Probable hepatotoxicity with dolutegravir

Hepatotoxicity associated with statins.

Severe Thrombocytopenia During Dolutegravir-containing Antiretroviral Therapy

A 56-year-old Japanese man diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and cytomegalovirus infection presented with thrombocytopenia after starting antiretroviral therapy, which included dolutegravir (DTG). Although good control of the human immunodeficiency virus and cytomegalovirus infections was achieved, the patient's thrombocytopenia persisted. The p...

Adverse events of raltegravir and dolutegravir

OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency and risk factors of toxicity-related treatment discontinuations between raltegravir and dolutegravir. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS All antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve and ART-experienced HIV-infected individuals from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study who initiated raltegravir or dolutegravir between 2006 and 2015 were investigated concerning treatm...

Reasons for Discontinuation of Dual Therapy with Dolutegravir and Rilpivirine

Enhanced Eryptosis Following Exposure to Dolutegravir.

BACKGROUND/AIMS The viral integrase enzyme inhibitor dolutegravir is utilized for the treatment of immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Knowledge on cytotoxicity of dolutegravir is limited. The present study thus explored, whether dolutegravir is able to trigger suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis, which is characterized by cell shrinkage and cell membrane scrambling with phosphatidylser...