First-line antiretroviral therapy with efavirenz plus tenofovir disiproxil fumarate/emtricitabine or rilpivirine plus tenofovir disiproxil fumarate/emtricitabine: a durability comparison

HIV Medicine
L TaramassoItalian Cohort Naive Antiretrovirals (ICONA) Foundation Study Group

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the durabilities of efavirenz (EFV) and rilpivirine (RPV) in combination with tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) in first-line regimens. A multicentre prospective and observational study was carried out. We included all patients participating in the Italian Cohort Naive Antiretrovirals (ICONA) Foundation Study who started first-line combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) with TDF/FTC in combination with RPV or EFV, with a baseline viral load < 100 000 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL. Survival analyses using Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves and Cox regression with time-fixed covariates at baseline were employed. Overall, 1490 ART-naïve patients were included in the study, of whom 704 were initiating their first cART with EFV and 786 with RPV. Patients treated with EFV, compared with those on RPV, were older [median 36 (interquartile range (IQR) 30-43) years vs. 33 (IQR 27-39) years, respectively; P < 0.001], were more frequently at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stage C (3.1% vs. 1.4%, respectively; P = 0.024), and had a lower median baseline CD4 count [340 (IQR 257-421) cells/μL vs. 447 (IQR 347-580) cells/μL, respectively; P < 0.001] and a higher median viral load [4.38 (IQR 3.92-4.74) log1...Continue Reading

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