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Deep sequencing reveals underestimated burden of integrase inhibitor resistance mutations in people living with HIV: a global individual patient data meta-analysis

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Defu Yuan
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Fei Zhao
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Yangyang Liu *
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Shanshan Liu *
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Hongxia Yan *
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Lifeng Liu *
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Tong Zhang
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王蓓 (Bei Wang) *
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Bin Su *
DOI:10.1080/22221751.2025.2595793delete
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Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) have emerged as cornerstone agents in global antiretroviral therapy, though growing drug resistance presents clinical challenges. Conventional Sanger sequencing may underestimate the burden of low-frequency variants. This global meta-analysis systematically assesses the actual INSTI resistance burden among people living with HIV (PLWH) through deep sequencing technology. Our comprehensive search across Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Scopus (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023495535) identified studies utilizing deep sequencing for HIV integrase resistance detection. Through meta-analysis and individual participant data (IPD) analysis using HIVdb (v9.8), we differentiated pretreatment (PDR) and acquired (ADR) drug resistance, quantifying mutation rates, resistance rates, and missed detection across thresholds (above-threshold, high-frequency, low-frequency). The analysis incorporated 40 studies with 46 datapoints involving 10,778 patients. Treatment-naïve PLWH demonstrated above-threshold, high-frequency, and low-frequency mutation rates of 9.92%, 7.29%, and 5.88%, respectively, corresponding to resistance rates of 2.60%, 0.09%, and 3.90%. Treated patients showed elevated mutation rates of 19.02%, 16.64%, and 10.23%, with resistance rates reaching 16.10%, 8.67%, and 6.95%. IPD analysis of 394 mutation-positive individuals revealed 8.52% low-frequency resistance to dolutegravir and bictegravir in treatment-naïve populations, while treated patients exhibited significantly increased intermediate/high-level resistance to first-generation INSTIs, including raltegravir and elvitegravir. Conventional sequencing thresholds missed 3.61% pretreatment and 2.46% acquired drug resistance. These findings demonstrate that deep sequencing reveals substantially underestimated INSTI resistance burdens in PLWH. Although second-generation INSTIs maintain lower resistance rates, cross-resistance risks necessitate clinical vigilance. Optimized resistance surveillance strategies incorporating low-frequency mutation detection offer critical evidence for advancing global HIV control efforts.
Keywords:
HIV
AIDS
integrase inhibitor
deep sequencing
low-level variants
meta-analysis
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