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Clinical Trial
. 2010 Sep 10;24(14):2193-200.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833ce57d.

Pharmacokinetics and virologic response of zidovudine/lopinavir/ritonavir initiated during the third trimester of pregnancy

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Pharmacokinetics and virologic response of zidovudine/lopinavir/ritonavir initiated during the third trimester of pregnancy

Tim R Cressey et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the pharmacokinetics and HIV viral load response following initiation during the third trimester of pregnancy of zidovudine plus standard-dose lopinavir boosted with ritonavir (LPV/r), twice daily, until delivery for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Design: Prospective study nested within a multicenter, three-arm, randomized, phase III prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV trial in Thailand (PHPT-5, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00409591).

Methods: Women randomized to receive 300 mg zidovudine and 400/100 mg LPV/r twice daily from 28 weeks' gestation, or as soon as possible thereafter, until delivery had intensive steady-state 12-h blood sampling performed. LPV/r pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated using noncompartmental analysis. Rules were defined a priori for a LPV/r dose escalation based on the proportion of women with an LPV area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) below 52 microg h/ml (10th percentile for LPV AUC in nonpregnant adults). HIV-1 RNA response was assessed during the third trimester.

Results: Thirty-eight women were evaluable; at entry, median (range) gestational age was 29 (28-36) weeks, weight 59.5 (45.0-91.6) kg, CD4 cells count 442 (260-1327) cells/microl and HIV-1 RNA viral load 7818 (<40-402 015) copies/ml. Geometric mean (90% confidence interval) LPV AUC, Cmax and Cmin were 64.6 (59.7-69.8) microg h/ml, 8.1 (7.5-8.7) microg/ml and 2.7 (2.4-3.0) microg/ml, respectively. Thirty-one of 38 (81%) women had an LPV AUC above the AUC target. All women had a HIV-1 viral load less than 400 copies/ml at the time of delivery.

Conclusion: A short course of zidovudine plus standard-dose LPV/r initiated during the third trimester of pregnancy achieved adequate LPV exposure and virologic response.

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Figure 1
Individual Lopinavir Concentration vs. Time curves for HIV-infected Thai pregnant women using 400/100 mg, twice daily during the third trimester. The dashed line represents the typical 50th percentile concentrations in non-pregnant historical patients.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Individual HIV-1 RNA viral load responses for 22 HIV-infected antiretroviral naïve Thai women after initiating a short course of zidovudine plus standard dose lopinavir/ritonavir during the third trimester of pregnancy until delivery.

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