2018
The cost‐effectiveness and budgetary impact of a dolutegravir‐based regimen as first‐line treatment of HIV infection in India
Zheng A, Kumarasamy N, Huang M, Paltiel AD, Mayer KH, Rewari BB, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA. The cost‐effectiveness and budgetary impact of a dolutegravir‐based regimen as first‐line treatment of HIV infection in India. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2018, 21: e25085. PMID: 29603882, PMCID: PMC5878415, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCost-Benefit AnalysisDrug CostsFemaleHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingHIV InfectionsHIV Integrase InhibitorsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxazinesPiperazinesPyridonesConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioStandard of careAntiretroviral therapyTenofovir disoproxil fumarateHIV infectionRecent guidelinesFirst-line antiretroviral therapyFirst-line HIV treatmentLifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratioART-naive patientsDolutegravir-based regimenDTG-based regimenFirst-line treatmentClinical trial dataCost-effectiveness ratioLifetime care costsInitial therapyVirologic suppressionCD4 countHIV diseaseRegimen costsDisoproxil fumarateHIV treatmentAIDS complicationsCare costs
2015
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