Systematic Reviews of Treatments for HIV and AIDS

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for HIV and AIDS.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Interventions for HIV-associated nephropathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is a kidney disease common among HIV positive patients, especially patients of African origin. The condition rapidly deteriorates if left untreated. Various treatment options exist, but the benefit of each is unknown. ...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   A combination drug of abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine (Trizivir®) for treating HIV infection and AIDS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The primary objective of this review was to evaluate the antiviral efficacy of co-formulated zidovudine-lamivudine-abacavir (Trizivir®) for initial treatment of HIV infection. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the ...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Interventions for previously untreated patients with AIDS-associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Publisher:   Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. There are two general types: Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common AIDS-defining malignancy in HIV-infected patients. The most frequent clinical p...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Deworming helminth co-infected individuals for delaying HIV disease progression
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Persons in resource-constrained settings are often disproportionately affected by both HIV-1 and other infectious diseases, such as helminth infections. Helminths are parasitic organisms that live within the human body. Over one-third of the world's pop...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Iron supplementation for reducing morbidity and mortality in children with HIV
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia is one of the most common haematologic problem found in children with HIV/AIDS, second only to depletion of CD4/helper T lymphocytes. Anaemia in HIV-infected children can be caused by direct effects of HIV, other prevalent infections and opport...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy on tuberculosis and mortality in HIV-infected children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tuberculosis (TB) is a common cause of severe lung disease and death in children infected with HIV, particularly those living in areas of high TB prevalence; thus, preventing the infection and disease in HIV-infected children is potentially an important...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretrovirals for people with HIV
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Monitoring the levels of HIV medications (antiretrovirals) in the blood of patients can reveal if levels are too high or too low. High levels may lead to side effects and low levels may not prevent the virus from multiplying. Prevention of virus replica...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Antimotility agents for chronic diarrhoea in people with HIV/AIDS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with HIV/AIDS often develop prolonged diarrhoea which are sometimes not caused by infections. This is more so in the sub-Saharan Africa where drugs for controlling HIV itself i.e. antiretroviral drugs (ARV) may not be widely available or affordab...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Antiretroviral regimens for patients with HIV who fail first-line antiretroviral therapy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Highly active antiretroviral therapy has markedly reduced the morbidity and mortality of HIV-infected persons worldwide. There are many options for first-line ART, but second-line therapy is necessary for persons for fail the first-line treatment. This ...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Megestrol acetate improves appetite and weight gain in patients with anorexia cachexia syndrome related to cancer.Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly i...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Treatment of acute cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infected adults, with an emphasis on resource-limited settings
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Despite the advent and increasingly wide availability of antiretroviral therapy for people with HIV/AIDS, cryptococcal meningitis remains a significant cause of death and illness amongst individuals with HIV infection in resource-limited settings (poor ...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Rifabutin for treating pulmonary tuberculosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Among current challenges in tuberculosis treatment are reducing the length of time that drugs must be taken to less than six months and find\ing ways to safely combine tuberculosis drugs with those used in the treatment of HIV infection. Rifabutin is a ...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Nutritional interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Achieving and maintaining optimal nutrition is considered an important adjunct in the clinical care of patients infected with HIV, as good nutrition can improve an individual's immune function, limit disease-specific complications, and improve quality o...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin's lymphoma in treatment-naive adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. Lymphomas are classified into two general types: Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Hodgkin's disease is the most common non-AIDS-defining malignancy in HIV-infected patients. Randomised controll...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Interventions for squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in HIV-infected individuals
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review was conducted to evaluate the effects of the current interventions. No randomised controlled trials of any interventions for this cancer were found. Current clinical practice appears to be based on case series and case reports. These are wea...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Adjunctive therapies for AIDS dementia complex
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The authors did a systematic review of ten studies, to see if adjunctive therapies (supplemental to the main treatment) for AIDS dementia were effective and safe. They found no evidence that adjunctive therapies had any effect on the patients They did f...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Interventions for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density associated with HIV infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Osteoporosis is caused by bone loss, and people who have the condition are at higher risk of having a fracture. Measuring a person's bone mass density (BMD) is a way to measure his or her risk of having a fracture due to fragile bones. Decreased BMD is ...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Cotrimoxazole for prophylaxis or treatment of opportunistic infections of HIV/AIDS in patients with previous history of hypersensitivity to cotrimoxazole
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Opportunistic infections are a threat to the lives and health of people living with HIV. Cotrimoxazole, an antibiotic also known as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, is used in the treatment and prevention of several opportunistic infections. In patients w...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Millions of children worldwide acquire HIV/AIDS as a result of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) during either pregnancy or breastfeeding. This is the primary means of infection for children under the age of 15 years. Researchers theorized that a cou...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Patient support and education for promoting adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People living with HIV/AIDS are required to achieve high levels of adherence to benefit from many antiretroviral regimens. This review identified 19 studies involving a total of 2,159 participants that evaluated an intervention intended to improve adher...
Date:   May 2006
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