Clinical, immunological and virological baseline characteristics of the study participants.

<p>Values are given as median (interquartile range). T-cell counts are given as cells/μL and plasma HIV-RNA as copies/mL.</p><p>^aOf 5 patients HCV status was unknown (4 placebo, 1 MVC).</p><p>^bPlasma HIV-RNA was measured at screening visit (and at week 4, 12, 24, 36, 48).</p><p>^cSamples of 63 patients were used for HIV co-receptor tropism prediction, which was successful in 57 patients. For T-cell subsets, data from on average 91.2% of all time points were available.</p><p>Abbreviations: cART = combination antiretroviral therapy; VL = plasma viral load; R5-tropism: CCR5-tropic virus population; X4-tropism: CXCR4-tropic virus population.</p><p>Clinical, immunological and virological baseline characteristics of the study participants.