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. 2012 Dec 15;206(12):1920–1930. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis613

Table 1.

Participant and HIV-1 Disease Characteristics Among A5202 Participants With Virologic Failure With HIV-1 Genotype Results

EFV + TDF/FTC (n = 54) EFV + ABC/3TC (n = 71) ATV/r + TDF/FTC (n = 57) ATV/r + ABC/3TC (n = 83) Total (N = 265)
Pretreatment characteristics
 Sex Male 45 (83%) 60 (85%) 38 (67%) 64 (77%) 207 (78%)
 Age (y) Median (Q1, Q3) 39 (30, 43) 32 (27, 40) 39 (30, 45) 35 (30, 42) 35 (29, 43)
 Race/ethnicitya Black non-Hispanic 26 (48%) 31 (44%) 34 (60%) 36 (43%) 127 (48%)
White non-Hispanic 18 (33%) 27 (38%) 15 (26%) 25 (30%) 85 (32%)
Hispanic 10 (19%) 10 (14%) 8 (14%) 18 (22%) 46 (17%)
 Hepatitis C antibody Positive 9 (17%) 3 (4%) 6 (11%) 6 (7%) 24 (9%)
 Screening HIV-1 RNA stratum ≥100 000 22 (41%) 33 (46%) 28 (49%) 48 (58%) 131 (49%)
 Plasma HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL) Median (Q1, Q3) 4.7 (4.3, 5.0) 4.8 (4.2, 5.5) 4.6 (4.3, 4.9) 4.8 (4.5, 5.5) 4.7 (4.4, 5.3)
 CD4+ T-cell count (cells/μL) Median (Q1, Q3) 197 (51, 308) 185 (20, 324) 253 (79, 360) 90 (32, 320) 188 (38, 330)
 Genotype before screening Genotyped 21 (39%) 33 (46%) 16 (28%) 40 (48%) 110 (42%)
 Major resistance mutations Yes 7 (13%) 8 (11%) 3 (5%) 7 (8%) 25 (9%)
 Number of codons with amino acid mixtures Mean (SD) 2.4 (2.4) 2.1 (1.9) 1.7 (1.5) 2.1 (1.7) 2.1 (1.9)
Median (Q1, Q3) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3)
 Closest subtype cladeb Subtype B 51 (94%) 68 (96%) 56 (98%) 79 (95%) 254 (96%)
At the time of virologic failure
 Plasma HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL) Median (Q1, Q3) 3.6 (2.8, 4.3) 3.9 (3.2, 4.7) 3.7 (2.8, 4.5) 3.5 (2.8, 4.3) 3.6 (2.9, 4.5)
 Major resistance mutationsc Yes 34 (63%) 48 (68%) 7 (12%) 19 (23%)
 K103N and M184V/I Both 8 (15%) 17 (24%) 0 (0%) 2 (2%)
K103N without M184V/I 16 (30%) 17 (24%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
M184V/I without K103N 3 (6%) 9 (13%) 5 (9%) 12 (14%)
 Antiretroviral adherence self-reportd 100% adherent 37 (69%) 42 (60%) 33 (58%) 52 (63%) 164 (62%)
<100% adherent 7 (13%) 9 (13%) 13 (23%) 17 (21%) 46 (17%)
Not taking any antiretroviral treatment 10 (19%) 19 (27%) 11 (19%) 13 (16%) 53 (20%)
 Days between initial failure and genotype specimens Median (Q1, Q3) 28 (17, 56) 28 (14, 62) 35 (21, 80) 28 (19, 57) 28 (19, 62)
 Assigned antiretroviral treatment status No modification 38 (70%) 42 (59%) 47 (82%) 55 (66%) 182 (69%)
 Restricted to ≥100 000 screening stratum Virologic failure after DSMB recommendation 11/22 (50%) 8/33 (24%) 13/28 (46%) 16/48 (33%) 48/131 (37%)

Data are presented as no. (%) unless otherwise specified.

Abbreviations: ABC/3TC, abacavir/lamivudine; ATV/r, atazanavir/ritonavir; DSMB, data safety and monitoring board; EFV, efavirenz; HIV-1, human immunodeficiency virus type 1; Rx, treatment; TDF/FTC, tenofovir DF/emtricitabine.

a n = 7 have other race/ethnicity.

b Other observed subtypes included: A1 (n = 4), AG (n = 3), F2 (n = 2), C (n = 1), and D (n = 1).

c Includes participants with and without pretreatment resistance.

d Self-report 1 week recall, most recent report prior to virologic failure genotype sample, n = 2 with missing data.