OBJECTIVES: The relevance of low-level HIV DNA in patients who have undergone prolonged therapy is not well understood. The objective of this study was to determine factors that influence the establishment of low-level HIV DNA in long-term treated patients (excluding treatment since acute infection). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving 243 patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for ≥6 months (median: 9 years of treatment) with plasma HIV RNA <50 copies/mL at the study timepoint, for whom total DNA measurements were performed. Patients treated since early acute infection or receiving cancer chemotherapeutic/immunosuppressive agents were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Overall, the median HIV DNA was 372 copies/10(6) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Forty-seven patients had levels of HIV DNA below the limit of detection and 58 patients had low-level HIV DNA (<100 copies/10(6) PBMCs). In multivariate analysis, a low total HIV DNA in HAART-treated patients was clearly associated with a low HIV RNA pre-therapeutic viral load (P < 0.0001), regardless of the cut-off used. CONCLUSIONS: These results may be helpful to identify candidates for future trials aiming at a functional cure of HIV infection, since low total HIV DNA levels will most likely be a prerequisite of successful immunological control of HIV replication.
OBJECTIVES: The relevance of low-level HIV DNA in patients who have undergone prolonged therapy is not well understood. The objective of this study was to determine factors that influence the establishment of low-level HIV DNA in long-term treated patients (excluding treatment since acute infection). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving 243 patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for ≥6 months (median: 9 years of treatment) with plasma HIV RNA <50 copies/mL at the study timepoint, for whom total DNA measurements were performed. Patients treated since early acute infection or receiving cancer chemotherapeutic/immunosuppressive agents were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Overall, the median HIV DNA was 372 copies/10(6) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Forty-seven patients had levels of HIV DNA below the limit of detection and 58 patients had low-level HIV DNA (<100 copies/10(6) PBMCs). In multivariate analysis, a low total HIV DNA in HAART-treated patients was clearly associated with a low HIV RNA pre-therapeutic viral load (P < 0.0001), regardless of the cut-off used. CONCLUSIONS: These results may be helpful to identify candidates for future trials aiming at a functional cure of HIV infection, since low total HIV DNA levels will most likely be a prerequisite of successful immunological control of HIV replication.
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ART; HIV immunity; antiretroviral therapy
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