Abstract
Background. Robust long-term estimates of the risk of development of drug resistance are needed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) regimens currently used in routine clinical practice. Methods. We followed a large cohort of patients seen in 1 of 11 HIV clinics in the United Kingdom after starting cART with nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors and either a nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) or a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r). Survival analysis was employed to estimate the incidence of virological failure and of detected drug resistance. Results. Seven thousand eight hundred ninety-one patients were included; 6448 (82%) started cART with an NNRTI and 1423 (17%) with a PI/r. The cumulative risk of virological failure by 8 years was 28%. The cumulative probabilities of detecting any mutation, ≥ 1 major nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor International AIDS Society-United States of America (IAS-USA) mutation, ≥ 1 major NNRTI IAS-USA mutation (in those starting an NNRTI), and ≥ 1 major PIIAS-USA mutation (in those starting a PI) were 17%, 14%, 15%, and 7%, respectively, by 8 years. The probability of detecting PI mutations in people who started PI/r-based regimens was lower than that of detecting NNRTI mutations in those starting NNRTI-based regimens (adjusted relative hazard, 0.36; 95% confidence interval, 0.26-0.50; P<.001). The risk of detecting nucleoside resistance did not vary according to whether an NNRTI or a Pl/r was used in the regimen (adjusted relative hazard, 1.00; 95% confidence interval, 0.80-1.26; P = .98). Conclusions. In patients who started modern cART in clinical practice in the United Kingdom, virological failure by 8 years was relatively common and was paralleled by an appreciable risk of resistance detection, although the detection rate of class-specific resistance was lower for those who started a PI/r-based regimen.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1275-1285 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. The UK HIV Drug Resistance Database is partly funded by the Department of Health; additional support is provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Pfizer, and Tibotec (a division of Janssen-Cilag Ltd). This project was supported by the European AIDS Treatment Network (NEAT; European Commission NEAT contract FP6/03757). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: no conflicts.