Resistance
Resistance data from SOLO over 120 weeks
Data from SOLO show no primary PI resistance in virologic failures through 120 weeks
- Background: Open-label continuation of LEXIVA/ritonavir QD after a 48-week comparative study of LEXIVA/ritonavir QD versus nelfinavir BID, both administered with abacavir and lamivudine, in treatment-naïve adult patients
- Methods: 211 patients from SOLO who had received LEXIVA/ritonavir QD were carried forward to assess long-term virologic suppression, safety, and tolerability of LEXIVA/ritonavir. This analysis examines PI resistance at the time of virologic failure
- Results: There were no major protease mutations at the time of first virologic failure in the patients with no baseline resistance who experienced virologic failure (confirmed HIV-1 RNA >1000 copies/mL) over 120 weeks
- Conclusions: LEXIVA/ritonavir appears to provide a high genetic barrier to the development of PI resistance at 120 weeks.*
* In the SOLO study, the M461 and 150V mutations were detected in isolates from 1 virologic-failure patient receiving LEXIVA/r once daily at Week 160 (HIV-1 RNA >500 copies/mL). Upon retrospective analysis of stored samples using an ultrasensitive assay, these resistant mutants were traced back to Week 84 (76 weeks prior to clinical virologic failure).1
1. Sax PE, Xu F, Tisdale M, Elston R. First report of development of resistance to boosted fosamprenavir in an ART-naive subject: virologic and clinical outcome. Poster presented at: 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC); December 16-19, 2005; Washington, DC. Poster H-1060.



