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Next generation sequencing of HIV-1 protease in the PIVOT trial of protease inhibitor monotherapy.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2018
Dunn David T, Stöhr Wolfgang, Arenas-Pinto Alejandro, Tostevin Anna, Mbisa Jean L, Paton Nicholas I
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BACKGROUND: The PIVOT trial examined whether patients with suppressed viral load on combination antiretroviral therapy could be safely switched long-term to ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI) monotherapy. The main trial publication reported that only one of 296 patients allocated to PI monotherapy experienced a loss of drug options due to protease mutations (identified by local Sanger sequencing resistance...
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