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AIDS Res Ther
December 2024
Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Background: The World Health Organization recommends dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) as the preferred first-line regimen for HIV treatment. This retrospective cohort study evaluated the long-term virologic outcomes and safety of transitioning from an efavirenz-based regimen (tenofovir, lamivudine, efavirenz [TLE]) to a dolutegravir-based regimen (tenofovir, lamivudine, dolutegravir [TLD]) among adult HIV participants in Mbeya, Tanzania.
Methods: Medical records of 250 adult HIV participants who transitioned from TLE to TLD at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital were reviewed from August 2022 to December 2022.
Antivir Ther
December 2024
Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italia.
Introduction: BIC/FTC/TAF showed efficacy and tolerability in randomized trials as a switch strategy in virologically-suppressed people living with HIV. We evaluated its effectiveness in a real-life setting.
Methods: A retrospective monocentric cohort including 431 virologically-suppressed (HIV-RNA <50 copies/ml) people switching to BIC/FTC/TAF in the period 2018-2022 was evaluated.
Pharmacogenomics
December 2024
Department of Pharmacy, Radboudumc Research Institute for medical Innovation (RIMI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Background: Dolutegravir (DTG) is an antiviral agent used for the treatment of HIV, however, there is uncertainty over the influence of genetic variation on DTG exposure, and whether it has clinical implications for the efficacy or toxicity in different populations. This systematic review aims to create an overview of the impact of pharmacogenomics (PGx) on DTG exposure, efficacy, and toxicity.
Methods: Publications up to 14 November 2023 were searched and articles were selected on the following criteria: original research articles providing data on people with HIV, data on PGx and either PK or PD or both PD and PGx.
BMJ Glob Health
December 2024
Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Introduction: With declining HIV-related mortality, over 20% of people with HIV (PWH) in South Africa are now over age 50 years, and tobacco-related non-communicable disease burden is increasing. We quantified the impact of smoking and smoking cessation on lung cancer and stroke incidence among PWH in South Africa.
Methods: Using a microsimulation model, we simulated 18 cohorts of initially virologically suppressed PWH over their lifetime, categorised by sex, initial age (35 years/45 years/55 years) and smoking status (current/former/never).
Front Allergy
November 2024
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Introduction: Cutaneous immune-mediated adverse drug reactions are more prevalent in people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH). Severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCAR) are a life-threatening subset of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADRs) and a significant public health issue in settings endemic for human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis. However, limited data are available on CADR requiring hospitalisation in African settings.
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