Sarmati L, Montano M, Dori L, Buonomini A R, D'Ettorre G, Vullo V, Andreoni M
Department of Public Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome.
New Microbiol. 2004 Apr;27(2 Suppl 1):95-8.
The aim of this study was to evaluate outcome after a genotype guided change of therapy in 18 patients failing HAART. Patients were divided into two groups according to the response to therapy: immune responders (12 patients with immune recovery defined as having more than 100 CD4 cells compared to baseline value), and 6 failing patients (without immune recovery). At month 12 after genotype change of therapy a significant difference in the decrease of HIV-RNA viral load between the two groups of patients was detected (mean -1.95 and +0.04 log HIV-RNA copies/ml, p=0.04). One year after the change of therapy, all but one patients experienced a decrease in the replication capacity of HIV strains. Particularly, the HIV replication capacity of HIV strains decreased from 52% (range 14-98%) to 15.2% (range 0.1-74.5%). The HIV strains of patients failing HAART showed a progressive impaired replication capacity. In patients failing HAART the impaired replication capacity of HIV strains could justify the persistence of an immune recovery.
本研究的目的是评估18例接受高效抗逆转录病毒治疗(HAART)失败的患者在基因型指导下改变治疗后的结果。根据治疗反应将患者分为两组:免疫反应者(12例免疫恢复患者,定义为与基线值相比CD4细胞超过100个)和6例治疗失败患者(无免疫恢复)。在治疗基因型改变后的第12个月,检测到两组患者在HIV-RNA病毒载量下降方面存在显著差异(平均-1.95和+0.04 log HIV-RNA拷贝/ml,p=0.04)。治疗改变一年后,除一名患者外,所有患者的HIV毒株复制能力均下降。特别是,HIV毒株的HIV复制能力从52%(范围14-98%)降至15.2%(范围0.1-74.5%)。接受HAART治疗失败的患者的HIV毒株显示出逐渐受损的复制能力。在接受HAART治疗失败的患者中,HIV毒株复制能力受损可能是免疫恢复持续存在的原因。