Switch studies in virologically suppressed patients

Switch to LPV/r + RAL
KITE Study
Original article : AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Oct;28(10):1196-206 - J Ofotokun
Dernière mise à jour : 18/07/2016

Dr Anton Pozniak
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
London, UK

  • In virologically suppressed patients on HAART, switching therapy to the NRTI sparing LPV/r + RAL combination produced similar sustained virologic suppression and immunologic profile as standard HAART
  • Adverse events were comparable between arms, but the LPV/r + RAL arm experienced higher triglyceridemia
  • Limitations
    • Small sample size
    • AEs self-reported, open-label unblinded design

Design

Objective

  • Primary endpoint: proportion with HIV RNA < 50 c/mL during study visits, by treatment arm and time on study
  • Time cumulative event- free treatment failure (first of 2 consecutive HIV RNA > 400 c/mL or ARV change), estimated by Kaplan-Meier

Baseline characteristics (mean), and disposition

Outcome - Efficacy

Safety over 48 weeks

  • No serious AE
  • Moderate or severe diarrhea: 10 patients (25%) in the LPV/r + RAL group and 1 patient (5%) in the triple ART group (p = 0.08)
  • Moderate or severe myalgia: more frequent in the triple ART group (25%) compared to the LPV/r + RAL group (0%) (p = 0.002)
  • Total cholesterol and triglycerides for the LPV/r + RAL arm were statistically significantly increased during the follow-up periods (p = 0.008 for total cholesterol and p = 0.008 for triglycerides)
  • No difference between treatments arms over time was significant for total body fat (p = 0.60), trunk fat (p = 0.72), arm fat (p = 0.93), and leg fat (p = 0.72)
  • Similarly, no difference between treatments arms over time was significant for total BMD (p = 0.50), pelvis BMD (p = 0.56), or spine BMD (p = 0.72)

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