Troya, JesúsRyan, PabloRibera, EstebanPodzamczer Palter, DanielHontanon, VictorTerrón, Jose AlbertoBoix, VicenteMoreno Guillén, SantiagoBarrufet, Pilar M.Castaño, Manuel A.Carrero, AnaGalindo, María JoséSuárez Lozano, IgnacioKnobel Freud, Hernando JavierRaffo, MiguelSolís, JavierYllescas, MaríaEsteban, HerminiaGonzález Garcia, JuanBerenguer, JuanImaz, ArkaitzGESIDA-8314 Study Group2018-10-292018-10-292016-10-11https://hdl.handle.net/2445/125699Objectives: Based on data from clinical practice, we evaluated the effectiveness and safety of switching to abacavir/lamivudine plus rilpivirine (ABC/3TC+RPV) treatment in virologically suppressed HIV-1-infected patients. Methods: We performed a multicenter, non-controlled, retrospective study of HIV-1-infected patients who switched treatment to ABC/3TC+RPV. Patients had an HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL for at least 24 weeks prior to changing treatments. The primary objective was HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL at week 48. Effectiveness was analyzed by intention-to-treat (ITT), missing = failure and on-treatment (OT) analyses. The secondary objectives analyzed were adverse effects changes in renal, hepatic or lipid profiles, changes in CD4+ cell count and treatment discontinuations. Results: Of the 205 patients included, 75.6% were men and the median age was 49. At baseline, before switching to ABC/3TC+RPV, median time since HIV diagnosis was 13.1 years, median time with undetectable HIV-1 RNA was 6.2 years and median time of previous antiretroviral regimen was 3.1 years (48.3% patients were taking efavirenz and ABC/3TC was the most frequent backbone coformulation in 69.7% of patients). The main reasons for switching were drug toxicity/poor tolerability (60.5%) and simplification (20%). At week 48, the primary objective was achieved by 187 out of 205 (91.2%) patients by ITT analysis, and 187 out of 192 (97.4%) patients by OT analysis. The CD4+ lymphocyte count and CD4+ percentage increased significantly from baseline to week 48 by a median of 48 cells/mu L (-50 to 189) and 1.2% (-1.3% to 4.1%), respectively, P<0.001. Thirty-eight adverse events (AE) were detected in 32 patients. Of these, 25 had no clear association with treatment. Three patients interrupted therapy due to AE. We observed a decrease in all lipid parameters, P<0.001, and a slight improvement in the glomerular filtration rate, P<0.01. Therapy was considered to have failed in 18 patients owing to virological failure (5 [2.4%]), toxicity/poor tolerability (4 [2%]), clinical decision (3 [1.5%]), loss to follow-up (3 [1.5%]), death (1 [0.5%]), and no clinical data (2 [1%]). Conclusions: The results of this study confirms that ABC/3TC+RPV is an effective, safe, and cost-effective option for the treatment of patients with virologically stable HIV-1 infection.12 p.application/pdfengcc by (c) Troya et al., 2016http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/VIH (Virus)LimfòcitsAntiretroviralsHIV (Viruses)LymphocytesAntiretroviral agentsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2018-07-24info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess27727331