Effects of traditional Chinese medicine on CD4 + T cell counts and HIV viral loads during structured treatment interruption in highly active antiretroviral therapy / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
; (6): 658-661, 2006.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the impacts of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on CD4 + T cell counts and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral loads during the course of structured treatment interruption (STI) in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Nineteen HIV/ADIS patients were treated for 14 months as follows initiated with zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirdine for 6 months, then discontinued the therapy and treated with TCM instead for 2 months. HAART was then reinitiated for another 3 months, and then discontinued and replaced with TCM for another 3 months. The changes of CD4 + T cell counts and HIV viral loads were measured.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>During the first STI of HAART, 43.8% of patients had no viral rebounds one month later, and 62.6% had stable or increased immune functions; 18.8% had no viral rebounds two months later, and 43.8% had stable or increased immune functions. Changes of viral loads were not significantly different between these two months (P = 0.097), while CD4 + T cell counts significantly decreased two months later compared with one month later (P = 0.043). During the second STI of HAART, 33.3% of patients had no viral rebounds one month later, and 64.3% had stable or increased immune functions; 13.3% had no viral rebounds 3 months later and 46.6% had stable or increased immune functions. Changes of viral loads had significant difference (P = 0. 017), while CD4 + T cell counts at month 12 elevated significantly compared with the baseline (P = 0.014).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>TCM can suppress the viral rebounds during STI-HAART, maintain immune functions. However, this effect may decrease along with the prolongation of STI-HAART.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Fatores de Tempo
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Virologia
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Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas
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Zidovudina
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Infecções por HIV
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Seguimentos
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Contagem de Linfócito CD4
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Lamivudina
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Zh
Ano de publicação:
2006
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Article