期刊
HIV MEDICINE
卷 13, 期 5, 页码 291-296出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00975.x
关键词
CD4 T cells; highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; reservoir; valproic acid
资金
- American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) [106722-40RGRL]
- Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) [017-718]
- CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network [CTN 205]
- Abbott Canada
Objectives Conflicting results have been reported regarding the ability of valproic acid (VPA) to reduce the size of HIV reservoirs in patients receiving suppressive highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In a randomized multicentre, cross-over study, we assessed whether adding VPA to stable HAART could potentially reduce the size of the latent viral reservoir in CD4 T cells of chronically infected patients. Methods A total of 56 virologically suppressed patients were randomly assigned either to receive VPA plus HAART for 16 weeks followed by HAART alone for 32 weeks (arm 1; n = 27) or to receive HAART alone for 16 weeks and then VPA plus HAART for 32 weeks (arm 2; n = 29). VPA was administered at a dose of 500 mg twice a day (bid) and was adjusted to the therapeutic range. A quantitative culture assay was used to assess HIV reservoirs in CD4 T cells at baseline and at weeks 16 and 48. Results No significant reductions in the frequency of CD4 T cells harbouring replication-competent HIV after 16 and 32 weeks of VPA therapy were observed. In arm 1, median (range) values of IU per log10 billion (IUPB) cells were 2.55 (range 1.20-4.20), 1.80 (range 1.0-4.70) and 2.70 (range 1.0-3.90; P = 0.87) for baseline, week 16 and week 48, respectively. In arm 2, median values of IUPB were 2.55 (range 1.20-4.65), 1.64 (range 1.0-3.94) and 2.51 (range 1.0-4.48; P = 0.50) for baseline, week 16 and week 48, respectively. Conclusions Our study demonstrates that adding VPA to stable HAART does not reduce the latent HIV reservoir in virally suppressed patients.
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