Posters

1.Interruption of Antiretroviral Therapy and Changes in Hyaluronic Acid as Marker of Liver Fibrosis Progression in SMART Viral Hepatitis Coinfected Participants and Matched Controls. L Peters, J Neuhaus, A Mocroft, V Soriano, J Rockstroh, G Dore, M Puoti, E Tedaldi, B Clotet, B Kupfer, JD Lundgren, MB Klein for the INSIGHT SMART Study Group.
Poster 337 KB

2. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Reinitiation and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Rebound among HIV – HBV Coinfected Patients following ART interruption in the SMART Study. V. Soriano. Poster

3.Does Treatment Interruption within the SMART trial lead to changes in hepatitis C virus load in HIV-/HCV-coinfected patients? J Rockstroh. Poster

4.Does Activation of Inflammatory and Coagulation Pathways Independently Predict the Development of Opportunistic Disease in Patients with HIV Infection? A Rodger. Poster

XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, August 2008

Oral presentations

1 Use of nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-infected patients enrolled in the SMART study. JD Lundgren and the SMART/INSIGHT and D:A:D Study Groups.
Slides 127 KB

15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, February 2008

Oral Presentations

1 Elevated levels of interleukin-6 and D-dimer are associated with an increased risk of death in patients with HIV. L and the SMART study group
Abstract No. 139

2 Re-initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the CD4-guided ART interruption group in the SMART study lowers risk of opportunistic disease or death. W El-Sadr and the SMART study group
Abstract No. 36

4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenisis, Treatment and Prevention, Sydney, July 2007

Oral Presentations

1 Higher rate of antiretroviral therapy reinitiation among HIV-HBV coinfected patients in the episodic therapy arm of the SMART study. G Dore, V Soriano, J Neuhaus, L Peters, M Puoti, J Rockstroh, M Klein, E Tedaldi, A Mocroft, B Clotet, JD Lundgren; For the SMART study group and INSIGHT

2 Opportunistic disease and mortality in patients co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the SMART (Strategic Management of Antiretroviral Therapy) study. E Tedaldi, M Puoti, J Neuhaus, L Peters, J Rockstroh, M Klein, G Dore, A Mocroft, V Soriano, B Clotet, JD Lundgren; For the SMART study group and INSIGHT

The XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006

Oral Presentation

1 Progression of HIV-related disease or death (POD) in the randomised SMART study:why was the risk of POD greater in the CD4 guided ((re)-initiate ART at CD4<250 cells/µL) drug conservation (DC) vs the virological suppression(VS) arm? Jens D. Lundgren on behalf of the SMART study group.