scholarly journals Use of Different Inhibitory Quotients To Predict Early Virological Response to Tipranavir in Antiretroviral-Experienced Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 4153-4158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Morello ◽  
Carmen De Mendoza ◽  
Vincent Soriano ◽  
Lourdes Anta ◽  
Gema González-Pardo ◽  
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ABSTRACT Information about the relationship between pharmacological parameters and an early virological response to tipranavir (TPV) is scarce. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients who had received TPV as part of a salvage regimen were analyzed retrospectively. A virological response was defined as a decline in the HIV RNA level of ≥1 log unit or to <50 copies/ml between weeks 4 and 12 of therapy. The virtual inhibitory quotient (vIQ) was calculated as the ratio of the TPV plasma trough concentration (C trough)/virtual change in the 50% inhibitory concentration. Three genotypic inhibitory quotients (gIQs) were calculated by using different TPV resistance mutation scores (from the International AIDS Society—USA [IAS-USA], Randomized Evaluation of Strategic Intervention in Multidrug-Resistant Patients with Tipranavir [RESIST], and Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales [ANRS] trials). The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), negative predictive values (NPVs), and likelihood ratios for a positive result (LHR+) and a negative result (LHR−) [LHR+ = sensitivity/(1 − specificity); LHR− = (1 − sensitivity)/specificity] were calculated. A total of 57 HIV-infected patients were analyzed. A virological response was achieved by 77% of the patients. TPV resistance mutations, TPV C trough, vIQs, and gIQs were all significantly associated with a virological response. The vIQ had the best PPV and NPV (97% and 78%, respectively). The values of the LHR+ were 7.8 for vIQ, 3.4 for the RESIST gIQ, 3.3 for the IAS-USA gIQ, 3.1 for the ANRS gIQ, 2.2 for TPV C trough, and 1.3 for the IAS-USA and RESIST scores. The values of LHR− were 0 for the RESIST score, 0.07 for vIQ, 0.09 for the IAS-USA score, 0.27 for the RESIST gIQ, 0.32 for the IAS-USA gIQ, 0.37 for the ANRS gIQ, and 0.48 for TPV C trough. HIV-infected patients who initiate a salvage regimen based on TPV may benefit from baseline drug resistance testing and TPV plasma concentration determination, as vIQ is the best predictor of a virological response.

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 3122-3126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Yon Rhee ◽  
Tommy Liu ◽  
Jaideep Ravela ◽  
Matthew J. Gonzales ◽  
Robert W. Shafer

ABSTRACT In a sample of 6,156 sequences from 4,183 persons, the top 30 patterns of protease inhibitor, nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitor, and nonnucleoside RT inhibitor mutations accounted for 55, 46, and 66%, respectively, of sequences with drug resistance mutations. Characterization of the phenotypic and clinical significance of these common patterns may lead to improved treatment recommendations for a large proportion of patients for whom antiretroviral therapy is failing.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 4687-4692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin ◽  
Cécile Dalban ◽  
Gilles Peytavin ◽  
Claire Lamotte ◽  
Rachid Agher ◽  
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ABSTRACT It has been shown that virological protease inhibitor (PI) resistance mutations present at the initiation of saquinavir (SQV) plus ritonavir (RTV) therapy in PI-experienced patients are the strongest predictors of virological response. But most of the current resistance algorithms are adapted for unboosted SQV regimens. We applied a stepwise methodology for the development and validation of a clinically relevant genotypic resistance score for an SQV (800 mg twice per day [b.i.d.]) plus RTV (100 mg b.i.d.)-containing regimen. PI-experienced patients treated by this regimen achieved a human immunodeficiency virus plasma viral load (VL) of <200 copies/ml at months 3 to 5 for 41.7% of subjects. Adjusted in a multivariate analysis, taking into account all the confounding factors, such as the nucleoside used, five mutations were combined in a resistance score associated with a reduced virological response to an SQV-plus-RTV regimen: L24I, I62V, V82A/F/T/S, I84V, and L90IM. Patients with isolates harboring 0 to 1 mutation among the score achieved −2.20 log10 and −1.23 log10 copies/ml of VL reduction, respectively, while it was −0.27 log10 copies/ml for those with at least two mutations, classifying the isolates as “no evidence of resistance” (0 or 1 mutation) or “resistance ” (≥2 mutations). The minimum concentration in plasma (C min) of SQV alone was not associated with the virological response. However, the combination of the SQV C min and the genotypic score, expressed as the genotypic inhibitory quotient, was predictive of the virological response, suggesting that the interpretation of SQV concentrations in plasma should be done only in the context of the resistance index provided by viral genotype for PI-experienced patients.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 570-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Duval ◽  
Claire Lamotte ◽  
Ester Race ◽  
Diane Descamps ◽  
Florence Damond ◽  
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ABSTRACT The efficacy of an amprenavir (APV)-containing therapy without (group A) or with (group B) ritonavir was assessed in patients with failure of previous protease inhibitor therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The mean minimal plasma APV concentrations in groups A and B were 58 and 1,320 ng/ml, respectively, corresponding to APV inhibitory quotients of 0.2 (range, 0.03 to 0.70) and 7.0 (range, 1.4 to 145), respectively. At week 24, 2 of 8 and 13 of 14 patients in groups A and B, respectively, had <200 HIV RNA copies/ml of plasma, including 4 of 5 patients infected with APV-resistant viruses.


2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 594-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin ◽  
Claire Lamotte ◽  
Constance Delaugerre ◽  
Nadine Ktorza ◽  
Hocine Ait Mohand ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Forty-nine protease inhibitor (PI)-experienced but amprenavir (APV)-naïve patients experiencing virological failure were treated with ritonavir (RTV) (100 mg twice a day [b.i.d.]) plus APV (600 mg b.i.d.). Patients responded to therapy with a median viral load decrease of −1.32 log10 by week 12. The addition of low-dose RTV enhanced the minimal APV concentration in plasma (APV C min) up to 10-fold compared with that obtained with APV (1,200 mg b.i.d.) without RTV. Baseline PI resistance mutations (L10F/I/V, K20M/R, E35D, R41K, I54V, L63P, V82A/F/T/S, I84V) identified by univariate analysis and included in a genotypic score and APV C min at week 8 were predictive of the virological response at week 12. The response to APV plus RTV was significantly reduced in patients with six or more of the resistance mutations among the ones defined above. The genotypic inhibitory quotient, calculated as the ratio of the APV C min to the number of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease mutations, was a better predictor than the virological or pharmacological variables used alone. This genotypic inhibitory quotient could be used in therapeutic drug monitoring to define the concentrations in plasma needed to control replication of viruses with different levels of PI resistance, as measured by the number of PI resistance mutations.


2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 3928-3932 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Moltó ◽  
José R. Santos ◽  
Nuria Pérez-Álvarez ◽  
Samandhy Cedeño ◽  
Cristina Miranda ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the virological response to darunavir-based salvage antiretroviral therapy and the darunavir genotypic and virtual inhibitory quotients (gIQ and vIQ, respectively). Thirty-seven HIV-infected patients failing protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral regimens who started salvage therapy containing darunavir-ritonavir were prospectively studied. The primary outcome of the study was a viral load (VL) of <50 copies/ml at week 48. The trough concentrations of darunavir in plasma, the number of darunavir resistance mutations, the change in the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of darunavir in the virtual phenotype, and the darunavir gIQ and vIQ were correlated with the virological outcome in regression analyses adjusted by the number of active drugs in the background regimen. The VL was <50 copies/ml in 56.8% of patients at week 48. Changes in the VL were not significantly associated with the darunavir concentration (P = 0.304), the number of darunavir resistance mutations (P = 0.695), or the change in the IC50 (P = 0.750). However, patients with darunavir vIQs of ≥1.5 had a 12-fold greater chance of achieving a ≥1 log10 reduction in the VL (odds ratio [OR], 12.7; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.9 to 81.6; P = 0.007), and a 5-fold greater chance of achieving a VL of <50 copies/ml (OR, 5.4; 95% CI, 1.2 to 24.5; P = 0.028), at week 48 than patients with darunavir vIQs of <1.5. The positive and negative predictive values of this darunavir vIQ cutoff for achieving a VL of <50 copies/ml at week 48 were 70% and 69%, respectively. The darunavir vIQ predicts virological response to darunavir-based salvage therapy better than the darunavir trough concentration or resistance mutations alone. We suggest targeting a darunavir vIQ of 1.5 for achieving long-term viral suppression.


2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (18) ◽  
pp. 10133-10148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa K. Smit ◽  
Bruce J. Brew ◽  
Wallace Tourtellotte ◽  
Susan Morgello ◽  
Benjamin B. Gelman ◽  
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ABSTRACT AIDS dementia complex (ADC) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients continues to be a problem in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). A better understanding of the drug resistance mutation patterns that emerge in the central nervous system (CNS) during HAART is of paramount importance as these differences in drug resistance mutations may explain underlying reasons for poor penetration of antiretroviral drugs into the CNS and suboptimal concentrations of the drugs that may reside in the brains of HIV-infected individuals during therapy. Thus, we provide a detailed analysis of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) protease and reverse transcriptase (RT) genes derived from different regions of the brains of 20 HIV-1-infected patients (5 without ADC, 2 with probable ADC, and 13 with various stages of ADC) on antiretroviral therapy. We show the compartmentalization and independent evolution of both primary and secondary drug resistance mutations to both RT and protease inhibitors in diverse regions of the CNS of HIV-infected patients, with and without dementia, on antiretroviral therapy. Our results suggest that the independent evolution of drug resistance mutations in diverse areas of the CNS may emerge as a consequence of incomplete suppression of HIV, probably related to suboptimal drug levels in the CNS and drug selection pressure. The emergence of resistant virus in the CNS may have considerable influence on the outcome of neurologic disease and also the reseeding of HIV in the systemic circulation upon failure of therapy.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 2926-2932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Masquelier ◽  
Dominique Breilh ◽  
Didier Neau ◽  
Sylvie Lawson-Ayayi ◽  
Valérie Lavignolle ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The response to regimens including lopinavir-ritonavir (LPV/r) in patients who have received multiple protease (PR) inhibitors (PI) can be analyzed in terms of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genotypic and pharmacokinetic (pK) determinants. We studied these factors and the evolution of HIV-1 resistance in response to LPV/r in a prospective study of patients receiving LPV/r under a temporary authorization in Bordeaux, France. HIV-1 PR and reverse transcriptase sequences were determined at baseline LPV/r for all the patients and at month 3 (M3) and M6 in the absence of response to treatment. pK measurements were determined at M1 and M3. Virological failure (VF) was defined as a plasma viral load ≥400 copies/ml at M3. A multivariate analysis of the predictors of VF, including clinical and biological characteristics and the treatment history of the patients, was performed. The PR gene sequence at M0, including individual mutations or a previously defined LPV mutation score (D. J. Kempf, J. D. Isaacson, M. S. King, S. C. Brun, Y. Xu, K. Real, B. M. Bernstein, A. J. Japour, E. Sun, and R. A. Rode, J. Virol. 75:7262-7269, 2001), and the individual exposure to LPV were also included covariates. Sixty-eight patients were enrolled. Thirty-four percent had a virological response at M3. An LPV mutation score of >5 mutations, the presence of the PR I54V mutation at baseline, a high number of previous PIs, prior therapy with ritonavir or indinavir, absence of coprescription of efavirenz, and a lower exposure to LPV or lower LPV trough concentrations were independently associated with VF on LPV/r. Additional PI resistance mutations, including primary mutation I50V, could be selected in patients failing on LPV/r. Genotypic and pK parameters should be used to optimize the virological response to LPV/r in PI-experienced patients and to avoid further viral evolution.


2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1642-1646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélie Barrail-Tran ◽  
Laurence Morand-Joubert ◽  
Gwendoline Poizat ◽  
Gilles Raguin ◽  
Clotilde Le Tiec ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The inhibitory quotient (IQ) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors (PIs), which is the ratio of drug concentration to viral susceptibility, is considered to be predictive of the virological response. We used several approaches to calculate the IQs of amprenavir and lopinavir in a subset of heavily pretreated patients participating in the French National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) 104 trial and then compared their potentials for predicting changes in the plasma HIV RNA level. Thirty-seven patients were randomly assigned to receive either amprenavir (600 mg twice a day [BID]) or lopinavir (400 mg BID) plus ritonavir (100 or 200 mg BID) for 2 weeks before combining the two PIs. The 90% inhibitory concentration (IC90) was measured using a recombinant assay without or with additional human serum (IC90+serum). Total and unbound PI concentrations in plasma were measured. Univariate linear regression was used to estimate the relation between the change in viral load and the IC90 or IQ values. The amprenavir phenotypic IQ values were very similar when measured with the standard and protein binding-adjusted IC90s. No relationship was found between the viral load decline and the lopinavir IQ. During combination therapy, the amprenavir and lopinavir genotypic IQ values were predictive of the viral response at week 6 (P = 0.03). The number of protease mutations (<5 or ≥5) was related to the virological response throughout the study. These findings suggest that the combined genotypic IQ and the number of protease mutations are the best predictors of virological response. High amprenavir and lopinavir concentrations in these patients might explain why plasma concentrations and the phenotypic IQ have poor predictive value.


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