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  • Title: Salvage solitaire (or, HAART takes a holiday).
    Author: Mascolini M.
    Journal: J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care; 1999 Jul; 5(7):10-23. PubMed ID: 11367132.
    Abstract:
    Attendees at the Second International Workshop on Salvage Therapy heard little to make them optimistic about the immediate future of salvage therapy. Treatment veterans with only a few virologic failures stand a slim chance of ongoing viral control. Current salvage treatment, even combination therapy, only pushes viral loads to below 500 copies in 20 to 40 percent of patients, and those patients who have had viral loads suppressed to below 20 copies/mL stand the best chance of having a sustained response to the treatment. Results of several studies are reviewed. Adefovir, which had been considered an option, has performed poorly in trials. One table shows the effects of nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor/protease inhibitor (NNRTI/PI) salvage therapy in the NNRTI-naive patient. Another table presents figures to show that salvage success correlates significantly with lower viral loads prior to treatment. A third table shows the "megasalvage" track record, while a fourth presents a proposal for a rapid-assessment salvage study. The concept of using drug holidays as a means to force the immune system to begin fighting HIV on its own remains controversial.
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