HIV/AIDS Therapy
Study results from University of Pavia update understanding of HIV/AIDS therapy
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 17th, 2007
Data detailed in "Evaluation of Elisa test for therapeutic monitoring of Nelfinavir in HIV-positive patients" have been presented. According to a study from Pavia, Italy, "Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an important tool in the management of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. The gold standard for measuring drugs plasma levels is High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Assay (HPLC) however it is technically-demanding and time-consuming."
"We evaluated a new immunoenzymatic test (TDM-ELISA, Biostrands, Trieste, Italy) for nelfinavir and its active metabolite M8 in comparison with HPLC. A statistically significant difference in Ctrough between the two different tests was...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-09-17)
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