Comparative Biological and Clinical Outcomes after a Switch from a Virologically Unsuccessful First Protease Inhibitor–Containing Antiretroviral Combination to a 3‐Drug Regimen Containing Efavirenz, Nevirapine, or Abacavir
Author(s) -
Sophie Abgrall,
Patrick Yéni,
Olivier Bouchaud,
Dominique Costagliola
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/509578
Subject(s) - efavirenz , nevirapine , abacavir , lamivudine , regimen , medicine , protease inhibitor (pharmacology) , cart , zidovudine , stavudine , reverse transcriptase inhibitor , viral load , pharmacology , atazanavir , virology , hazard ratio , oncology , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , virus , confidence interval , hepatitis b virus , mechanical engineering , engineering
Incomplete adherence is the main cause of antiretroviral therapy failure during initial combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). A switch to a protease inhibitor-sparing cART may be useful when a patient does not tolerate a first protease inhibitor-containing cART regimen.
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