HIV Therapy — What Do We Know, and When Do We Know It?
- 11 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 349 (24) , 2351-2352
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejme038173
Abstract
It has often been stated that the central questions in therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are the same now as they were when the epidemic started. When do we start therapy, what do we start with, when should we switch, what constitutes failure of therapy, and why do our therapies fail? Information from clinical trials of various anti-HIV treatments, along with in vitro observations, has narrowed the choices. Often, the design and completion of these trials lag behind practice, but they still serve several crucial purposes. The studies confirm what we think we know, disprove beliefs based on . . .Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Comparison of Four-Drug Regimens and Pairs of Sequential Three-Drug Regimens as Initial Therapy for HIV-1 InfectionNew England Journal of Medicine, 2003
- Comparison of Sequential Three-Drug Regimens as Initial Therapy for HIV-1 InfectionNew England Journal of Medicine, 2003
- Survival Benefit of Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Persons in Different CD4+ Cell StrataAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2003
- When To Start Therapy for HIV Infection: A Swinging Pendulum in Search of DataAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2003
- Clinical progression and virological failure on highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 patients: a prospective cohort studyThe Lancet, 1999