Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice?
Mugavero M, May M, Harris R, Saag M, Costagliola D, Egger M, Phillips A, Günthard H, Dabis F, Hogg R, de Wolf F, Fatkenheuer G, Gill M, Justice A, D'Arminio Monforte A, Lampe F, Miró J, Staszewski S, Sterne J. Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice? AIDS 2008, 22: 2481-2492. PMID: 19005271, PMCID: PMC2793403, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328318f130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral-naïve patientsAntiretroviral therapyLopinavir/ritonavirVirologic failureClinical eventsThird drugART initiationCohort studyAntiretroviral Therapy Cohort CollaborationNaïve HIV-positive patientsHIV-positive patientsObservational cohort studyHIV Cohort StudyART regimenCohort CollaborationNaïve patientsClinical outcomesResidual confoundingClinical practicePatientsInhibitor backboneAbacavirNevirapineTherapyDrugs