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How Well Do MDs Follow HIV Treatment Guidelines?
- April 30, 2012
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
In Australia, they did well in some things, poorly in others.- Reviewing:
- Bloch M et al., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2012 Apr 15; 59:478.
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HIV Treatment as Prevention — The Time Is Now
- December 30, 2011
- Charles B. Hicks, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Results from HPTN 052 provide a strong impetus for expanding “test-and-treat” programs and for enhancing overall access to ART. -
Revised HIV Treatment Guidelines from the DHHS Free
- October 31, 2011
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
This revision focuses on treatment choices for antiretroviral-naive patients.- Reviewing:
- Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents., 2011 Oct 14;:
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Is HIV Treatment Failure Disappearing?
- October 24, 2011
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
During the past decade, Europe has seen a dramatic increase in the proportion of patients with triple-class virologic failure who subsequently achieve virologic suppression.- Reviewing:
- The Pursuing Later Treatment Option II (PLATO II) project team for the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe. (COHERE) Group., Lancet Infect Dis 2011 Oct 10;:
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HIV Treatment as Prevention: An Interview with Myron Cohen Free
- October 3, 2011
- HIV/AIDS
Insights and observations from the principal investigator of the HPTN 052 trial -
HIV Treatment for All Is Perhaps the Key to Ending the Epidemic
- August 23, 2011
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- General Medicine
Effective antiretroviral treatment dramatically lowered sexual transmission of HIV.- Reviewing:
- Cohen MS et al., N Engl J Med 2011 Aug 11; 365:493.
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Early HIV Treatment Associated with Greatly Reduced Transmission to Partners Free
- May 13, 2011
- Physician's First Watch
A 10-year study on early HIV treatment has been stopped prematurely after a monitoring board found convincing evidence that it "can have a major... -
Race and Response to HIV Treatment
- April 4, 2011
- Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Two studies presented at CROI 2011 suggest that blacks have worse outcomes than whites in U.S. clinical trials. -
Can Behavioral Interventions Improve HIV Treatment Adherence and Viral Control?
- February 28, 2011
- Salim S. Abdool Karim, MD, PhD
- HIV/AIDS
An intensive behavioral intervention improved treatment adherence and reduced the frequency of risky sex but had no effect on virologic suppression.- Reviewing:
- Kalichman SC et al., Am J Public Health 2011 Mar; 101:531.
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Psychological Distress and HIV Treatment Failure
- September 20, 2010
- Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Among patients with virologic suppression, high levels of distress were associated with a greater likelihood of virologic rebound.- Reviewing:
- Lampe FC et al., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010 Aug 15; 54:500.
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Updated DHHS Guidelines on HIV Treatment Free
- December 7, 2009
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
The new guidelines recommend that lifelong ART be provided to asymptomatic HIV-infected patients with CD4 counts =500 cells/mm3. They also detail the specific components of "preferred" regimens.- Reviewing:
- Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents., 2009 Dec 1;:
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WHO Updates HIV Treatment Recommendations Free
- December 7, 2009
- Salim S. Abdool Karim, MD, PhD
- HIV/AIDS
New WHO recommendations endorse earlier ART initiation for HIV-infected adolescents and adults and an even more-aggressive approach for those coinfected with TB or HBV.- Reviewing:
- World Health Organization., 2009 Nov 30;: World Health Organization., 2009 Nov 30;: World Health Organization., 2009 Nov 30;:
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New Guidelines Tweak Criteria for HIV Treatment Free
- August 14, 2008
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- General Medicine
Treatment at earlier stages of illness is endorsed, but the newest agents should be reserved for salvage therapy.- Reviewing:
- Hammer SM et al., JAMA 2008 Aug 6; 300:555.
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Pediatric HIV Treatment Guidelines Updated Free
- December 11, 2006
- HIV/AIDS
Pediatric HIV treatment guidelines were recently updated to include new recommendations on preferred and alternative drug regimens, on the timing of treatment initiation, and on . . . -
Extra Drugs Unnecessary in Initial HIV Treatment
- September 12, 2006
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- General Medicine
In a large study, three- and four-drug regimens were equally successful.- Reviewing:
- Gulick RM et al., JAMA 2006 Aug 16; 296:769-81.
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Can Patients Interrupt HIV Treatment Based on CD4-Cell Count? Free
- August 4, 2006
- Physician's First Watch
Interrupting antiretroviral therapy in patients with well-controlled HIV and reinitiating it based on the CD4-cell count resulted in no AIDS-defining events in... -
Once-a-Day Single-Pill HIV Treatment Approved Free
- July 13, 2006
- Physician's First Watch
The FDA has granted expedited approval to Atripla, a one-pill-per-day HIV treatment consisting of three antiretrovirals: Sustiva (efavirenz), Emtriva (emtricitabine), and Viread... -
The Survival Benefit of HIV Treatment in the U.S.
- July 12, 2006
- Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
- Infectious Diseases
Treatment of HIV infection and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission have saved 3 million life-years in the U.S. alone.- Reviewing:
- Walensky RP et al., J Infect Dis 2006 Jul 1; 194:11-9.
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Modeling the Survival Benefits of HIV Treatment in the U.S. Free
- July 11, 2006
- Stefano M. Bertozzi, MD, PhD, and Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, MSc
- HIV/AIDS
HIV treatments saved about 3 million years of life from 1989 through 2003 — or about 13 years per treated person.- Reviewing:
- Walensky RP et al., J Infect Dis 2006 Jul 1; 194:11-9. Vermund SH., J Infect Dis 2006 Jul 1; 194:1-5.
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Delay in HIV Treatment Bodes Ill in HCV-Coinfected Patients
- February 15, 2006
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
A long interval between HIV diagnosis and initiation of potent combination antiretroviral therapy is associated with accelerated liver damage from HCV.- Reviewing:
- Verma S et al., Clin Infect Dis 2006 Jan 15; 42:262-70.
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