2014
The VACS Index Accurately Predicts Mortality and Treatment Response among Multi-Drug Resistant HIV Infected Patients Participating in the Options in Management with Antiretrovirals (OPTIMA) Study
Brown ST, Tate JP, Kyriakides TC, Kirkwood KA, Holodniy M, Goulet JL, Angus BJ, Cameron DW, Justice AC, . The VACS Index Accurately Predicts Mortality and Treatment Response among Multi-Drug Resistant HIV Infected Patients Participating in the Options in Management with Antiretrovirals (OPTIMA) Study. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e92606. PMID: 24667813, PMCID: PMC3965438, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVACS IndexCombination antiretroviral therapyNet reclassification improvementHIV biomarkersCause mortalityC-statisticTreatment interventionsMulti-drug resistant HIVHarrel's c-statisticsRespective hazard ratiosKaplan-Meier estimatesProportional hazards modelImproved scoresAntiretroviral studiesAntiretroviral therapyHazard ratioResistant HIVReclassification improvementRestricted IndexTreatment responseStudy interventionRisk scoreHazards modelVAC indexMortality
2006
HIV treatment response and prognosis in Europe and North America in the first decade of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis
May MT, Sterne JA, Costagliola D, Sabin CA, Phillips AN, Justice AC, Dabis F, Gill J, Lundgren J, Hogg RS, de Wolf F, Fätkenheuer G, Staszewski S, d'Arminio Monforte A, Egger M. HIV treatment response and prognosis in Europe and North America in the first decade of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis. The Lancet 2006, 368: 451-458. PMID: 16890831, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69152-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive antiretroviral therapyCD4 cell countAntiretroviral therapyHazard ratioTreatment responseTreatment-naive HIV-1-infected adultsCell countHIV-1-infected adultsMedian CD4 cell countHIV-1 RNA copiesCharacteristics of patientsHIV-1 RNAShort-term prognosisHIV treatment responseProportion of womenPrimary endpointVirological responseCohort studyHIV infectionCox regressionHAARTPatientsRNA copiesCorresponding figurePrognosis