Brief report: efficacy and treatment-limiting toxicity with the concurrent use of lopinavir/ritonavir and a third protease inhibitor in treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Apr 15;32(5):494-8. doi: 10.1097/00126334-200304150-00005.

Abstract

To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of using lopinavir/ritonavir concurrently with a third protease inhibitor (PI), the authors reviewed the medical records of 47 HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral regimens containing lopinavir/ritonavir and amprenavir, saquinavir, indinavir, or nelfinavir. The baseline mean HIV RNA level was 4.6 log(10) copies/mL, and the median CD4 cell count was 123/mm3. By week 40, one patient (2%) was lost to follow-up, and 21 (44%) discontinued their lopinavir/ritonavir plus a third PI regimens: 4 (8%) due to virologic failure as determined by the clinician; 13 (28%) due to toxicity; and 4 (8%) due to social reasons. By intent-to-treat analysis, 12 (26%) of 47 patients had an HIV RNA level of less than 400 copies/mL at 40 weeks. By multivariate analysis, factors associated with virologic response were no prior lopinavir exposure (p =.03) and no prior exposure to nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors among patients taking a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (p =.05). Some HIV-infected patients concurrently treated with lopinavir/ritonavir and a third PI have viral suppression; many eventually discontinue therapy because of toxicity or virologic failure.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Lopinavir
  • Male
  • Pyrimidinones / adverse effects*
  • Pyrimidinones / therapeutic use*
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Ritonavir / adverse effects*
  • Ritonavir / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidinones
  • RNA, Viral
  • Lopinavir
  • Ritonavir