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CCO Independent Conference Coverage

2007 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy*

September 17-20, 2007 | Chicago, Illinois

*CCO is an independent medical education company that provides state-of-the-art medical information to healthcare professionals through conference coverage and other educational programs.

HIV Highlights From ICAAC

Track 1 of 1

Faculty:

Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MDJoel E. Gallant, MD, MPHTrevor Hawkins, MD
  • Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD
  • Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH
  • Trevor Hawkins, MD

Slideset Module

HIV Highlights

Faculty:

Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD
  • Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD

CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 10/30/07

Expiration Date: 10/29/08


Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Registered Nurses: 1.0 Nursing contact hour

Pharmacists: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs)

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Joseph J. Eron Jr., MD, reviews the most clinically relevant new data from the 2007 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss investigational regimens for the treatment of antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients
  • Describe the effect of tropism on HIV disease progression and treatment outcomes
  • Recall studies of novel agents, including integrase inhibitors and entry inhibitors, for the management of treatment-experienced patients

HIV Highlights

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Joseph J. Eron Jr., MD, discusses the highlights from the 2007 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy


Format: Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) | File size: 1,009 KB | Date posted: 10/16/2007


Expert Highlights

Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH headshot

Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH, discusses how data presented at ICAAC 2007 may impact decision making on when to begin antiretroviral therapy. (5 minutes)

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Trevor Hawkins, MD headshot

Trevor Hawkins, MD, reports on efficacy and safety data presented at ICAAC 2007 on the investigational antiretroviral integrase inhibitors raltegravir and elvitegravir. (8 minutes)

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Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD headshot

Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD, discusses new data presented at ICAAC 2007 from the ARTEMIS study comparing the boosted protease inhibitor darunavir/ritonavir with the fixed-dose protease inhibitor lopinavir/ritonavir. (4 minutes)

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Eric S. Daar, MD headshot

Eric S. Daar, MD, discusses reports on viral tropism and tropism assays and the various types of viral entry inhibitors that were presented at the 2007 ICAAC conference. (12 minutes)

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Capsule Summary:

MOTIVATE Data Suggest Majority of Cases of Treatment Failure on Maraviroc Associated With Outgrowth of Dual/Mixed-Tropic or X4 Virus From Minority Baseline Populations, With Reversion to R5 HIV After Maraviroc Discontinuation

Follow-up data from MOTIVATE trials suggest that preexisting dual/mixed viruses can emerge with maraviroc treatment, although R5 virus reemerges after withdrawal of maraviroc.

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