Dolutegravir/Lamivudine for Maintenance of Virological Suppression in Persons with Historical Suspected or Confirmed Resistance to Lamivudine: Week 48 Results of a Single-Arm, Open-Label, Multicentre, Phase IIA Clinical Trial.

Background: We investigated the efficacy of dolutegravir/lamivudine for maintenance treatment for people with HIV and previous lamivudine resistance.

Methods: Open-label, single arm, multicentric clinical trial including virologically suppressed PWH with historical lamivudine resistance (confirmed by genotypic testing or suspected based on clinical history), no integrase resistance and CD4+ >200 cells/mm3 whose ART was changed to dolutegravir/lamivudine if the M184V/I mutation was not detected in baseline proviral DNA population sequencing. Proviral DNA next-generation sequencing (NGS) was retrospectively performed in baseline samples.

Hepatic Safety of Rilpivirine/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Fixed-Dose Single-Tablet Regimen in HIV-Infected Patients with Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection: The hEPAtic Study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of transaminase elevations (TE) and total bilirubin elevations (TBE) during the first year of therapy with a single tablet regimen including RPV/FTC/TDF (EPA) in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected subjects in clinical practice.

Methods: In a retrospective analysis, HIV/HCV-coinfected subjects who started EPA at 17 centres throughout Spain were included as cases. Subjects who started an antiretroviral therapy (ART) other than EPA during the study period at the same hospitals were randomly selected as controls in a 1:2 ratio.

[Lopinavir/ritonavir in new simplification strategies in antiretroviral therapy].

Interest in simplification arises from the need to dispense with nucleoside analogs due to their long-term toxicity. Since the first trials analyzing the safety and effectiveness of the strategy with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) emerged more than 10 years ago, simplification continues to arouse scientific, clinical and economic interest. At present, there is no consensus on recommendations; interpretations of results are discordant: while some emphasize the greater risk of loss of virologic control, others indicate that the possible virological rebound with this strategy is unrelated to a loss of therapeutic options or to the emergence of resistance to ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors.