Patient characteristics of 8 “heterogenous” individuals used in this study with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS)
Patient . | Sites of KS . | CD4 count cells/mm3 . | CD8 count cells/mm3 . | HIV-1 viral load copies/mL . | Therapy . | ACTG staging . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulmonary | 160 | 754 | < 50 | HAART, paclitaxel | T1 l0 |
| 2 | Cutaneous | 229 | 622 | 13 291 | HAART | T0 l1 |
| 3 | Pulmonary | 48 | 330 | 128 471 | Paclitaxel | T1 l0 |
| 4 | Visceral and pulmonary | 111 | 289 | 59 225 | Liposomal daunorubicin | T1 l0 |
| 5 | Oral | 354 | 754 | < 50 | HAART, paclitaxel | T1 l1 |
| 6 | Cutaneous | 50 | 99 | 510 | HAART | T0 l1 |
| 7 | Cutaneous | 505 | 358 | < 50 | HAART | T0 l0 |
| 8 | Cutaneous | 497 | 627 | > 500 000 | None | T0 l1 |
Patient . | Sites of KS . | CD4 count cells/mm3 . | CD8 count cells/mm3 . | HIV-1 viral load copies/mL . | Therapy . | ACTG staging . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulmonary | 160 | 754 | < 50 | HAART, paclitaxel | T1 l0 |
| 2 | Cutaneous | 229 | 622 | 13 291 | HAART | T0 l1 |
| 3 | Pulmonary | 48 | 330 | 128 471 | Paclitaxel | T1 l0 |
| 4 | Visceral and pulmonary | 111 | 289 | 59 225 | Liposomal daunorubicin | T1 l0 |
| 5 | Oral | 354 | 754 | < 50 | HAART, paclitaxel | T1 l1 |
| 6 | Cutaneous | 50 | 99 | 510 | HAART | T0 l1 |
| 7 | Cutaneous | 505 | 358 | < 50 | HAART | T0 l0 |
| 8 | Cutaneous | 497 | 627 | > 500 000 | None | T0 l1 |
ACTG is the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Oncology Committee,23 where (briefly) tumor status (T; 0 indicates cutaneous only; 1, more than cutaneous disease) and immunologic status (l; 0 indicates CD4 count < 150 cells/mm3; 1, CD4 count > 150 cells/mm3) are used to stage KS.
HAART indicates highly active antiretroviral therapy.