No Evidence for Decay of the Latent Reservoir in HIV-1—Infected Patients Receiving Intensive Enfuvirtide-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy

RT Gandhi, RJ Bosch, E Aga, M Albrecht… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
RT Gandhi, RJ Bosch, E Aga, M Albrecht, LM Demeter, C Dykes, B Bastow, M Para, J Lai…
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2010academic.oup.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) persists in a latent reservoir of infected resting
memory CD4 cells in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. We assessed whether
multitarget therapy with enfuvirtide, 2 reverse-transcriptase inhibitors, and a ritonavir-
boosted protease inhibitor leads to decay of this reservoir. Nineteen treatment-naive patients
initiated this regimen; 9 experienced virologic suppression and continued enfuvirtide-
containing therapy for at least 48 weeks. In enfuvirtide-treated patients with virological …
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) persists in a latent reservoir of infected resting memory CD4 cells in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.We assessed whether multitarget therapy with enfuvirtide, 2 reverse-transcriptase inhibitors, and a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor leads to decay of this reservoir. Nineteen treatment-naive patients initiated this regimen; 9 experienced virologic suppression and continued enfuvirtide-containing therapy for at least 48 weeks. In enfuvirtide-treated patients with virological suppression, there was no decay of the latent reservoir (95% confidence interval for half-life, 11 months to infinity). The stability of the latent reservoir despite intensive therapy suggests that new strategies are needed to eradicate HIV-1 from this reservoir. (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00051831.)
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