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. 2017 Feb 2;12(2):e0170661. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170661

Table 2. Primary reason for treatment modification during follow-up.

Overall cohort After Propensity matching
Non-STR
(n = 2713)
STR
(n = 499)
p Non-STR
(n = 487)
STR
(n = 487)
p
Patients without treatment modification 878 (32.4%) 291 (58.3%) <0.001 181 (37.2%) 282 (57.9%) <0.001
Reason for treatment modification, n (%)
 Adverse event 553 (20.4%) 156 (31.3%) <0.001 101 (20.7%) 154 (31.6%) <0.001
 Virological failure 154 (5.7%) 10 (2.0%) <0.001 20 (4.1%) 10 (2.1%) 0.0951
 Simplification 723 (26.6%) 0 (0%) - 126 (25.9%) 0 (0%) -
 Other 405 (14.9%) 42 (8.4%) <0.001 59 (12.1%) 41 (8.4%) 0.072

STR, single tablet regimen; Other includes: pregnancy (planned or ongoing), patient willingness, poor adherence, drug-drug interaction, enrollment in clinical trial, toxicity prevention such as switch from didanosine or stavudine to other drugs when the toxicities of these molecules were widely recognized.