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Safety and Efficacy of Lamivudine-Zidovudine Combination Therapy in Antiretroviral-Naive PatientsA Randomized Controlled Comparison With Zidovudine Monotherapy
Christine Katlama, MD;
Didier Ingrand, MD;
Clive Loveday, PhD;
Nathan Clumeck, MD;
Jose Mallolas, MD;
Schlomo Staszewski, MD;
Margaret Johnson, MD;
Andrew M. Hill;
Gill Pearce, PhD;
Hugh McDade, FRCP
JAMA. 1996;276(2):118-125.
Abstract
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Objective.
—To compare safety and efficacy of lamivudine-zidovudine combination therapy with zidovudine monotherapy in treating human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)—infected, antiretroviral therapy—naive patients.
Design.
—Double=blind, randomized, multicenter, comparative trial of 129 patients throughout 24 weeks followed by 24 weeks of open-label lamivudine in combination with zidovudine.
Setting.
—Outpatients from 14 hospitals in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom were enrolled within 6 months.
Patients.
—HIV-1—positive, antiretroviral-naive ( 4 weeks prior zidovudine use) patients aged at least 18 years with CD4+ cell counts between 0.10x109/L and 0.40x109/L(100-400/µL).
Intervention.
—Patients received either 300 mg of lamivudine every 12 hours in combination with 200 mg of zidovudine every 8 hours for 24 weeks or zidovudine monotherapy for 24 weeks. All patients were then allowed to receive zidovudine in combination with open-label lamivudine (300 mg every 12 hours).
Main Outcome Measures.
—Effecacy was assessed by changes in CD4+ cell counts, β2-microglobulin, neopterin, HIV-1 immune-complex dissociated (ICD) p24 antigenemia, and HIV-1 viral load. Safety was assessed by incidence of adverse clinical events and defined laboratory-measured toxic effects.
Results.
—Combination therapy showed superior treatment effects compared with monotherapy during the first 24 weeks as documented by changes in CD4+ cell counts (increase of 0.08x109/L vs 0.02x109/L; P<.001), ICDp24(–88%vs –49%; P=.04), cellular viremia (–1.27 vs –0.20 log10 median tissue-culture infected dose [TCID50] per 106 peripheral blood mononuclear cells; P=.001), and viral load measured by HIV-1 RNA polymerase chain reaction using a Roche method (–1.33 vs –0.57 log10copies/mL; P=.001) oran immune-capture method (–0.6 vs 0.14 log10 copies/mL; P=.008). Observed changes were sustained to 48 weeks for patients continuing to receive combination therapy. Patients switching to receive combination therapy at week 24 showed improvements in CD4+ cell count and viral load to week 48. Mutation results suggested that mutations associated with zidovudine resistance may have developed more slowly over the first 24 weeks in patients receiving combination therapy. In contrast, mutations associated with lamivudine resistance appeared to develop rapidly, despite sustained antiviral treatment effect. However, the number of patients evaluated for genotypic changes was small, and confirmation of these results is needed in larger studies. No statistically significant differences in incidence or severity of clinically manifested or laboratory-measured toxic effects were noted between treatment groups.
Conclusions.
—The combination of lamivudine and zidovudine results in a potent and sustained antiviral effect in antiretroviral-naive patients that is superior to that observed with zidovudine monotherapy.
Author Affiliations
for the Lamivudine European HIV Working Group
From the Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtriere, Paris, France (Drs Katlama and Ingrand); University College London (England) Medical School (Dr Loveday); St Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium (Dr Clumeck); Hospital Clinico y Provincial, Barcelona, Spain (Dr Mallolas); Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany (Dr Staszewski); The Royal Free Hospital, London (Dr Johnson); and the Divisions of Biostatistics and Reporting (Mr Hill), and European Anti-viral Clinical Research (Drs Pearce and McDade), Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Greenford, England.
Footnotes
A complete list of the members of the Lamivudine European HIV Working Group appears at the end of this article.
Corresponding author: Christine Katlama, MD, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Parasitaires et Tropicales, Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtriere, 47 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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