Title | No evidence that HIV-1 subtype C infection compromises the efficacy of Tenofovir-containing: Cohort study in the United Kingdom |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | White E, Smit E, Churchill D, Collins S, Booth C, Tostevin A, Sabin CA, Pillay D, Dunn DT, UK HIV Drug Resistance Database, UK Collaborative HIV Cohort Study(UK CHIC) |
Journal | J Infect Dis |
Date Published | 2016-05 |
ISSN | 0022-1899 |
Accession Number | 27732929 |
Abstract | Concern has been expressed that tenofovir-containing regimens may have reduced effectiveness in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C infections because of a propensity for these viruses to develop a key tenofovir-associated resistance mutation. We evaluated whether subtype influenced rates of virological failure in a cohort of 8746 patients from the United Kingdom who received a standard tenofovir-containing first-line regimen and were followed for a median of 3.3 years. In unadjusted analyses, the rate of failure was approximately 2-fold higher among patients infected with subtype C virus as compared to those with subtype B virus (hazard ratio [HR], 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.50-2.31; P < .001). However, the increased risk was greatly attenuated in analyses adjusting for demographic and clinical factors (adjusted HR, 1.14; 95% CI, .83-1.58; P = .41). There were no differences between subtypes C and subtypes non-B and non-C in either univariate or multivariate analysis. These observations imply there is no intrinsic effect of viral subtype on the efficacy of tenofovir-containing regimens. |
DOI | 10.1093/infdis/jiw213 |