Aim of this study was to assess the predictors of virological failure (VF) among patients living with HIV (PLWHIV) switching from an effective first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen, and to evaluate the emergence of resistance-associated mutations. All adult patients enrolled in the Antiviral Response Cohort Analysis cohort who started ART after 2010, with at least 6 months of virological suppression (VS) before ART switch and with an available genotypic resistance test (GRT) at baseline were included. Thirty-two patients out of the 607 PLWHIV included (5.3%) experienced VF after a median of 11 months from ART switch. Younger age (adjusted Hazard Ratio [aHR] 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.92-0.99, p = .023), being male who have sex with male (aHR 0.15, 95% CI 0.03-0.69, p = .014), and longer time from VS to ART switch (aHR 0.97, 95% CI 0.95-1.00, p = .021) resulted protective toward VF, while receiving a first-line regimen containing a backbone other than ABC/3TC or TXF/FTC (aHR 3.61, 95% CI 1.00-13.1, p = .050) and a boosted protease inhibitor as anchor drug (aHR 3.34, 95% CI 1.20-9.28, p = .021) were associated with higher risk of VF. GRT at the moment of VF was available only for 13 patients (40.6%). ART switch in patients with stable control of HIV infection is a safe practice, even if particular attention should be paid in certain cases of patients switching from regimens containing low-performance backbones or protease inhibitors.

Predictors of Virological Failure Among People Living with HIV Switching from an Effective First-Line Antiretroviral Regimen / Magnasco, Laura; Pincino, Rachele; Pasculli, Giuseppe; Bouba, Yagai; Saladini, Francesco; Fiore Bavaro, Davide; DE VITO, Andrea; Lattanzio, Rossana; Corsini, Romina; Zazzi, Maurizio; Incardona, Francesca; Rossetti, Barbara; Bezenchek, Antonia; Borghi, Vanni; Di Biagio, Antonio. - In: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. - ISSN 0889-2229. - 38:6(2022), pp. 463-471. [10.1089/aid.2021.0016]

Predictors of Virological Failure Among People Living with HIV Switching from an Effective First-Line Antiretroviral Regimen

Andrea De Vito;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Aim of this study was to assess the predictors of virological failure (VF) among patients living with HIV (PLWHIV) switching from an effective first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen, and to evaluate the emergence of resistance-associated mutations. All adult patients enrolled in the Antiviral Response Cohort Analysis cohort who started ART after 2010, with at least 6 months of virological suppression (VS) before ART switch and with an available genotypic resistance test (GRT) at baseline were included. Thirty-two patients out of the 607 PLWHIV included (5.3%) experienced VF after a median of 11 months from ART switch. Younger age (adjusted Hazard Ratio [aHR] 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.92-0.99, p = .023), being male who have sex with male (aHR 0.15, 95% CI 0.03-0.69, p = .014), and longer time from VS to ART switch (aHR 0.97, 95% CI 0.95-1.00, p = .021) resulted protective toward VF, while receiving a first-line regimen containing a backbone other than ABC/3TC or TXF/FTC (aHR 3.61, 95% CI 1.00-13.1, p = .050) and a boosted protease inhibitor as anchor drug (aHR 3.34, 95% CI 1.20-9.28, p = .021) were associated with higher risk of VF. GRT at the moment of VF was available only for 13 patients (40.6%). ART switch in patients with stable control of HIV infection is a safe practice, even if particular attention should be paid in certain cases of patients switching from regimens containing low-performance backbones or protease inhibitors.
2022
Predictors of Virological Failure Among People Living with HIV Switching from an Effective First-Line Antiretroviral Regimen / Magnasco, Laura; Pincino, Rachele; Pasculli, Giuseppe; Bouba, Yagai; Saladini, Francesco; Fiore Bavaro, Davide; DE VITO, Andrea; Lattanzio, Rossana; Corsini, Romina; Zazzi, Maurizio; Incardona, Francesca; Rossetti, Barbara; Bezenchek, Antonia; Borghi, Vanni; Di Biagio, Antonio. - In: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. - ISSN 0889-2229. - 38:6(2022), pp. 463-471. [10.1089/aid.2021.0016]
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