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Table 1 Demographics and patient characteristics (intent-to-treat population)

From: Efficacy, adherence and tolerability of once daily tenofovir DF-containing antiretroviral therapy in former injecting drug users with HIV-1 receiving opiate treatment: results of a 48-week open-label study

Parameter

Naïve (N = 27)

Restart (N = 30)

Switch (N = 10)

Total (N = 67)

Sex; n (%) male

17 (63%)

22 (73%)

6 (60%)

45 (67%)

Age (years); median [range]

34 [23-49]

38.5 [26-54]

40.5 [31-49]

37 [23-54]

BMI (kg/m2); median [range]

21.77 [15.6-30.9]

21.90 [13.1-32.2]

24.44 [17.0-34.1]

22.13 [13.1-34.1]

Time since onset infection (years); median [range]

4.79 [0.1-23.8]

9.18 [2.4-19.3]

12.41 [3.6-16.3]

8.70 [0.1-23.8]

HIV-1 RNA ≥ 400 copies/mL; n (%)

24 (89%)1

28 (93%)1

0 (0%)

52 (81%)1

HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL); median [IQR]

5.00 [4.7-5.6]

4.70 [4.1-5.3]

1.69 [1.69-1.69]

4.70 [3.50-5.21]

CD4+ cell count (cells/mm3); median [IQR]

193 [54-256]

169 [91-285]

436 [289-694]

207 [100-297]

CD8+ cell count (cells/mm3); median [IQR]

592 [445-1059]

879 [437-1329]

870 [490-1129]

764 [442-1190]

Antiretroviral medications started at baseline as part of combination regimen

NRTI; n/N (%)

   

67/67 (100)

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF); n (%)

27/27 (100)

30/30 (100)

10/10 (100)

67/67 (100)

Emtricitabine or Lamivudine (FTC/3TC)

27/27 (100)

27/30 (90)

10/10 (100)

64/67 (96)

Didanosine (DDI)

0

3/30 (10)

1/10 (10)

4/67 (6)

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

-

-

-

67/67 (100)

Emtricitabine

-

-

-

47/67 (70)

Lamivudine

-

-

-

15/67 (22)

PI; n/N (%)

-

-

-

55/67 (82)

Atazanavir/Ritonavir (ATV/r)

19/27 (70)

22/30 (73)

8/10 (80)

49/67 (73)

Atazanavir

1/27 (4)

4/30 (13)

1/10 (10)

6/67 (9)

NNRTI; n/N (%)

-

-

-

11/67 (16)

Efavirenz (EFV)

5/27 (19)

2/30 (7)

0

7/67 (10)

Nevirapine (NVP)

2/27 (7)

2/30 (7)

0

4/67 (6)

Regimen: n/N (%)

    

PI + NRTI

20/27 (74)

26/30 (87)

9/10 (90)

55/67 (82)

TDF + FTC or 3TC + ATV/r

19/27 (70)

19/30 (63)

8/10 (80)

46/67 (69)

TDF + FTC or 3TC + ATV

1/27 (4)

4/30 (13)

1/10 (10)

6/67 (9)

TDF + DDI + ATV/r

0

3/30 (10%)

0

3/67 (4)

NNRTI + NRTI; n (%)

7/27 (26)

4/30 (13)

0

11/67 (16)

TDF + FTC or 3TC + EFV

5/27 (19)

2/30 (7)

0

7/67 (10)

TDF + FTC or 3TC + NVP

2/27 (7)

2/30 (7)

0

4/67 (6)

All NRTI; n (%)

0

0

1/10 (10)

1/67 (1)

TDF + FTC or 3TC + DDI

  

1/10 (10)

1/67 (1)

Opiate treatment at screening

Time since onset opiate treatment (years); median [range]

3.01 [0.1-11.7]

6.03 [0.00-24.7]

8.24 [0.2-18.1]

5.26 [0.0-24.7]

Time since start stable dose (years); median [range]

-

-

-

1.6 [0-11.7]

Opiate treatment dose (mg); mean (SD)

    

Methadone (n = 57; 85%)

84.1 (33.31)

98.2 (49.47)

70.0 (62.29)

88.8 (44.5 mg)

Levomethadone (n = 9; (13%)

70.02

12.0 (20.41)

73.8 (39.45)

93.9 (36.8 mg)

Buprenorphine (n = 1; 1%)

-

12.0

-

12.02

  1. BMI = body mass index; IQR = interquartile range; NRTI = nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI = protease inhibitor;
  2. NNRTI = non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
  3. 1Three patients had no HIV-1 RNA plasma concentration available at baseline, two patients in the treatment-naive subgroup and one in the restart subgroup; 2n = 1