2011
Raltegravir Treatment Intensification Does Not Alter Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV-1 Infection or Immunoactivation in Subjects on Suppressive Therapy
Dahl V, Lee E, Peterson J, Spudich SS, Leppla I, Sinclair E, Fuchs D, Palmer S, Price RW. Raltegravir Treatment Intensification Does Not Alter Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV-1 Infection or Immunoactivation in Subjects on Suppressive Therapy. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2011, 204: 1936-1945. PMID: 22021620, PMCID: PMC3209817, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNA levelsHIV-1 RNAImmune activationRaltegravir intensificationRNA levelsPlasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNACSF HIV-1 RNA levelsMedian HIV-1 RNA levelT-cell surface antigen expressionHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNAOpen-label pilot studySingle-copy assayHIV RNA levelsCerebrospinal fluid infectionHIV-1 infectionCentral nervous systemBaseline viral suppressionSurface antigen expressionT cell activationCSF neopterinIntrathecal immunoactivationSuppressive therapyAntiretroviral therapyTreatment intensificationViral suppression
2009
Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection
Yilmaz A, Gisslén M, Spudich S, Lee E, Jayewardene A, Aweeka F, Price RW. Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e6877. PMID: 19721718, PMCID: PMC2731205, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionRaltegravir concentrationsCerebrospinal fluidTreatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patientsSystemic HIV-1 infectionHIV-1-infected patientsHIV-1-infected individualsIntegrase inhibitorsCentral nervous system penetrationAntiretroviral treatment regimensDrug entryPlasma albumin ratioCerebrospinal fluid concentrationsBlood-CSF barrierCSF albumin concentrationPlasma raltegravir concentrationsTreatment regimensAlbumin ratioDrug classesCSF specimensHIV-1CSF samplesAlbumin concentrationFluid concentrationsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry