Walmsley Sharon L, Katlama Christine, Lazzarin Adriano, Arestéh Keikawus, Pierone Gerald, Blick Gary, Johnson Margaret, Meier Ulrich, MacGregor Thomas R, Leith Johnathan G
Division of Clinical Investigation and Human Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Apr 1;47(4):429-40. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318160a529.
Given the limited treatment options for patients with high-level resistance, antiretroviral (ARV) regimens based on concomitant use of 2 ritonavir (RTV)-boosted protease inhibitors (PIs) were considered a therapeutic option.
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) study 1182.51 examined the pharmacokinetic profile, safety, and efficacy of RTV-boosted tipranavir (TPV/r), alone and in combination with comparator PIs (CPIs) in 315 triple-class-experienced, HIV-infected patients.
Two weeks after single PI therapy, the addition of TPV/r reduced plasma trough levels 52%, 80%, and 56% for lopinavir (LPV), saquinavir (SQV), and amprenavir (APV) recipients, respectively. After 2 weeks, a TPV/r-only regimen reduced HIV viral load (VL) by a median of 1.06 log(10) copies/mL. VL reductions at 2 weeks between single-boosted CPIs were difficult to compare, because the numbers of patients maintaining their previous failing PI after randomization were different. At week 4, patients initiating treatment with TPV-containing regimens sustained VL reduction (median decrease of 1.27 log(10) copies/mL). Patients adding TPV to regimens at week 2 achieved median reductions from a baseline of 1.19 log(10), 0.96 log(10), and 1.12 log(10) copies/mL at week 4 in dual-boosted LPV, SQV, and APV groups, respectively. At 24 weeks, VL reductions (median: -0.24 to -0.47 log(10) copies/mL) were comparable between treatment groups.
The efficacy of a dual PI regimen depended on the presence of TPV, with additional recycled CPIs having limited activity, even in drug-resistant patient populations with plasma trough concentrations regarded as likely to be adequate in this study. No clear guidelines exist about ARV plasma trough concentrations in treatment-experienced patients, however.
鉴于对具有高水平耐药性的患者治疗选择有限,基于同时使用两种利托那韦(RTV)增强型蛋白酶抑制剂(PIs)的抗逆转录病毒(ARV)方案被视为一种治疗选择。
勃林格殷格翰(BI)研究1182.51在315例有三类药物治疗经验的HIV感染患者中,单独及与对照蛋白酶抑制剂(CPIs)联合使用时,研究了RTV增强型替拉那韦(TPV/r)的药代动力学特征、安全性和疗效。
单蛋白酶抑制剂治疗两周后,对于洛匹那韦(LPV)、沙奎那韦(SQV)和安普那韦(APV)接受者,加用TPV/r分别使血浆谷浓度降低了52%、80%和56%。两周后,仅使用TPV/r的方案使HIV病毒载量(VL)中位数降低了1.06 log(10)拷贝/毫升。单增强型CPIs在两周时的VL降低情况难以比较,因为随机分组后维持先前失败的蛋白酶抑制剂治疗的患者数量不同。在第4周,开始使用含TPV方案治疗的患者维持了VL降低(中位数降低1.27 log(10)拷贝/毫升)。在第2周将TPV添加到方案中的患者,在第4周时,双增强型LPV、SQV和APV组分别从基线水平中位数降低了1.19 log(10)、0.96 log(10)和1.12 log(10)拷贝/毫升。在24周时,各治疗组之间的VL降低情况(中位数:-0.24至-0.47 log(10)拷贝/毫升)相当。
双重蛋白酶抑制剂方案的疗效取决于TPV的存在,即使在本研究中血浆谷浓度被认为可能足够的耐药患者群体中,额外循环使用的CPIs活性也有限。然而,对于有治疗经验的患者,关于ARV血浆谷浓度尚无明确的指导原则。