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ABSTRACT: Background
HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 061 enrolled black men who have sex with men in the United States. Some men with low/undetectable HIV RNA had unusual patterns of antiretroviral (ARV) drug use or had drugs detected in the absence of viral suppression. This report includes a comprehensive analysis of ARV drug use and drug resistance among men in HPTN 061 who were not virally suppressed.Methods
The analysis included 169 men who had viral loads >400 copies per milliliter at enrollment, including 3 with acute infection and 13 with recent infection. By self-report, 88 were previously diagnosed, including 31 in care; 137 men reported no ARV drug use. Samples from these 169 men and 23 seroconverters were analyzed with HIV genotyping and ARV drug assays.Results
Forty-eight (28%) of the 169 men had ≥ 1 drug resistance mutation (DRM); 19 (11%) had multiclass resistance. Sixty men (36%) had ≥ 1 ARV drug detected, 42 (70%) of whom reported no ARV drug use. Nine (23%) of 39 newly infected men had ≥ 1 DRM; 10 had ≥ 1 ARV drug detected. Unusual patterns of ARV drugs were detected more frequently in newly diagnosed men than previously diagnosed men. The rate of transmitted drug resistance was 23% based on HIV genotyping and self-reported ARV drug use but was 12% after adjusting for ARV drug detection.Conclusions
Many men in HPTN 061 had drug-resistant HIV, and many were at risk of acquiring additional DRMs. ARV drug testing revealed unusual patterns of ARV drug use and provided a more accurate estimate of transmitted drug resistance.
SUBMITTER: Chen I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4482803 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Iris I Connor Matthew B MB Clarke William W Marzinke Mark A MA Cummings Vanessa V Breaud Autumn A Fogel Jessica M JM Laeyendecker Oliver O Fields Sheldon D SD Donnell Deborah D Griffith Sam S Scott Hyman M HM Shoptaw Steven S del Rio Carlos C Magnus Manya M Mannheimer Sharon S Wheeler Darrell P DP Mayer Kenneth H KH Koblin Beryl A BA Eshleman Susan H SH
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20150801 4
<h4>Background</h4>HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 061 enrolled black men who have sex with men in the United States. Some men with low/undetectable HIV RNA had unusual patterns of antiretroviral (ARV) drug use or had drugs detected in the absence of viral suppression. This report includes a comprehensive analysis of ARV drug use and drug resistance among men in HPTN 061 who were not virally suppressed.<h4>Methods</h4>The analysis included 169 men who had viral loads >400 copies per millili ...[more]