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Author Topic: New undetectable threshold  (Read 4130 times)

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Offline wolfter

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New undetectable threshold
« on: October 22, 2010, 06:33:28 am »
I was mildly concerned before seeing my doctor because I went from being undetectable to having a VL of 30.  It was considered to be undetectable if the vl was less than 48.  They can now test accurately to a vl of 20.  Perhaps some day, we might be able to get this to zero?  I guess this was a fairly new development since I had not heard about it.

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« Last Edit: October 22, 2010, 06:39:30 am by wolfter »
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Offline metekrop

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 07:37:44 am »
Zero VL = negative ve HIV test = cure for HIV.  ..........Ha, Ha, Ha...
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Offline bocker3

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2010, 07:44:13 am »
Zero VL = negative ve HIV test = cure for HIV.  ..........Ha, Ha, Ha...

Not true -- zero VL, means no circulating virus detected at the time the blood was drawn.  You'd still have antibodies, would still be positive and would certainly not have been cured.

I guess I'm not surprised that the routine VL testing is going to get more and more sensitive over time.  Technology gets better and cheaper.  Of course the important thing to note is that a VL of 30 and VL of <48, are essentially the same.

Mike

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2010, 08:20:10 am »
I should have known better.

Muchos apologis to the OP.

MtD
« Last Edit: October 22, 2010, 11:01:07 am by Matty the Damned »

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2010, 10:43:33 am »
Matty, a thread like this isn't really the time or place for humour. I'd greatly appreciated it if you'd save your wit for the Off Topic forum.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2010, 10:45:32 am »
Matty, you're absolutely right. This thread is NOT about you.

So let's get back on track here and confine responses to those which are responsive to this very legitimate question and concern.

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Offline skeebo1969

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 11:00:17 am »



  There's not really much of a difference here, is there?  When I had my first labs done at the ASO in Miami back in 2005 I believe the undetectable range started at <500.  Is there really that much of a difference between that measure as compared to these new sensitive tests that have an undetectable range beginning at say <30?

  And if a patient bounced under and over <30 it wouldn't necessarily be a sign of resistance, would it?
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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2010, 02:11:59 pm »
The important threshold for viral load tests is around 50. At less than 50 copies/mL of blood the virus is asleep. Showing lower than this eg 40, 32, 2 is not yet shown to have any benefit.

Also, consistently having a viral load of less than 50 has been shown to prevent resistance.

50 is the cut-off treatment aims to achieve, not undetectable, which just means you have less than the test in question can detect.

Some research into whether having a blood viral load consistently lower than 50 is of benefit is ongoing, but the topic is not being investigated by a huge amount of people.

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Offline wolfter

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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2010, 10:27:28 pm »
Did I miss something since I posted?  Oh my, must be dense cause I didn't get it.  But anyways, just the idea that they're continuely working on better testing which means additional research is being conducted with positive results  (albeit small advances), is exciting.
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Re: New undetectable threshold
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2010, 10:49:51 am »
Did I miss something since I posted?  Oh my, must be dense cause I didn't get it.

You didn't miss much, just Matty making a bit of an off topic, thread hijack type post. He meant no harm and was only joking, but he was told off about it nonetheless as it was inappropriate. He edited his post and apologised.

I think it's amazing how low they can go now with the VL tests. I remember when I was first diagnosed the cut-off was 500 and there are some here who remember an even higher cut-off. It will be interesting to see if they make it to zero, as you mentioned in your first post.
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