Validation of an algorithm to identify antiretroviral‐naïve status at time of entry into a large, observational cohort of HIV‐infected patients
Gandhi NR, Tate JP, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Gibert C, Brown ST, Mattocks K, Justice AC. Validation of an algorithm to identify antiretroviral‐naïve status at time of entry into a large, observational cohort of HIV‐infected patients. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2013, 22: 1019-1025. PMID: 23836591, PMCID: PMC3831617, DOI: 10.1002/pds.3476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsART-naïve patientsViral load thresholdMedical record reviewAntiretroviral treatmentMedical recordsHIV cohortObservational cohortRecord reviewVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortVirtual cohortPrevious antiretroviral treatmentLaboratory dataPatients' medical recordsPositive predictive value 87Cohort entryAdverse eventsHIV outcomesRandomized trialsRetrospective studyAdverse reactionsTime of entryCopies/ART treatmentTreatment statusTreatment history