A Study on the Management of Combination Anti-HIV Drug Therapy in HIV-Positive Children With Prior Treatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the value of changing anti-HIV medications in children with progressive HIV disease who have received previous treatment. Plasma viral load (the level of HIV in the blood) is probably most effectively reduced by giving patients anti-HIV drugs which affect the virus at various stages of development. Changing the medications may enhance the results of treatment.

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2002-04

Publications

• Background Weinberg A, Kovacs A, Pahwa S, Carey V, Oyomopito R, Mofenson L, Khoury M, Zimmer B, Burchett S. HIV-infected children on HAART reconstitute tetanus-specific T cell responses without booster vaccination. 8th Conf Retro and Opportun Infect. 2001 Feb 4-8 (abstract no 688)
• Background Frenkel LM, Burchett SK, Aldrovandi GM, Carey V, Oyomopito R, Mahalanibis M, Decker D, Kovacs A. HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) M184V/I improves the rate of suppression of viral replication by salvage therapy. 8th Conf Retro and Opportun Infect. 2001 Feb 4-8 (abstract no 463)
• Background Kovacs A, Burchett S, Khoury M, Carey V, Pahwa S, McIntosh K, Oyomopito R, Smith E, Mofenson L. Virologic and immunologic responses in children with advanced HIV disease on a new HAART regimen (PACTG 366). 8th Conf Retro and Opportun Infect. 2001 Feb 4-8 (abstract no 684)
• Background Weinberg A, Pahwa S, Oyomopito R, Carey VJ, Zimmer B, Mofenson L, Kovacs A, Burchett SK; Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group 366 Team. Antimicrobial-specific cell-mediated immune reconstitution in children with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jul 1;39(1):107-14. doi: 10.1086/420931. Epub 2004 Jun 14.
• Results Saitoh A, Sarles E, Capparelli E, Aweeka F, Kovacs A, Burchett SK, Wiznia A, Nachman S, Fenton T, Spector SA. CYP2B6 genetic variants are associated with nevirapine pharmacokinetics and clinical response in HIV-1-infected children. AIDS. 2007 Oct 18;21(16):2191-9. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282ef9695.
• Results EV Capparelli, SK Burchett, A Kovacs, M Khoury, R Oyomopito, L Mofenson, B Zimmer, D Holland. Characterization of the Ritonavir-Nelfinavir Pharmacokinetic Interaction in Pediatric Patients with Advanced HIV Disease Using a Mixed Effects Modeling Approach, Pharmacotherapy, (2003), Abstract 67, Vol.23, No.3, pp.401.
• Results S. Burchett, M. Khoury, K. McIntosh, V. Carey, R. Oyomopito, L. Mofenson, E. Smith, A. Kovacs, Viral Load Reduction in Children with Advanced HIV Disease Treated with 4-Drug Antiretroviral Treatment Regimens Including NRTIs, Nevirapine, Nelfinavir and/or Ritonavir, CROI, 2000.

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