Time to Viral Re-suppression and Its Predictors among Adults on Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in South Wollo Zone Public Hospitals: Stratified Cox Model.

Dagnachew Melak Shambel Wodajo Reta Dewau

Published in: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) (2023)

Median time to viral re-suppression after switching to second-line ART was 10 months. In the stratified Cox model, female sex, baseline viral copies, second-line regimen type, and BMI at switch were statistically significant predictors of time to viral resuppression. Different stakeholders working on the HIV program should maintain viral resuppression by addressing significant predictors, and ART clinicians should consider ritonavir-boosted lopinavir based second-line ART for newly switched patients.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
sars cov
hiv positive
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected patients
hiv aids
healthcare
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
body mass index
emergency department
men who have sex with men
hiv testing
adverse drug
electronic health record