Episodic Antiretroviral Therapy Increases HIV Transmission Risk Compared With Continuous Therapy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Burman W, Grund B, Neuhaus J, Douglas J, Friedland G, Telzak E, Colebunders R, Paton N, Fisher M, Rietmeijer C. Episodic Antiretroviral Therapy Increases HIV Transmission Risk Compared With Continuous Therapy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 49: 142-150. PMID: 18769356, PMCID: PMC2749067, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318183a9ad.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV transmission riskHigh-risk behaviorsEpisodic antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyTransmission riskContinuous antiretroviral therapyHIV RNA levelsAntiretroviral Therapy studyProportion of participantsTherapy armContinuous therapyControlled TrialsRandomized armHIV transmissionMean ageNeedle sharingPatientsTherapyTherapy studiesStrategy of managementRNA levelsSexual activityRiskBaselineLaboratory testingThe Impact of Episodic CD4 Cell Count-Guided Antiretroviral Therapy on Quality of Life
Burman WJ, Grund B, Roediger MP, Friedland G, Darbyshire J, Wu AW. The Impact of Episodic CD4 Cell Count-Guided Antiretroviral Therapy on Quality of Life. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 47: 185-193. PMID: 17971716, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31815acaa4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeEpisodic antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyDisease progressionQoL assessmentTherapy groupInferior QOLMedian CD4 lymphocyte countContinuous therapy groupExcellent general healthCD4 cell countCD4 lymphocyte countCells/mm3HIV disease progressionCurrent healthAntiretroviral Therapy studyTherapy armMean followContinuous therapyLymphocyte countAnalog scaleQOL outcomesGeneral healthQOL instrumentsQoL comparisons