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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 60, Issue 8, Pages 1262-1268Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1167
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lopinavir; atazanavir; HIV; mortality; observational studies
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- National Institutes of Health [R01-AI073127, U10-AA013566]
- Medical Research Council [G0700820]
- MRC [MR/M004236/1, G0700820] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/M004236/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0611-10168] Funding Source: researchfish
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI102634, R01AI073127] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [U10AA013566] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Background. Current clinical guidelines consider regimens consisting of either ritonavir-boosted atazanavir or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir and a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone among their recommended and alternative first-line antiretroviral regimens. However, these guidelines are based on limited evidence from randomized clinical trials and clinical experience. Methods. We compared these regimens with respect to clinical, immunologic, and virologic outcomes using data from prospective studies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals in Europe and the United States in the HIV-CAUSAL Collaboration, 2004-2013. Antiretroviral therapy-naive and AIDS-free individuals were followed from the time they started a lopinavir or an atazanavir regimen. We estimated the 'intention-to-treat' effect for atazanavir vs lopinavir regimens on each of the outcomes. Results. A total of 6668 individuals started a lopinavir regimen (213 deaths, 457 AIDS-defining illnesses or deaths), and 4301 individuals started an atazanavir regimen (83 deaths, 157 AIDS-defining illnesses or deaths). The adjusted intention-to-treat hazard ratios for atazanavir vs lopinavir regimens were 0.70 (95% confidence interval [CI],.53-.91) for death, 0.67 (95% CI,.55-.82) for AIDS-defining illness or death, and 0.91 (95% CI,.84-.99) for virologic failure at 12 months. The mean 12-month increase in CD4 count was 8.15 (95% CI, -.13 to 16.43) cells/mu L higher in the atazanavir group. Estimates differed by NRTI backbone. Conclusions. Our estimates are consistent with a lower mortality, a lower incidence of AIDS-defining illness, a greater 12-month increase in CD4 cell count, and a smaller risk of virologic failure at 12 months for atazanavir compared with lopinavir regimens.
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