Swedish study

Karlström O. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Apr 1;44(4):417-22

Type of ARV Trial
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Drugs
ATV/r

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  • Failure of ATV/r as maintenance monotherapy

Design :

Primary endpoint :

  • Absence of virologic failure by W72 (2 consecutive HIV-1 RNA > 20 c/mL)
  • 15 patients enrolled
    • Prior ARV therapy
    • Median CD4 cell count/mm3: at inclusion = 440 ; nadir = 200
    • Median HIV-1 RNA before initiation of ARV therapy: 5.1 log10 c/mL
  • 5 virologic failures -> termination of the study
  • No PI resistance in samples from patients with virologic failure