) to an increase of at least 100 CD4 cells/mm3, with discontinuation of the third drug considered as failure, 4) to AIDS or death from any cause, with an intention to continue approach 5) to hospitalization, AIDS or death with an intention to continue approach in patients initiating with ATV/r or another recommended third drug plus TDF/FTC. …