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. 2020 Mar 10;9:2019-11-1. doi: 10.7573/dic.2019-11-1

Table 1.

ARVs and TB treatment use in renal dysfunction.

CrCl (mL/min) Haemodialysis (HD) (dose after dialysis) Peritoneal dialysis Continuous renal replacement therapy
>50 (Usual adult dose) 10–50 < 10
NRTIs
Abacavir 600 mg daily or 300 mg twice daily No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment
Emtricitabine capsules 200 mg daily 30–49: 200 mg q48h
15–29: 200 mg q72h
< 15: 200 mg q96h 200 mg q96h No data No data
Emtricitabine oral solution 240 mg daily 30–49: 120 mg q24h
15–29: 80 mg q24h
< 15: 60 mg q24h 60 mg q24h No data No data
Lamivudine 300 mg daily or 150 mg twice daily 50–150 mg q24h 25–50 mg q24h 25–50 mg q24h 25–50 mg q24h 100 mg first day, then 50 mg q24h
Stavudine 30–40 mg twice daily 15–20 mg q12h ≥ 60 kg: 20 mg q24h < 60 kg: 15 mg q24h ≥ 60 kg: 20 mg q24h < 60 kg: 15 mg q24h No data 30–40 mg q12h
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg daily 30–49: 300 mg q48h
10–29: 300 mg q72–96h
No data 300 mg q7d No data No data
Zidovudine 300 mg twice daily No adjustment 100mg q8h or 300 mg daily 100 mg q8h or 300 mg daily No data 300 mg q12h
NNRTIs
Efavirenz, etravirine, nevirapine (NVP), rilpivirine, delavirine No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment, except when on NVP patients should receive an additional dose of NVP 200 mg following each dialysis treatment No adjustment No adjustment
PIs
Atazanavir (ATV), darunavir, fosamprenavir, lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), ritonavir (r), nelfinavir, saquinavir, Tipranavir No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment, except in ARV-experienced patients on HD: ATV and ATV/r are not recommended; also avoid once-daily dosing of LPV/r. No adjustment No adjustment
INSTIs
Dolutegravir, raltegravir No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment
Binding – Entry Inhibitors
Enfuvirtide No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment
Maraviroc CrCl < 30:
Without potent CYP3A inhibitors or inducers: 300 mg twice daily, reduce to 150 mg twice daily if postural hypotension occurs
With potent CYP3A inhibitors or inducers:
Not recommended
Without potent CYP3A inhibitors or inducers: 300 mg twice daily, reduce to 150 mg twice daily if postural hypotension occurs
With potent CYP3A inhibitors or inducers:
Not recommended
No data No data
TB drugs
Rifampicin 8–12 mg/kg q24h 300–600 mg q24h 300–600 mg q24h 300–600 mg q24h 300–600 mg q24h 300–600 mg q24h
Isoniazid 4–6 mg/kg q24h No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment No adjustment
Ethambutol 15–25 mg/kg q24h 30–50: 15–25 mg/kg q24–36h
10–30: 15–25 mg/kg q36–48h
15 mg/kg q48h 15 mg/kg q48h 15 mg/kg q48h 15–25 mg/kg q24h
Pyrazinamide 25 mg/kg q24h 21–50: 25 mg/kg q24h
10–20: 25 mg/kg q48h
25 mg/kg q48h 25 mg/kg q48h 25 mg/kg q24h 25 mg/kg q24h

This table is not exhaustive. Antiretrovirals such as tenofovir alafenamide, bictegravir and elvitegravir that are only available as combination products have not been included.

This table was compiled using:
  1. Gilbert DN, Eliopoulos GM, Chambers HF, Saag, MS, Pavia, AT, eds. 2019. The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy 2019 [Electronic version]. Sperryville, VA: Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.; 2019. https://webedition.sanfordguide.com/en. Accessed 21 October 2019.
  2. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in adults and adolescents with HIV. Downloaded from https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines on 22 October 2019.

ARV, antiretroviral; INSTI, integrase strand transfer inhibitor; NNRTI, non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NRTI, nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; TB, tuberculosis.