Determination of Phenotypic Clinical Cutoffs for Atazanavir and Atazanavir/Ritonavir

EP Coakley, C Chappey, JF Maa, S Wang, M Bates, V Wirtz, D Seekins ViroLogic, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, Bristol-Myers Squibb Virology, Plainsboro, NJ

Atazanavir (ATV)/ Reyataz) 400mg daily and atazanavir/ritonavir /ATV/r (ATV 300mg daily with ritonavir 100 mg daily) are widely used in combination treatment of HIV-1. The PhenoSense assay currently utilizes a biologic cutoff for ATV at 2.3 fold change (FC). The current study seeks to define a phenotypic clinical cutoff for ATV and ATV/r, above which virologic response to therapy begins to decrease.

Data from two clinical trials in subjects with prior PI failure, BMS AI424-043 (ATV+2NRTIs) and AI424-045 (ATV/r+TDF+1NRTI), were included for all subjects treated through Week 24 having baseline phenotype, baseline viral load ≥400 copies/mL, and viral load at Weeks 12 and/or 24 (ATV n=131 and ATV/r n=111).

ATV phenotyping (PhenoSense) was performed at baseline and correlated with virologic outcome within each study. Efficacy outcomes focused on change in viral load from baseline and the proportion of subjects with HIV-1 RNA levels <400 copies/mL at Week 24.

Logistic regression and Fischer’s exact tests were used to identify the ATV and ATV/r FC cutoffs.

Results

·  For the 043 and 045 studies, the median baseline HIV-1 RNA value was 15,477 and 29,898 copies/mL, respectively, and the median (range) baseline FC to ATV was 1.2 (0.4-90) and 1.2 (0.2-57), respectively. 

·  In 043, the proportion of subjects with HIV RNA <400 copies/mL at 24 weeks was relatively constant below 2.2-fold but was reduced at higher FCs (p=0.001).

·   The proportion with HIV RNA <400 copies/mL at 24 weeks with baseline ATV FC <2.2 or ≥2.2 was 76% and 45%, respectively.

·  In 045, the proportion of subjects with HIV RNA <400 copies/mL at 24 weeks was relatively constant below 5.2-fold but was reduced at higher FCs (p<0.0001).

·  The proportions with HIV RNA <400 copies/mL at 24 weeks among those with baseline ATV FC <5.2 or ≥5.2 was 77% and 12%, respectively.

In conclusion, the authors write, “In these PI-experienced study populations, the overall treatment responses to ATV and ATV/r were high. Optimum responses to ATV were observed at FCs <2.2 in the 043 cohort and to ATV/r at FCs <5.2 in the 045 cohort.

06/15/05

Reference
E P Coakley and others. Determination of Phenotypic Clinical Cutoffs for Atazanavir and Atazanavir/Ritonavir: AI424-043 and AI424-045. Abstract 6 (oral). XIV International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop: Basic Principles and Clinical Implications. June 7-11, 2005. Québec City, Québec, Canada.

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