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Immediate vs. deferred switching from a boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r) based regimen to a Dolutegravir (DTG) based regimen in virologically suppressed patients with high cardiovascular risk or Age â„50 years: final 96 weeks results of NEAT 022 study
Background
Both immediate and deferred switching from a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r)âbased regimen to a dolutegravir (DTG)âbased regimen may improve lipid profile.
Methods
European Network for AIDS Treatment 022 Study (NEAT022) is a European, open-label, randomized trial. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)âinfected adults aged â„50 years or with a Framingham score â„10% were eligible if HIV RNA was <50 copies/mL. Patients were randomized to switch from PI/r to DTG immediately (DTG-I) or to deferred switch at week 48 (DTG-D). Week 96 endpoints were proportion of patients with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL, percentage change of lipid fractions, and adverse events (AEs).
Results
Four hundred fifteen patients were randomized: 205 to DTG-I and 210 DTG-D. The primary objective of noninferiority at week 48 was met. At week 96, treatment success rate was 92.2% in the DTG-I arm and 87% in the DTG-D arm (difference, 5.2% [95% confidence interval, â.6% to 11%]). There were 5 virological failures in the DTG-I arm and 5 (1 while on PI/r and 4 after switching to DTG) in the DTG-D arm without selection of resistance mutations. There was no significant difference in terms of grade 3 or 4 AEs or treatment-modifying AEs. Total cholesterol and other lipid fractions (except high-density lipoprotein) significantly (P < .001) improved both after immediate and deferred switching to DTG overall and regardless of baseline PI/r strata.
Conclusions
Both immediate and deferred switching from a PI/r to a DTG regimen in virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients â„50 years old or with a Framingham score â„10% was highly efficacious and well tolerated, and improved the lipid profile
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