TREATMENT WITH LAMIVUDINE, ZIDOVUDINE, OR BOTH IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS WITH 200 TO 500 CD4+ CELLS PER CUBIC MILLIMETER
TREATMENT WITH LAMIVUDINE, ZIDOVUDINE, OR BOTH IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS WITH 200 TO 500 CD4+ CELLS PER CUBIC MILLIMETER
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199512213332502
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发表时间:
1995-12-21
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
RUBIN, M
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作者:
ERON, JJ;BENOIT, SL;RUBIN, M
Background. The reverse-transcriptase inhibitor lamivudine has in vitro synergy with zidovudine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We studied the activity and safety of lamivudine plus zidovudine as compared with either drug alone as treatment for patients with HIV infection, most of whom had not previously received zidovudine.Methods. Three hundred sixty-six patients with 200 to 500 CD4+ cells per cubic millimeter who had received zidovudine for four weeks or less were randomly assigned to treatment with one of four regimens: 300 mg of lamivudine every 12 hours; 200 mg of zidovudine every 8 hours; 150 mg of lamivudine every 12 hours plus zidovudine; or 300 mg of lamivudine every 12 hours plus zidovudine. The study was double-blind and lasted 24 weeks, with an extension phase for another 28 weeks.Results. Over the 24-week period, the low-dose and high-dose regimens combining lamivudine and zidovudine were associated with greater increases in the CD4+ cell count (P=0.002 and P=0.015, respectively) and the percentage of CD4+ cells (P