Unmeasured confounding caused slightly better response to HAART within than outside a randomized controlled trial

Anders Bach Bergstrøm Hansen; J. Gerstoft; O. Kirk; L. Mathiesen; C. Pedersen; H. Nielsen; S. Jensen-Fangel; Henrik Toft Sørensen; N. Obel

Unmeasured confounding caused slightly better response to HAART within than outside a randomized controlled trial

Anders Bach Bergstrøm Hansen, J. Gerstoft, O. Kirk, L. Mathiesen, C. Pedersen, H. Nielsen, S. Jensen-Fangel, Henrik Toft Sørensen, N. Obel

Institut for Klinisk Medicin

10 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcome of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-infected patients initiating equivalent regimens within and outside a randomized controlled trial (RCT). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: The Danish Protease Inhibitor Study (DAPIS) was a national multicenter RCT comparing initial treatment with indinavir, ritonavir, or saquinavir/ritonavir during 96 weeks. From the Danish HIV Cohort Study we identified all patients initiating one of these protease-inhibitor-based HAART regimens: 425 patients within DAPIS and 677 outside the trial. We compared viral load, CD4 count response, and mortality. RESULTS: At weeks 96 and 240, trial participants were more likely than nonparticipants to have undetectable viral load (adjusted odds ratio [adOR] 1.28 [95% CI=0.94-1.74] and 1.70 [95% CI=1.16-2.50]) and a CD4 increase > or =100 cells/microl (adOR 1.37 [95% CI=1.03-1.82] and 1.53 [95% CI=1.04-2.25]). For antiretroviral-experienced, but not for antiretroviral-naive patients, trial participants had a lower risk of death (mortality rate ratio [MRR]=0.46 [95% CI=0.27-0.77]) than nonparticipants. This effect was moderated in adjusted analyses (MRR=0.60 [0.33-1.07]). CONCLUSIONS: Compared to nontrial patients, trial participants had better response to HAART. The differences were small defying the notion that results obtained in RCTs are unachievable in routine clinical practice
Udgivelsesdato: 2008/1

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Vol/bind	61
Udgave nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	87-94
Antal sider	7
ISSN	0895-4356
Status	Udgivet - 2008

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