The Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of 2-Drug Dolutegravir-Lamivudine Regimens for the Treatment of HIV Infection in the United States
Girouard MP, Sax PE, Parker RA, Taiwo B, Freedberg KA, Gulick RM, Weinstein MC, Paltiel AD, Walensky RP. The Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of 2-Drug Dolutegravir-Lamivudine Regimens for the Treatment of HIV Infection in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 62: 784-791. PMID: 26658053, PMCID: PMC4772845, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioStandard of careVirologic suppressionART costsBudget impactHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatmentART-naive patientsDTG/ABC/3TCVirologic suppression ratesSubsequent virologic failureCost-effectiveness ratioPerson/yearInitial regimenAntiretroviral therapyInduction regimenNaive patientsVirologic failureAntiretroviral agentsDual therapyHIV infectionTwo-drugDolutegravirVirus treatmentRegimenSurvival rate