Safety and Effectiveness of Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV Infected Infants

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if the drug lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) is safe and well tolerated in HIV infected infants. This study will also determine the most effective dose of LPV/RTV for infants.

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2007-09

Publications

• Background Luzuriaga K, Wu H, McManus M, Britto P, Borkowsky W, Burchett S, Smith B, Mofenson L, Sullivan JL. Dynamics of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in vertically infected infants. J Virol. 1999 Jan;73(1):362-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.73.1.362-367.1999.
• Background Equils O, Garratty E, Wei LS, Plaeger S, Tapia M, Deville J, Krogstad P, Sim MS, Nielsen K, Bryson YJ. Recovery of replication-competent virus from CD4 T cell reservoirs and change in coreceptor use in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected children responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis. 2000 Sep;182(3):751-7. doi: 10.1086/315758. Epub 2000 Aug 15.
• Background Luzuriaga K, McManus M, Catalina M, Mayack S, Sharkey M, Stevenson M, Sullivan JL. Early therapy of vertical human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection: control of viral replication and absence of persistent HIV-1-specific immune responses. J Virol. 2000 Aug;74(15):6984-91. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.15.6984-6991.2000.
• Background Saez-Llorens X, Violari A, Deetz CO, Rode RA, Gomez P, Handelsman E, Pelton S, Ramilo O, Cahn P, Chadwick E, Allen U, Arpadi S, Castrejon MM, Heuser RS, Kempf DJ, Bertz RJ, Hsu AF, Bernstein B, Renz CL, Sun E. Forty-eight-week evaluation of lopinavir/ritonavir, a new protease inhibitor, in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Mar;22(3):216-24. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000055061.97567.34.
• Results Chadwick EG, Pinto J, Yogev R, Alvero CG, Hughes MD, Palumbo P, Robbins B, Hazra R, Serchuck L, Heckman BE, Purdue L, Browning R, Luzuriaga K, Rodman J, Capparelli E; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) P1030 Team. Early initiation of lopinavir/ritonavir in infants less than 6 weeks of age: pharmacokinetics and 24-week safety and efficacy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Mar;28(3):215-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818cc053.
• Results Chadwick EG, Yogev R, Alvero CG, Hughes MD, Hazra R, Pinto JA, Robbins BL, Heckman BE, Palumbo PE, Capparelli EV; International Pediatric Adolescent Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) P1030 Team. Long-term outcomes for HIV-infected infants less than 6 months of age at initiation of lopinavir/ritonavir combination antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2011 Mar 13;25(5):643-9. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834403f6.
• Persaud D, Palumbo PE, Ziemniak C, Hughes MD, Alvero CG, Luzuriaga K, Yogev R, Capparelli EV, Chadwick EG. Dynamics of the resting CD4(+) T-cell latent HIV reservoir in infants initiating HAART less than 6 months of age. AIDS. 2012 Jul 31;26(12):1483-90. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283553638.
• Persaud D, Palumbo P, Ziemniak C, Chen J, Ray SC, Hughes M, Havens P, Purswani M, Gaur AH, Chadwick EG; Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group P1030 Team. Early archiving and predominance of nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-resistant HIV-1 among recently infected infants born in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2007 May 15;195(10):1402-10. doi: 10.1086/513871. Epub 2007 Apr 5.

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