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Rapid Screening of HIV Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase Inhibitors
Published on: April 9, 2014
概括
接受抗逆转录病毒疗法 (ART) 的小儿艾滋病毒患者在长期病毒抑制方面面临挑战. 开始ART时的年龄较大增加了失败风险,需要早期干预和坚持支持持续的病毒学控制.
科学领域:
- 儿童传染病 儿童传染病
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究研究
- 病毒负载管理 病毒负载管理
背景情况:
- 长期的病毒抑制可以在使用较旧的抗逆转录病毒药物类别的HIV成年人中实现.
- 这些较古老的药物类别对儿童持续病毒抑制的有效性不太清楚.
- 儿童需要终身管理,使长期坚持和病毒抑制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定艾滋病毒感染儿童的三级病毒学失败率.
- 确定儿童艾滋病毒患者三级病毒学失败的预测因子.
- 评估儿童抗逆转录病毒治疗的长期结果.
主要方法:
- 在欧洲观察性艾滋病毒流行病学研究协作中进行的研究.
- 使用Kaplan-Meier和Cox回归分析来评估风险和预测因素.
- 包括在1998-2008年间开始ART的16岁以下的患有周产期艾滋病毒的儿童.
主要成果:
- 在1007名儿童中,10%的儿童在平均4.2年内经历了三级病毒学失败.
- 失败的风险随着时间的推移而增加,在ART启动5年后达到12.0%.
- 开始ART时的年龄较大 (p=0.02) 和比成年人更高的发病率 (HR 2.2,p<0.0001) 与失败风险增加有关.
结论:
- 在终身ART的儿童中实现长期的病毒抑制存在重大挑战.
- 早期识别治疗不响应至关重要.
- 坚持支持和ART简化策略对于持续的病毒抑制至关重要,特别是在青少年中.
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