2009
Trends in Multidrug Treatment Failure and Subsequent Mortality among Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced Patients with HIV Infection in North America
Deeks SG, Gange SJ, Kitahata MM, Saag MS, Justice AC, Hogg RS, Eron JJ, Brooks JT, Rourke SB, Gill MJ, Bosch RJ, Benson CA, Collier AC, Martin JN, Klein MB, Jacobson LP, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Kirk GD, Napravnik S, Rachlis AR, Calzavara LM, Horberg MA, Silverberg MJ, Gebo KA, Kushel MB, Goedert JJ, McKaig RG, Moore RD, Research and Design N. Trends in Multidrug Treatment Failure and Subsequent Mortality among Antiretroviral Therapy-Experienced Patients with HIV Infection in North America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009, 49: 1582-1590. PMID: 19845473, PMCID: PMC2871149, DOI: 10.1086/644768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma HIV RNA levelsCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV RNA levelsVirologic failureRegimen failureHistory of AIDSAntiretroviral therapyTreatment failureHigher plasma HIV RNA levelsAbility of therapyRNA levelsT-cell countsTreatment-naive patientsIndependent risk factorMultivariate Cox regressionAggressive therapeutic interventionMore effective optionsModified therapyHIV infectionCox regressionRisk factorsT cellsSubsequent mortalityMortality rateClinical practice
2004
Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes
Ledergerber B, Lundgren JD, Walker AS, Sabin C, Justice A, Reiss P, Mussini C, Wit F, d'Arminio Monforte A, Weber R, Fusco G, Staszewski S, Law M, Hogg R, Lampe F, Gill MJ, Castelli F, Phillips AN. Predictors of trend in CD4-positive T-cell count and mortality among HIV-1-infected individuals with virological failure to all three antiretroviral-drug classes. The Lancet 2004, 364: 51-62. PMID: 15234856, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16589-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportional hazards modelVirological failureCD4 cell count slopesHIV-1 RNA concentrationsCox proportional hazards modelCD4 cell countPredictors of deathAntiretroviral therapyHIV cohortDual therapyClinical outcomesViral loadHIV replicationDrug classesTreatment strategiesTreatment informationPatientsDemographic characteristicsRNA concentrationRegression analysisTherapyFailureCohort
2003
Long-Term HIV/AIDS Survival Estimation in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era
King JT, Justice AC, Roberts MS, Chang CC, Fusco JS. Long-Term HIV/AIDS Survival Estimation in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era. Medical Decision Making 2003, 23: 9-20. PMID: 12583451, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x02239652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCells/mm3Long-term survivalCD4 cell countAge-associated mortalityTreatment failureHIV/AIDSUS life tablesCell countActive antiretroviral therapy (HAART) eraBaseline CD4 cell countHIV/AIDS patientsLong-term survival dataShort-term survival dataAntiretroviral therapy eraPre-HAART cohortTreatment mortality rateActive antiretroviral therapyTreatment failure rateRisk of mortalitySurvival dataShort-term survivalHAART failureTherapy eraAntiretroviral therapyObservational cohort