2006
Sustained Benefit From a Long-Term Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention
Mannheimer SB, Morse E, Matts JP, Andrews L, Child C, Schmetter B, Friedland GH. Sustained Benefit From a Long-Term Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006, 43: s41-s47. PMID: 17091022, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000245887.58886.ac.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdherence supportAdherence interventionsClinical trialsMedian baseline CD4 countLong-term medication adherenceLarge randomized clinical trialsMM participantsAntiretroviral Adherence InterventionARV-naive individualsBaseline CD4 countFirst virologic failureIntervention clinical trialsRandomized clinical trialsMedication managersCD4 countVirologic failureVirologic outcomesCD4 cellsARV therapyHIV outcomesMedication adherenceMM subgroupsMM groupCluster randomizationCells/
2002
A Phase II Randomized Study of the Virologic and Immunologic Effect of Zidovudine + Stavudine versus Stavudine Alone and Zidovudine + Lamivudine in Patients with >300 CD4 Cells Who Were Antiretroviral Naive (ACTG 298)
Pollard RB, Tierney C, Havlir D, Tebas P, Fox L, Smeaton L, Richman D, Friedland GH. A Phase II Randomized Study of the Virologic and Immunologic Effect of Zidovudine + Stavudine versus Stavudine Alone and Zidovudine + Lamivudine in Patients with >300 CD4 Cells Who Were Antiretroviral Naive (ACTG 298). AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2002, 18: 699-704. PMID: 12167276, DOI: 10.1089/088922202760072311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 cell countStandard of careD4TViral loadWeek 12Copies/Cell countMedian baseline viral loadPhase II Randomized StudyD4T armDual nucleoside therapyAntiretroviral-naive patientsBaseline viral loadWeeks of monotherapyViral load reductionTreatment of patientsDevelopment of multidrugAntiretroviral-NaiveAntiviral suppressionNaive patientsCD4 cellsImmunologic effectsHIV infectionRandomized studyNucleoside therapy
1999
Efficacy and Safety of Delavirdine Mesylate With Zidovudine and Didanosine Compared With Two-Drug Combinations of These Agents in Persons With HIV Disease With CD4 Counts of 100 to 500 cells/mm3 (ACTG 261)
Friedland G, Pollard R, Griffith B, Hughes M, Morse G, Bassett R, Freimuth W, Demeter L, Connick E, Nevin T, Hirsch M, Fischl M. Efficacy and Safety of Delavirdine Mesylate With Zidovudine and Didanosine Compared With Two-Drug Combinations of These Agents in Persons With HIV Disease With CD4 Counts of 100 to 500 cells/mm3 (ACTG 261). JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999, 21: 281-292. PMID: 10428106, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199908010-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCells/mm3CD4 cell countTwo-drug combinationsCell countHIV-1 RNA changesHIV-1 RNA levelsMonths of monotherapyThree-drug regimenTwo-drug armTwo-drug regimensGastrointestinal side effectsThree-drug combinationDelavirdine mesylateNon-nucleoside reverseCD4 countCD4 cellsHIV diseaseKey efficacyMulticenter trialCopies/Antiretroviral activityHIV-1Side effectsDidanosineZidovudine