Conference Summaries: Day One<BR> Sunday, January 30, 2000

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Conference Summaries: Day One
Sunday, January 30, 2000

Opening Session
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Bernard Fields Memorial Lecture: Our Retroviral Heritage
- Keynote Lecture: The State of HIV Vaccine Research
Session 4 -- Metabolic Abnormalities/Fat Redistribution: Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk Factors
Coverage by Alvan Fisher, M.D.
- Poster 13: Prevalence of Metabolic Complications in a Large Diverse Cohort of HIV-Infected Persons
- Poster 18: Fat Distribution and Retinoid-like Symptoms are Infrequent in NRTI-Experienced Subjects Treated with Amprenavir
Session 5 -- Gender Differences in Body Habitus Changes/Fat Redistribution
Coverage by Alvan Fisher, M.D.
- Poster 26: Gender Differences in HIV-Associated Adipose Redistribution Syndrome (HARS): An Update
Session 6 -- Cardiovascular Complications of Antiretroviral Therapy
Coverage by Ian Frank, M.D.
Session 7 -- Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Metabolic Abnormalities
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Session 8 -- Metabolic Complications: Effects of Switching Antiretroviral Therapy and Other Interventions
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
Session 8 -- Metabolic Complications: Effects of Switching Antiretroviral Therapy and Other Interventions
Coverage by Doug Ward, M.D.
Session 9 -- Complications of Therapy: Mitochondrial Dysfunction/Lactic Acidosis
Coverage by Alvan Fisher, M.D.
- Poster 56: Hyperlactatemia in 20 Patients Receiving NRTI Combination Regimens
- Poster 59: Four Cases of Fatal Lactic Acidosis Due to Mitochondrial Toxicity of NRTI Treatment: Analysis of Clinical Features and Risk Factors
Session 12 -- Adherence to Chemotherapeutic Regimens
Coverage by Paul Sax, M.D.
- Poster 73: Non-adherence to Triple Combination Is Predictive of AIDS Progression and Death in HIV-Positive Men and Women
- Poster 74: Application and Outcome of Two Strategies to Increase HIV Medication Adherence: Life Steps and Medication Monitoring
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Poster 69: Adherence and Viral Load in HIV-Infected Drug Users: Comparison of Self-Report and Medication Event Monitors (MEMS)
- Poster 71: Impact of Directly Observed Therapy on Outcomes in HIV Clinical Trials
Session 13 -- Pharmacology: Drug Interactions
Coverage by Rick Stryker, M.D., M.P.H.
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
Session 14 -- Pharmacology of Antiretroviral Drugs
Coverage by Rick Stryker, M.D., M.P.H.
- Poster 99: Pharmacokinetics of a Second-Generation NNRTI, DPC 083, after Multiple Oral Doses in Healthy Volunteers
- Poster 102: Pharmacokinetics of a Second-Generation NNRTI, DPC 961, after Multiple Oral Doses in Healthy Volunteers
Session 22 -- Symposium: New Drug Targets: Integrase Inhibitors
Coverage by Paul Sax, M.D.
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Symposium Summary
Session 24 -- Symposium: Emerging Issues in Hepatitis C Infection
Coverage by Seattle Treatment Education Project
Session 28 -- Metabolic Complications of Antiretroviral Therapy
Coverage by Ian Frank, M.D.
Coverage by Paul Sax, M.D.
- Slide 207: Accelerated Bone Mineral Loss in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Potent Antiretroviral Therapy
- Slide 208: Osteopenia in a Randomized, Multicenter Study of Protease Inhibitor (PI) Substitution in Patients with the Lipodystrophy Syndrome and Well-Controlled HIV Viremia

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