Table 2. Major Prospective Salvage Studies

Study (Reference) Population Regimen Result

ACTG 372b (4) N = 94 IDV-experienced, NNRTI-naive EFV + ADV + either (1) ABC + NFV (2) ABC (3) NRTIs + NFV (4) NRTIs NFV groups superior; 45% had VL <500 at 16 weeks. No difference between ABC and NRTIs.
ACTG 359 (6) N = 277 IDV-experienced, NNRTI-naive VL: 2,000-200,000 SQV/RTV or SQV/NFV + either (1) DLV (2) ADV (3) DLV + ADV DLV groups superior; 40% had VL<=500 at 16 weeks. No difference between SQV/RTV and SQV/NFV.
CNAA 2007 (7) N = 90 heavily treatment-experienced ABC + EFV + APV Overall, 26% had VL <400 at 16 weeks; in subgroup analysis, NNRTI-naive and baseline VL <40,000 were superior.
ACTG 373 (8) N = 54 APV-experienced (30 patients with VL <500) d4T + 3TC + NVP + IDV 80% had VL <500 by 12 weeks, continuing for 60 weeks (on-treatment analysis).
ABT-765 (9) N = 70 PI-experienced, NNRTI-naive. VL: 1,000-100,000 ABT-378 + low dose RTV + 2 NRTIs + NVP 77% had VL <400 at 24 weeks (intent-to-treat analysis).

IDV denotes indinavir; EFV, efavirenz; ADV, adefovir dipivoxil; ABC, abacavir; NFV, nelfinavir; VL, viral load (expressed in copies/ml); SQV, saquinavir; RTV, ritonavir; DLV, delavirdine; APV, amprenavir; and NVP, nevirapine.