Comparative evaluation of ARV therapy efficiency among patients at the Kiev regional AIDS center

Results Number of tested patients: 924(2008) 952(2009) Among them, number of patients who received ARV therapy during 1 year: 170(2008) 169(2009) Number of faults (both virological and immunological) abs\% from all persons who received ARV therapy: 58\32%(2008) 53\31% (2009) Structure and % of the faults to the whole number of tested patients: 1. Only virological faults: 3\1%(2008) 2\1%(2009) 2. Only immunological faults: 41\24%(2008) 31\18%(2009) 3. Both virological and immunological faults: 14\7%(2008) 20\12%(2009) All patients, who had both virological and immunological faults of the therapy, were suggested to change the scheme of the therapy. The effectiveness of these changes was analyzed after 6 month by the same criteria: • Detected viral load level • CD4 cells level lower than 200 cells/ml. Effective change of the scheme of the ARV therapy: 10\71% (2008) 12\60% (2009) Faults of the changed scheme of the ARV therapy : 3 \21%(2008) 7\35%(2009)