A Pilot, Prospective, Open-Label Simplification Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Once-Daily Lopinavir-Ritonavir Monotherapy in HIV-HCV Coinfected Patients: The MONOCO Study

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