Rapid decline in detectability of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations after stopping therapy
Rapid decline in detectability of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations after stopping therapy
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DOI:
10.1097/00002030-199912240-00001
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发表时间:
1999-12-24
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Loveday, C
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作者:
Devereux, HL;Youle, M;Loveday, C
Objective: To investigate the rate of decline of drug resistant viruses after stopping therapy.Design: Twenty-five patients receiving multiple combination therapies (mean five; range three to nine drugs) for more than 3 months were tested for HIV-1 resistance on therapy and off therapy. The sample off therapy was tested 6-175 days after stopping therapy.Methods: Patients were tested for genotypic changes associated with drug resistance using an in-house automated DNA sequencing assay to detect resistance in the protease and reverse transcriptase genes.Results: All samples tested when patients were on therapy showed evidence of drug resistance (range 1-9 mutations). The patients were divided into three groups: < 2 weeks after stopping therapy, median 1.1 weeks (n = 8, group A); 2 weeks-2 months, median 6.4 weeks (n = 7, group B) and 2 months-6 months, median 12.9 weeks (n = 10, group C). Of primary mutations (protease: 30N, 46I/L 82A, 90M; reverse transcriptase: 70R, 1841/V, 225 Y/F) detected on therapy 100% remained after stopping therapy in group A; 68% remained in group B and 15% remained in group C. For secondary mutations 98% remained in group A; 99% remained in group B and 57% in group C.Conclusions: This study showed a rapid decline in detectability of the majority of primary mutations within 13 weeks of stopping combination therapy. From this data, HIV-1 resistance testing to direct patients' therapy should only be carried out when on existing therapy, or < 2 weeks off therapy, if reliable decisions are to be made relating to future combinations. (C) 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.