A CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING CONTINUED ZIDOVUDINE WITH DIDANOSINE IN HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION
A CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING CONTINUED ZIDOVUDINE WITH DIDANOSINE IN HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199208273270901
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发表时间:
1992-08-27
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
DOLIN, R
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作者:
KAHN, JO;LAGAKOS, SW;DOLIN, R
Background, Although zidovudine is effective in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, its efficacy may decline with prolonged use. Didanosine is another inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase. We evaluated the effectiveness of changing anti-HIV treatment from zidovudine to didanosine.Methods. This multicenter, double-blind study involved 913 patients who had tolerated zidovudine for at least 16 weeks. The patients had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS-related complex with less-than-or-equal-to 300 CD4 cells per cubic millimeter, or asymptomatic HIV infection with less-than-or-equal-to 200 CD4 cells per cubic millimeter. They were randomly assigned to receive 600 mg per day of zidovudine, 750 mg per day of didanosine, or 500 mg per day of didanosine.Results. There were significantly fewer new AIDS-defining events and deaths among the 298 subjects assigned to 500 mg per day of didanosine than among the subjects who continued to receive zidovudine (relative risk, 1.39; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.06 to 1.82; P = 0.015). With 750 mg of didanosine, there was no clear benefit over zidovudine (relative risk, 1.10; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.86 to 1.42). The efficacy of didanosine was unrelated to the duration of previous zidovudine treatment. In the two didanosine groups, there were improvements in the number of CD4 cells (P