Antiviral Activity of and Resistance to Lamivudine in Combination With Zidovudine, Stavudine, or Didanosine

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of lamivudine (3TC) combined with zidovudine (AZT), stavudine (d4T), or didanosine (ddI) in comparison with d4T or ddI monotherapy in HIV-infected patients with no prior nucleoside therapy. 3TC may be uniquely effective in combination with AZT due to the interaction of AZT and 3TC resistance mutations. One explanation is that the M184V mutation, which confers resistance to 3TC, suppresses AZT resistance. This benefit of 3TC may not extend to combination therapy with other nucleoside analogs.

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1998-03

Publications

• Background Marschner I, Betensky RA, Degruttola V, Kuritzkes DR. Biases in the assessment of viral load reduction in HIV clinical trials. Int Conf AIDS. 1998;12:802 (abstract no 42149)
• Background Hill A, Demasi R, Kuhn M. Different analyses give highly variable estimates of HIV-1 RNA undetectability and log reduction in clinical trials. Int Conf AIDS. 1998;12:813-4 (abstract no 42204)
• Background Kuritzkes DR, Marschner IC, Johnson VA, Bassett RL, Eron JJ, Fischl MA, Boone G, Skovronski J, Wood K, Bell DL, Pettinelli CB, Sommadossi JP. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lamivudine (3TC) in combination with zidovudine (ZDV), stavudine (d4T), or didanosine (ddI) in treatment naive patients. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1998 Feb 1-5;5th:79 (abstract no 1)
• Background Kuritzkes DR, Marschner I, Johnson VA, Bassett R, Eron JJ, Fischl MA, Murphy RL, Fife K, Maenza J, Rosandich ME, Bell D, Wood K, Sommadossi JP, Pettinelli C. Lamivudine in combination with zidovudine, stavudine, or didanosine in patients with HIV-1 infection. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 306 Investigators. AIDS. 1999 Apr 16;13(6):685-94. doi: 10.1097/00002030-199904160-00009.
• Background Kuritzkes DR, Bassett RL, Hazelwood JD, Barrett H, Rhodes RA, Young RK, Johnson VA; Adult ACTG Protocol 306 370 Teams. Rate of thymidine analogue resistance mutation accumulation with zidovudine- or stavudine-based regimens. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 May 1;36(1):600-3. doi: 10.1097/00126334-200405010-00008.
• Background Fisher M. Nucleoside combinations for antiretroviral therapy: efficacy of stavudine in combination with either didanosine or lamivudine. AIDS. 1998;12 Suppl 3:S9-16.

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