No Significant Changes to Residual Viremia After Switch to Dolutegravir and Lamivudine in a Randomized Trial. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In the ASPIRE trial, antiretroviral therapy (ART) switch to dolutegravir plus lamivudine (DTG+3TC) was comparable to 3-drug ART in maintaining viral suppression by standard viral load assays. We used an ultrasensitive assay to assess whether this switch led to increased residual viremia. At entry, levels of residual viremia did not differ significantly between arms (DTG+3TC vs 3-drug ART: mean, 5.0 vs 4.2 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL; P = .64). After randomization, no significant between-group differences were found at either week 24 or 48. These results show no evidence for increased viral replication on DTG+3TC and support its further investigation as a dual ART strategy.

publication date

  • February 11, 2019

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6419983

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85066413129

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1093/ofid/ofz056

PubMed ID

  • 30895201

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 6

issue

  • 3