Lopinavir/ritonavir as single-drug therapy for maintenance of HIV-1 viral suppression: 48-Week results of a randomized, controlled, open-label, proof-of-concept pilot clinical trial (OK study)

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-287

  Arribas, José R ^a,d   Pulido, Federico ^b   Delgado, Rafael ^b   Lorenzo, Alicia ^a   Miralles, Pilar ^b   Arranz, Alberto ^c   González García, Juan J ^a   Cepeda, Concepción ^b   Hervás, Rafael ^b   Paño, José R ^a   Gaya, Francisco ^a   Carcas, Antonio ^a   Montes, María L ^a   Costa, José R ^b   Peña, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Induction maintenance; Lopinavir ritonavir; Monotherapy

Indexed keywords

INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NUCLEOSIDE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRIMIDINONES; RITONAVIR; RNA, VIRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 27444444039     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000180077.59159.f4     Document Type: Article

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