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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Antivir Ther. 2013 Aug 20;18(6):793–802. doi: 10.3851/IMP2676

Table 5.

Assessment of Physician Drug Dosing using unadjusted Estimating Equations

Drug
(N Dosing
level)
Recommended
Dosages (PO)
GFR
range
(mL/min)
N
received
this dose
CKD-EPI MDRD Study Cockcroft-Gault
N in this
GFR
category
N not
dosed
correctly
N in this
GFR
category
N not
dosed
correctly
N in this
GFR
category
N not
dosed
correctly
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI)
Tenofovir (5) 300 mg once daily >49 124 118 6 116 8 115 9
300mg every 48h 30 to 49 0 7 0 9 0 10 0
300mg twice weekly 10 to 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
No recommendation <10/ No HD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300mg every 7d HD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total (%) 125 (100) 7 (6) 9 (7) 10 (8)

Emtricitabine
(4)
200mg daily >49 103 98 5 96 7 95 8
200mg every 48h 30 to 49 0 5 0 7 0 8 0
200mg every 72h 15 to 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200mg every 96h <15 or HD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total (%) 103 (100) 5 (5) 7 (7) 8 (8)

Combination Pills

Tenofovir/
emtricitabine
(3)
1 tablet once daily >49 43 39 4 37 6 35 8
1 tablet every 48h 30 to 49 0 4 0 6 0 8 0
Not recommended <30 or HD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total (%) 43 (100) 4 (9) 6 (14) 8 (19)

Tenofovir/
emtricitabine/
efavirenz (2)
1 tablet once daily >50 37 36 1 35 2 36 1
Not recommended <50 0 1 0 2 0 1 0

Total (%) 37 (100) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1 (3)

Abacavir/
lamivudine
(2)
1 tablet once daily >50 24 21 3 21 3 22 2
Not recommended <50 0 3 0 3 0 2 0

Total (%) 24 (100) 3 (13) 3 (13) 2 (8)

Abbreviations: CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration; MDRD Study, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study; GFR, glomerular filtration rate

Tenofovir (Viread®), Emtricitabine (Emtriva®), tenofovir/ emtricitabine (Truvada®), tenofovir/ emtricitabine/ efavirenz (Atripla™), abacavir/lamivudine (Epzicom™ )