51
|
Supervie V. Les moyens de prévention de l’infection à VIH à base d’antirétroviraux. Med Sci (Paris) 2013; 29:373-82. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2013294010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
|
52
|
Beating the placebo in HIV prevention efficacy trials: the role of the minimal efficacy bound. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2013; 62:95-101. [PMID: 23075921 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3182785638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To produce an effect on the HIV epidemic, preventive interventions need to achieve a minimum level of efficacy to offset potential indirect effects such as an increase in risky behavior. The current generation of HIV prevention trials on oral preexposure prophylaxis and on vaginal microbicides were designed using different set points for minimum individual-level efficacy (MIE). Some trials were designed not only to show superiority over placebo but also to rule out lower efficacies. The MIE has a substantial impact on the size and cost of a trial. Ideally, the MIE should be chosen to reduce uncertainty in the estimation of population-level effects. In this article, we investigate the effect of MIE on estimates of population-level impact to better inform trial design. METHODS We used mathematical model simulations assuming various rates of efficacy obtained from trials and different MIEs to study the impact of wide-scale interventions on 2 public health indicators. RESULTS Implementation factors were the main drivers of uncertainty in public health indicators for an intervention, although MIE also contributed. The level of uncertainty introduced by the MIE was substantially lower than that of the other factors. CONCLUSIONS Investigators in clinical trials have set the MIE solely on the basis of potential public health impact. However, the substantial increase in trial costs associated with a large MIE is unlikely to be justified. These additional funds would be better spent in evaluating more critical implementation factors that cannot be assessed in clinical trials.
Collapse
|
53
|
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Antiretroviral drugs can reduce HIV acquisition among uninfected individuals (as pre-exposure prophylaxis: PrEP) and reduce onward transmission among infected individuals (as antiretroviral treatment: ART). We estimate the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies. DESIGN AND METHODS We developed and analysed a mathematical model of a hyperendemic setting with relatively low levels of condom use. We estimated the prevention impact and cost of various PrEP interventions, assuming a fixed amount of spending on PrEP; investigated the optimal role of PrEP and earlier ART in terms of epidemiological impact and cost; and systematically explored the impact of earlier ART and PrEP, in combination with medical male circumcision services; on HIV transmission. RESULTS A PrEP intervention is unlikely to generate a large reduction in HIV incidence, unless the cost is substantially reduced. In terms of infections averted and quality adjusted life years gained, at a population-level maximal cost-effectiveness is achieved by providing ART to more infected individuals earlier rather than providing PrEP to uninfected individuals. However, early ART alone cannot reduce HIV incidence to very low levels and PrEP can be used cost-effectively in addition to earlier ART to reduce incidence further. If implemented in combination and at ambitious coverage levels, medical male circumcision, earlier ART and PrEP could produce dramatic declines in HIV incidence, but not stop transmission completely. CONCLUSION A combination prevention approach based on proven-efficacy interventions provides the best opportunity for achieving the much hoped for prevention advance and curbing the spread of HIV.
Collapse
|
54
|
Dimitrov D, Boily MC, Mâsse BR, Brown ER. Impact of Pill Sharing on Drug Resistance Due to a Wide-Scale Oral Prep Intervention in Generalized Epidemics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; Suppl 5. [PMID: 24371543 DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.s5-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The first antiretroviral drug (Truvada) to be used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV transmission is about to be approved. Behavioral studies suggest that a portion of users may share anti-retroviral drugs with sex partners, family, or friends. Pill sharing will decrease PrEP efficacy and adherence level, and potentially create an environment favorable for the development of drug resistance. We aim to evaluate the potential impact of pill sharing on the PrEP effectiveness and on the rates of drug-resistance development in heterosexual populations. METHODS A transmission dynamic model was used to assess the population-level impact of oral PrEP. The fractions of new HIV infections prevented (CPF), drug resistance prevalence and the proportion of new infections in which drug-resistant HIV is transmitted (TDR) are evaluated over fixed time periods. The influence of different factors on CPF and TDR is studied through simulations, using epidemic parameters representative of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. RESULTS Without pill sharing, a 70% efficacious PrEP used consistently by 60% of uninfected individuals prevents 52.8% (95% CI 49.4%-56.4%) of all new HIV infections over ten years with drug-resistant HIV transmitted in 2.2% of the new infections. Absolute CPF may vary by 9% if up to 20% of the users share PrEP while the level of TDR and total resistance prevalence may increase by up to 6-fold due to pill sharing in some intervention scenarios. CONCLUSION Pill sharing may increase the PrEP coverage level achieved in the population but it also affects the PrEP efficacy for the users who do not follow the prescribed schedule. More importantly, it creates a pool of untracked users who remain unreached by the effort to avoid sub-optimal PrEP usage by infected people. This increases substantially the potential risk of drug resistance in the population.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Dobromir Dimitrov
- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
| | - Marie-Claude Boily
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Benoît R Mâsse
- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| | - Elizabeth R Brown
- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
| |
Collapse
|
55
|
HIV/AIDS Global Epidemic. Infect Dis (Lond) 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5719-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
|
56
|
Nakasone T, Murakami T, Yamamoto N. Double oral administration of emtricitabine/tenofovir prior to virus exposure protects against highly pathogenic simian/human immunodeficiency virus infection in macaques. Jpn J Infect Dis 2012; 65:345-9. [PMID: 22814162 DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
In the absence of any effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), current anti-retroviral drugs may be suitable for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Previous large clinical trials showed that PrEP reduced HIV infection in high-risk populations. Emtricitabine/tenofovir (FTC/TDF) may be a suitable agent for PrEP. FTC/TDF PrEP efficacy was evaluated using a highly pathogenic simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) in a non-human primate model of AIDS, the SHIV-KS661c/cynomolgus monkey model. Double oral administration of FTC/TDF (20/30 mg/kg), at 24 h and a few minutes prior to exposure, completely protected 2/3 monkeys from infection. Interestingly, a single oral administration 2 weeks before viral exposure moderately rescued CD4 cells, although the data did not reach statistical significance. These results are consistent with previous primate studies and with recent clinical data.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tadashi Nakasone
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. nakabone@nih.go.jp
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
57
|
Bruno C, Saberi P. Pharmacists as providers of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Int J Clin Pharm 2012; 34:803-6. [PMID: 23073703 PMCID: PMC3501608 DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9709-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The efficacy of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been demonstrated in four clinical trials to date; however, the success of PrEP is largely dependent on high levels of medication adherence. Due to their extensive experience and expertise in medication adherence counseling, as well as their ability to monitor and manage medication adverse effects and drug-drug interactions, clinical pharmacists are well-equipped to play a key role in effective PrEP utilization. Here we discuss reasons favoring the establishment of a protocol-based, pharmacist-run PrEP clinic.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Parya Saberi
- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
| |
Collapse
|
58
|
Mishra S, Steen R, Gerbase A, Lo YR, Boily MC. Impact of high-risk sex and focused interventions in heterosexual HIV epidemics: a systematic review of mathematical models. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50691. [PMID: 23226357 PMCID: PMC3511305 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The core-group theory of sexually transmitted infections suggests that targeting prevention to high-risk groups (HRG) could be very effective. We aimed to quantify the contribution of heterosexual HRGs and the potential impact of focused interventions to HIV transmission in the wider community. Methods We systematically identified studies published between 1980 and 2011. Studies were included if they used dynamical models of heterosexual HIV transmission, incorporated behavioural heterogeneity in risk, and provided at least one of the following primary estimates in the wider community (a) the population attributable fraction (PAF) of HIV infections due to HRGs, or (b) the number per capita or fraction of HIV infections averted, or change in HIV prevalence/incidence due to focused interventions. Findings Of 267 selected articles, 22 were included. Four studies measured the PAF, and 20 studies measured intervention impact across 265 scenarios. In low-prevalence epidemics (≤5% HIV prevalence), the estimated impact of sex-worker interventions in the absence of risk compensation included: 6–100% infections averted; 0.9–6.2 HIV infections averted per 100,000 adults; 11–94% and 4–47% relative reduction in prevalence and incidence respectively. In high-prevalence epidemics (>5% HIV prevalence), sex-worker interventions were estimated to avert 6.8–40% of HIV infections and up to 564 HIV infections per 100,000 adults, and reduce HIV prevalence and incidence by 13–27% and 2–14% respectively. In both types of epidemics, greater heterogeneity in HIV risk was associated with a larger impact on the fraction of HIV infections averted and relative reduction in HIV incidence. Conclusion Focused interventions, as estimated by mathematical models, have the potential to reduce HIV transmission in the wider community across low- and high-prevalence regions. However, considerable variability exists in estimated impact, suggesting that a targeted approach to HIV prevention should be tailored to local epidemiological context.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sharmistha Mishra
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
59
|
Saberi P, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Comfort M, Sheon N, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. Ambiguity, ambivalence, and apprehensions of taking HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis among male couples in San Francisco: a mixed methods study. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50061. [PMID: 23166819 PMCID: PMC3498189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Objective We conducted a mixed-methods study to examine serodiscordant and seroconcordant (HIV-positive/HIV-positive) male couples' PrEP awareness, concerns regarding health care providers offering PrEP to the community, and correlates of PrEP uptake by the HIV-negative member of the couple. Design Qualitative sub-study included one-on-one interviews to gain a deeper understanding of participants' awareness of and experiences with PrEP and concerns regarding health care providers offering PrEP to men who have sex with men (MSM). Quantitative analyses consisted of a cross-sectional study in which participants were asked about the likelihood of PrEP uptake by the HIV-negative member of the couple and level of agreement with health care providers offering PrEP to anyone requesting it. Methods We used multivariable regression to examine associations between PrEP questions and covariates of interest and employed an inductive approach to identify key qualitative themes. Results Among 328 men (164 couples), 62% had heard about PrEP, but approximately one-quarter were mistaking it with post-exposure prophylaxis. The majority of participants had low endorsement of PrEP uptake and 40% were uncertain if health care providers should offer PrEP to anyone requesting it. Qualitative interviews with 32 men suggest that this uncertainty likely stems from concerns regarding increased risk compensation. Likelihood of future PrEP uptake by the HIV-negative member of the couple was positively associated with unprotected insertive anal intercourse but negatively correlated with unprotected receptive anal intercourse. Conclusions Findings suggest that those at greatest risk may not be receptive of PrEP. Those who engage in moderate risk express more interest in PrEP; however, many voice concerns of increased risk behavior in tandem with PrEP use. Results indicate a need for further education of MSM communities and the need to determine appropriate populations in which PrEP can have the highest impact.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Parya Saberi
- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
60
|
Schneider J, Kumar R, Dandona R, Kumar P, Kumar A, Lakshmi V, Laumann E, Mayer K, Dandona L. Social network and risk-taking behavior most associated with rapid HIV testing, circumcision, and preexposure prophylaxis acceptability among high-risk Indian men. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2012; 26:631-40. [PMID: 22973951 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Indian truck drivers and their younger apprentice drivers are at increased risk of HIV infection. We determine network and risk practices associated with willingness to adopt HIV prevention interventions currently not being used in India: rapid HIV testing, circumcision, and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in order to inform the National AIDS Control Program (NACP). Truck drivers and truck cleaners were systematically recruited to participate in a social network and risk survey in Hyderabad, Southern India. Three separate composite measures of acceptability of rapid HIV testing, circumcision, and PrEP acceptability were utilized to independently assess the relationship of these prevention interventions with risk-practices and social network characteristics. An 89% participation rate yielded 1602 truck drivers and truck cleaners with 54.2% younger than 30 years of age and 2.8% HIV infected. Twenty-five percent of respondents reported sex with female sex workers (FSW) and 5% with men (MSM). Rapid testing, circumcision, and PrEP acceptability were 97.4%, 9.1%, and 85.9%, respectively. Participants reporting prosocial network characteristics were more accepting of rapid testing (adjusted odds ratio [AORs] 3.07-6.71; p<0.05) and demonstrated variable PrEP acceptability (AORs 0.08-2.22; p<0.001). Sex with FSWs was associated with PrEP acceptability (AOR 4.27; p<0.001); sex with MSM was associated with circumcision acceptability only (AOR 2.66; p<0.01). Social network factors and risk-practices were associated with novel prevention acceptability, but not consistently across intervention type and with variable directionality. The NACP will need to consider that intervention uptake may likely be most successful when efforts are targeted to individuals with specific behavior and social network characteristics.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- John Schneider
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
- Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
| | - Rupali Kumar
- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
| | | | - Prem Kumar
- Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
| | - Anil Kumar
- Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
| | - Vemu Lakshmi
- Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad AP, India
| | - Edward Laumann
- Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
| | - Kenneth Mayer
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, Massachusetts
- Fenway Health Institute, Boston Massachusetts
| | - Lalit Dandona
- Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
- Institute for Health Metric and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
| |
Collapse
|
61
|
Peng B, Yang X, Zhang Y, Dai J, Liang H, Zou Y, Luo J, Peng H, Zhong X, Huang A. Willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study in China. HIV AIDS-RESEARCH AND PALLIATIVE CARE 2012; 4:149-58. [PMID: 23055781 PMCID: PMC3463398 DOI: 10.2147/hiv.s33445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a strategy developed to prevent individuals who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative from developing HIV infection. In China, while conducting a clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness and safety of PrEP, we performed this survey to assess the willingness of female sex workers to use PrEP, and identify predictors of this willingness. Methods From July 2009 to April 2010, a cross-sectional study was carried out in four provinces of China. We recruited 1611 female sex workers who completed a self-administered survey to assess their awareness of and intention to use PrEP. The survey also canvassed demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial variables. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were fitted to identify predictors of intent to use PrEP. Results In total, 69% of the women (95% confidence interval [CI] 66.7–71.3) reported intent to use PrEP, and 12% (95% CI 10.5–13.7) had used drugs in the past to prevent a sexually transmitted infection. Further, 16.5% (95% CI 14.7–18.4) had previously heard of PrEP, and 1.4% (95% CI 0.9–2.1) had used PrEP previously to prevent HIV infection. Multivariate analysis indicated the following significant predictors of intent to use PrEP: Han ethnicity (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.446; P = 0.011), urban residence (AOR 1.302; P = 0.027), knowledge about transmission of HIV/acquired immune deficiency virus syndrome (AIDS, AOR 1.817; P = 0.0007), a history of sexually transmitted infection (AOR 1.830; P < 0.0001), a history of using medication to prevent a sexually transmitted disease (AOR 2.547; P < 0.0001), and willingness to access knowledge about HIV/AIDS (AOR 2.153; P < 0.0001). Conclusion The majority of female sex workers reported intent to use PrEP if it is safe and effective. Given that most of the participants had never heard of PrEP before, we strongly recommend that educational materials be developed with detailed introduction of PrEP. The risks and benefits of PrEP use should be fully explained to potential users when promoting PrEP in the future.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Bin Peng
- School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China ; Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
62
|
Abdool Karim SS, Baxter C. Overview of microbicides for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2012; 26:427-39. [PMID: 22386823 PMCID: PMC3383397 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2012.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention tools that women can use and control are urgently needed. Microbicides are chemical products applied to the vagina or rectum to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV. Four classes of candidate microbicides have been tested to date: those that (1) enhance the natural defences in the vagina to inactivate HIV; (2) inactivate HIV in the vagina; (3) prevent HIV from attaching to, and fusing with, the host cells; and (4) prevent HIV from replicating in genital tract host cells. Despite numerous disappointing efficacy trial results over the past 20 years, substantial progress is now being made in microbicide development after the release of the CAPRISA 004 trial, which provided proof-of-concept that topical antiretroviral microbicides can prevent sexual transmission of HIV and herpes simplex type-2 infection. Microbicides, which fill an important gap for women-controlled prevention methods, have the potential to alter the course of the HIV pandemic.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Salim S Abdool Karim
- CAPRISA - Centre of AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X7, Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa.
| | | |
Collapse
|
63
|
Bhunu C, Mushayabasa S. Assessing the impact of using antiretroviral drugs as pre-exposure vaccines. HIV & AIDS REVIEW 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hivar.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
|
64
|
Macphail CL, Sayles JN, Cunningham W, Newman PA. Perceptions of sexual risk compensation following posttrial HIV vaccine uptake among young South Africans. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2012; 22:668-678. [PMID: 22218269 PMCID: PMC3735355 DOI: 10.1177/1049732311431944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Concerns about the impact of risk compensation on advances in biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention technologies have been documented. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using focus group discussions with young South African men and women (aged 18 to 24 years) to explore perceptions of risk compensation with regard to a hypothetical posttrial HIV vaccine. During the discussions, participants expressed their disquiet about the potential for risk compensation and the manner in which this might manifest among young people. Discussions specifically focused on reductions in condom use, an increase in multiple partners, and increased frequency of sex. The discussions also revealed contradictory feelings about HIV vaccines: appreciation for their development tempered by concerns about loss of control and undermining morality. Women were particularly concerned with the possibility of increased partner concurrency and infidelity. We suggest that concerns in HIV vaccine target populations about the impact of possible risk compensation be incorporated into strategies for vaccine introduction once vaccines move from the hypothetical to reality.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Catherine L Macphail
- Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
65
|
De Clercq E. Pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis of HIV infection: Quo vadis? Biochem Pharmacol 2012; 83:567-73. [PMID: 22067069 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Revised: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
|
66
|
Supervie V, Barrett M, Kahn JS, Musuka G, Moeti TL, Busang L, Busang L, Blower S. Modeling dynamic interactions between pre-exposure prophylaxis interventions & treatment programs: predicting HIV transmission & resistance. Sci Rep 2011; 1:185. [PMID: 22355700 PMCID: PMC3240958 DOI: 10.1038/srep00185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Clinical trials have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV infection. Consequently, PrEP may soon be used for epidemic control. We model the dynamic interactions that will occur between treatment programs and potential PrEP interventions in resource-constrained countries. We determine the consequences for HIV transmission and drug resistance. We use response hypersurface modeling to predict the effect of PrEP on decreasing transmission as a function of effectiveness, adherence and coverage. We predict PrEP will increase need for second-line therapies (SLT) for treatment-naïve individuals, but could significantly decrease need for SLT for treatment-experienced individuals. If the rollout of PrEP is carefully planned it could increase the sustainability of treatment programs. If not, need for SLT could increase and the sustainability of treatment programs could be compromised. Our results show the optimal strategy for rolling out PrEP in resource-constrained countries is to begin around the "worst" treatment programs.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Virginie Supervie
- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California. USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
67
|
Fernández-Montero JV, Soriano V. Profilaxis preexposición en la prevención de la infección por virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. Med Clin (Barc) 2011; 137:446-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2011.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
|
68
|
Affiliation(s)
- Sten H. Vermund
- Institute for Global Health and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA ()
| |
Collapse
|
69
|
Daou S, Calmy A. [HIV prevention using pre-exposure prophylaxis]. Rev Med Interne 2011; 32:658-62. [PMID: 21945111 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
|
70
|
Galea JT, Kinsler JJ, Salazar X, Lee SJ, Giron M, Sayles JN, Cáceres C, Cunningham WE. Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis as an HIV prevention strategy: barriers and facilitators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among at-risk Peruvian populations. Int J STD AIDS 2011; 22:256-62. [PMID: 21571973 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
This study examined pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) acceptability among female sex workers, male-to-female transgendered persons and men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru. Focus groups explored social issues associated with PrEP acceptability and conjoint analysis assessed preferences among eight hypothetical PrEP scenarios with varying attribute profiles and their relative impact on acceptability. Conjoint analysis revealed that PrEP acceptability ranged from 19.8 to 82.5 out of a possible score of 100 across the eight hypothetical PrEP scenarios. Out-of-pocket cost had the greatest impact on PrEP acceptability (25.2, P < 0.001), followed by efficacy (21.4, P < 0.001) and potential side-effects (14.7, P < 0.001). Focus group data supported these findings, and also revealed that potential sexual risk disinhibition, stigma and discrimination associated with PrEP use, and mistrust of health-care professionals were also concerns. These issues will require careful attention when planning for PrEP roll-out.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J T Galea
- Program in Global Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
71
|
Abstract
Reducing the incidence of HIV remains one of our greatest public health challenges. However, there is growing optimism that preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could have a major impact on preventing incident HIV infection. Recently presented data on the use of oral PrEP in men who have sex with men (MSM) have provided proof-of-principle for this strategy. Additional clinical trials are evaluating whether PrEP provides similar protection to risk groups other than MSM, such as heterosexual persons and injection drug users. Still unanswered questions include optimal dosing strategies, long-term safety, maximizing adherence and minimizing costs, addressing drug resistance in the face of PrEP failure, optimizing access, and assessing effects on risk behavior. Future implementation will be guided by the results of clinical trials in progress. This article provides a review of the data on the potential strengths and limitations of PrEP as an HIV prevention strategy, identifies challenges to implementation of this approach, and outlines knowledge gaps.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Theodoros Kelesidis
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | | |
Collapse
|
72
|
Kokolo MB, Fergusson DA, Cameron DW. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)--a quantitative ethics appraisal. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22497. [PMID: 21850229 PMCID: PMC3151244 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND There is now strong evidence that preventive oral antiretroviral therapy can moderately reduce likelihood of HIV infection. This concept is called HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Premature closures of some previous PrEP clinical trials, secondary to ethical concerns, did not stop research. We aimed to appraise the extent of ethics considerations reporting in PrEP study documents. METHODS We conducted a systematic quantitative ethics appraisal, grounded in PrEP literature and using eight principles proposed by Ezechiel Emanuel. We developed an a priori checklist of 101 evidence-based ethics items. We obtained protocols for eleven of nineteen clinical controlled studies identified. Two reviewers independently appraised study documents against the checklist. Ethics appraisal was synthesized using adjusted percentages of items reported. RESULTS On average, 58% of the 101 ethics items were mentioned or addressed in documents, with variations noted both across studies and across principles. Considerations pertaining to social value were least reported (43% of checklist items, on average) whereas considerations related to informed consent and favorable risk-benefit ratio were most reported (75% of checklist items, on average). DISCUSSION Some PrEP studies reportedly address more ethics considerations than others but, overall, ethics considerations reporting could be much improved. While this review does not allow us to comment on the actual execution of HIV PrEP trials, it is a reminder that optimism generated by potentially effective interventions should not overshadow the importance of ethics in research design and development. Improving ethics reporting might improve the perceived value of PrEP research and subsequent data.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Madzouka B Kokolo
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Programme, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
73
|
Ramjee G. Antiretroviral-based microbicides and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. Future Virol 2011. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Numerous HIV prevention options have been tested, with limited success. Microbicides have been the focus of research specifically targeted to prevent new infections among women. After decades of research using non-HIV-specific microbicides, we now have proof of concept for antiretroviral-based microbicides. Issues of drug resistance, frequency of HIV testing and adherence to treatment remain to be explored. Drugs used for HIV treatment and with good safety profiles have been shown to provide protection to men who have sex with men. Ethical issues surrounding cost, access, future design of HIV prevention trials and composition of the prevention package offered to trial participants remain. The role of advocacy and market research will be crucial to ensure effective interventions are accessed and supported. There is renewed hope in the HIV prevention field with collective efforts needed to ensure we get the new prevention tools and options into the hands of men and women at risk of HIV infection. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of existing research and identify issues for future enquiry.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Gita Ramjee
- HIV Prevention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa and Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| |
Collapse
|
74
|
Nagelkerke NJD, Hontelez JAC, de Vlas SJ. The potential impact of an HIV vaccine with limited protection on HIV incidence in Thailand: a modeling study. Vaccine 2011; 29:6079-85. [PMID: 21718745 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2011] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The RV144 trial on the ALVAC/AIDSVAX candidate HIV vaccine, carried out in Thailand, showed short-lived protection against infection. METHODS Using a deterministic compartmental model we explored the potential impact of this vaccine on heterosexual HIV transmission in Thailand. Both one-off vaccination strategies, as well as strategies with regular boosting, either annually or every two years, were explored. Both targeting the general adult population and prioritizing sex workers were modeled. The impact of risk compensation among high risk groups, as well as whether higher levels of safe sex in high risk groups could be an alternative to vaccination, was studied. RESULTS One-off vaccination campaigns had only transient effects, and boosting appears to be a key component of successful vaccination campaigns. Intensive vaccination campaigns may reduce HIV incidence by up to 75% after 10 years of vaccination. Targeting only sex workers has a smaller impact but has a more favorable cost-benefit ratio. Risk compensation has the potential of undoing much of the benefits of a vaccination program and may even increase incidence. In contrast, higher levels of safe sex among sex workers would provide a viable alternative to vaccinating this group. DISCUSSION The new vaccine holds promise for controlling HIV in Thailand and similar countries. In view of the short lived protection of the vaccine, regular boosting of immunity as well as avoidance of risk compensation are essential. Targeting sex workers would achieve the greatest reduction in incidence per vaccination and may be considered for expensive vaccines but its cost-effectiveness has to be compared to alternatives.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nico J D Nagelkerke
- Department of Community Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
75
|
Hontelez JAC, Nagelkerke N, Bärnighausen T, Bakker R, Tanser F, Newell ML, Lurie MN, Baltussen R, de Vlas SJ. The potential impact of RV144-like vaccines in rural South Africa: a study using the STDSIM microsimulation model. Vaccine 2011; 29:6100-6. [PMID: 21703321 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2011] [Revised: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The only successful HIV vaccine trial to date is the RV144 trial of the ALVAC/AIDSVAX vaccine in Thailand, which showed an overall incidence reduction of 31%. Most cases were prevented in the first year, suggesting a rapidly waning efficacy. Here, we predict the population level impact and cost-effectiveness of practical implementation of such a vaccine in a setting of a generalised epidemic with high HIV prevalence and incidence. METHODS We used STDSIM, an established individual-based microsimulation model, tailored to a rural South African area with a well-functioning HIV treatment and care programme. We estimated the impact of a single round of mass vaccination for everybody aged 15-49, as well as 5-year and 2-year re-vaccination strategies for young adults (aged 15-29). We calculated proportion of new infections prevented, cost-effectiveness indicators, and budget impact estimates of combined ART and vaccination programmes. RESULTS A single round of mass vaccination with a RV144-like vaccine will have a limited impact, preventing only 9% or 5% of new infections after 10 years at 60% and 30% coverage levels, respectively. Revaccination strategies are highly cost-effective if vaccine prices can be kept below 150 US$/vaccine for 2-year revaccination strategies, and below 200 US$/vaccine for 5-year revaccination strategies. Net cost-savings through reduced need for HIV treatment and care occur when vaccine prices are kept below 75 US$/vaccine. These results are sensitive to alternative assumptions on the underlying sexual network, background prevention interventions, and individual's propensity and consistency to participate in the vaccination campaign. DISCUSSION A modestly effective vaccine can be a cost-effective intervention in highly endemic settings. To predict the impact of vaccination strategies in other endemic situations, sufficient knowledge of the underlying sexual network, prevention and treatment interventions, and individual propensity and consistency to participate, is key. These issues are all best addressed in an individual-based microsimulation model.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jan A C Hontelez
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
76
|
Katsidzira L, Hakim JG. HIV prevention in southern Africa: why we must reassess our strategies? Trop Med Int Health 2011; 16:1120-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
|
77
|
Pethö B. An intrinsic way of multiclassification of endogenous psychoses. A follow-through investigation/Budapest 2000/based upon Leonhard's classification. PSYCHIATRIE, NEUROLOGIE UND MEDIZINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE. BEIHEFTE 2011; 27:669-80. [PMID: 3101085 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
|
78
|
Abbas UL, Hood G, Wetzel AW, Mellors JW. Factors influencing the emergence and spread of HIV drug resistance arising from rollout of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PLoS One 2011; 6:e18165. [PMID: 21525976 PMCID: PMC3078109 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The potential for emergence and spread of HIV drug resistance from rollout of antiretroviral (ARV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an important public health concern. We investigated determinants of HIV drug resistance prevalence after PrEP implementation through mathematical modeling. Methodology A model incorporating heterogeneity in age, gender, sexual activity, HIV infection status, stage of disease, PrEP coverage/discontinuation, and HIV drug susceptibility, was designed to simulate the impact of PrEP on HIV prevention and drug resistance in a sub-Saharan epidemic. Principal Findings Analyses suggest that the prevalence of HIV drug resistance is influenced most by the extent and duration of inadvertent PrEP use in individuals already infected with HIV. Other key factors affecting drug resistance prevalence include the persistence time of transmitted resistance and the duration of inadvertent PrEP use in individuals who become infected on PrEP. From uncertainty analysis, the median overall prevalence of drug resistance at 10 years was predicted to be 9.2% (interquartile range 6.9%–12.2%). An optimistic scenario of 75% PrEP efficacy, 60% coverage of the susceptible population, and 5% inadvertent PrEP use predicts a rise in HIV drug resistance prevalence to only 2.5% after 10 years. By contrast, in a pessimistic scenario of 25% PrEP efficacy, 15% population coverage, and 25% inadvertent PrEP use, resistance prevalence increased to over 40%. Conclusions Inadvertent PrEP use in previously-infected individuals is the major determinant of HIV drug resistance prevalence arising from PrEP. Both the rate and duration of inadvertent PrEP use are key factors. PrEP rollout programs should include routine monitoring of HIV infection status to limit the spread of drug resistance.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ume L Abbas
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
79
|
|
80
|
Hart TA. Need for improved access to HIV prevention programmes. Indian J Med Res 2010; 132:653-5. [PMID: 21245609 PMCID: PMC3102449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Trevor A. Hart
- Director, HIV Prevention Lab, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University and the HIV Social, Behavioural & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada,350 Victoria Street, Department of Psychology, Jorgenson Hall, 8th Floor, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5G 2K3, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
81
|
Pretorius C, Stover J, Bollinger L, Bacaër N, Williams B. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and its impact on HIV-1 transmission in South Africa. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13646. [PMID: 21079767 PMCID: PMC2974638 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mathematical modelers have given little attention to the question of how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may impact on a generalized national HIV epidemic and its cost-effectiveness, in the context of control strategies such as condom use promotion and expanding ART programs. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We use an age- and gender-structured model of the generalized HIV epidemic in South Africa to investigate the potential impact of PrEP in averting new infections. The model utilizes age-structured mortality, fertility, partnership and condom use data to model the spread of HIV and the shift of peak prevalence to older age groups. The model shows that universal PrEP coverage would have to be impractically high to have a significant effect on incidence reduction while ART coverage expands. PrEP targeted to 15-35-year-old women would avert 10%-25% (resp. 13%-28%) of infections in this group and 5%-12% (resp. 7%-16%) of all infections in the period 2014-2025 if baseline incidence is 0.5% per year at 2025 (resp. 0.8% per year at 2025). The cost would be $12,500-$20,000 per infection averted, depending on the level of ART coverage and baseline incidence. An optimistic scenario of 30%-60% PrEP coverage, efficacy of at least 90%, no behavior change among PrEP users and ART coverage less than three times its 2010 levels is required to achieve this result. Targeting PrEP to 25-35-year-old women (at highest risk of infection) improves impact and cost-effectiveness marginally. Relatively low levels of condom substitution (e.g., 30%) do not nullify the efficacy of PrEP, but reduces cost-effectiveness by 35%-40%. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE PrEP can avert as many as 30% of new infections in targeted age groups of women at highest risk of infection. The cost-effectiveness of PrEP relative to ART decreases rapidly as ART coverage increases beyond three times its coverage in 2010, after which the ART program would provide coverage to more than 65% of HIV(+) individuals. To have a high relative cost-effective impact on reducing infections in generalized epidemics, PrEP must utilize a window of opportunity until ART has been scaled up beyond this level.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Carel Pretorius
- Futures Institute, Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
82
|
Underhill K, Operario D, Mimiaga MJ, Skeer MR, Mayer KH. Implementation science of pre-exposure prophylaxis: preparing for public use. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2010; 7:210-9. [PMID: 20820971 PMCID: PMC3012127 DOI: 10.1007/s11904-010-0062-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
As efficacy trials of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continue, a growing literature has begun anticipating the potential challenges of implementing PrEP for HIV prevention. These efforts coincide with a shift toward combination interventions for preventing HIV, which integrate biomedical, behavioral, and structural components. The optimal implementation of PrEP would exemplify this combination model, incorporating not only PrEP drugs, but also HIV testing, safety screening, behavioral interventions addressing adherence and risk behavior, and long-term monitoring. Efforts to plan for PrEP implementation therefore present an opportunity to advance the science of implementation and delivery in HIV prevention, in order to better address the challenges of scaling up combination approaches. We review the published and unpublished literature on PrEP implementation, organizing themes into five categories: scientific groundwork, regulatory and policy groundwork, stakeholder and infrastructure groundwork, delivery, and long-term monitoring. The lessons from PrEP planning can benefit the scale-up of future combination interventions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kristen Underhill
- Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
83
|
Golub SA, Operario D, Gorbach PM. Pre-exposure prophylaxis state of the science: empirical analogies for research and implementation. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2010; 7:201-9. [PMID: 20809218 PMCID: PMC2938422 DOI: 10.1007/s11904-010-0057-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to become a powerful biomedical approach to HIV prevention; however, its success depends on behavioral and social factors that may determine its appropriate use. This article is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary empirical analogies relevant to PrEP implementation, reviewing behavioral and social science findings that may provide lessons critical to the success of PrEP as a biomedical-behavioral prevention strategy. As we prepare for the dissemination of new biomedical approaches to HIV prevention, integrating the state of the science across disciplines may result in innovative strategies for implementation that can enhance their success.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sarit A. Golub
- Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 USA
| | - Don Operario
- Program in Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903 USA
| | - Pamina M. Gorbach
- Behavioral Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 957353, CHS 71-235, 10880 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7353 USA
| |
Collapse
|
84
|
Dodd PJ, White PJ, Garnett GP. Notions of synergy for combinations of interventions against infectious diseases in heterogeneously mixing populations. Math Biosci 2010; 227:94-104. [PMID: 20600157 PMCID: PMC4874469 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
In public health programmes interventions are frequently combined with hoped for 'synergies'[22]. However, there is not yet a precise definition for synergy between interventions that captures the idea that there is added benefit at the population-level in using them together. To explore the synergy between interventions in the context of endemic disease, we consider a general model of infection spread in a heterogeneously mixing population. We consider interventions which may alter individuals' infectiousness, susceptibility, profile of infectiousness through time and survival while infected. Allowing general patterns of overlap and targeting in those receiving the interventions, we show how to compute changes to epidemiological indices such as R(0), and introduce a simple technique for calculating equilibrium prevalences and incidences via an iterated map. We argue for a particular definition of synergy and investigate its behaviour, both analytically and numerically, concluding that it is easiest to achieve synergy between interventions which perform poorly in isolation; implementation strategies that minimize the overlap of different interventions in the population tend to achieve more synergy; and that in populations with heterogeneous risk, interventions that are redundant when universally targeted can regain substantial synergy when applied in a targeted manner.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Peter J Dodd
- MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, UK.
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
85
|
Underhill K, Operario D, Skeer M, Mimiaga M, Mayer K. Packaging PrEP to Prevent HIV: An Integrated Framework to Plan for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in Clinical Practice. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010; 55:8-13. [PMID: 21423876 PMCID: PMC3058525 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181e8efe4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs may be partially effective for preventing HIV transmission. In anticipation of clinical trial results, behavioral HIV prevention scientists have begun examining possible challenges in the implementation of PrEP in clinical practice or community settings. These efforts have acknowledged the need to supplement PrEP drug delivery with risk-reduction counseling and ongoing HIV testing, and we suggest that an even wider range of clinical, diagnostic, behavioral, and monitoring services will be necessary to support PrEP as a population-level HIV prevention strategy. This Commentary offers an integrated structure for optimizing PrEP delivery in clinical practice, which includes five components: 1) PrEP drugs; 2) safety screening and repeated HIV testing; 3) behavioral interventions to facilitate PrEP initiation, maintain adherence, and minimize risk compensation; 4) the development of strategies to engage PrEP users and the healthcare system over the long term; and 5) population-level monitoring. We provide a brief overview of each component and highlight implications of this five-part package for implementation. Attempts to plan for scale-up without explicitly addressing non-pharmaceutical elements may overlook critical implementation needs, barriers, and facilitators.
Collapse
|
86
|
Matthews LT, Baeten JM, Celum C, Bangsberg DR. Periconception pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission: benefits, risks, and challenges to implementation. AIDS 2010; 24:1975-82. [PMID: 20679759 PMCID: PMC3773599 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833bedeb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
HIV-serodiscordant couples face complicated choices between fulfilling reproductive desire and risking HIV transmission to their partners and children. Sexual HIV transmission can be dramatically reduced through artificial insemination and sperm washing; however, most couples cannot access these resources. We propose that periconception pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could offer an important, complementary therapy to harm reduction counseling programs that aim to decrease HIV transmission for couples who choose to conceive. In this paper, we describe the potential benefits of periconception PrEP and define critical points of clarification prior to implementation of PrEP as part of a reproductive health program. We consider sexual transmission risk, current risk reduction options, PrEP efficacy, cost, adherence, resistance, fetal toxicity, and impact of PrEP counseling on entry into health services. We address PrEP in the context of other periconception HIV-prevention strategies, including antiretroviral treatment of the HIV-infected partner. We conclude that, should PrEP prove safe and efficacious in ongoing trials, periconception PrEP may offer a useful approach to minimize risk of HIV transmission for individuals of reproductive age in HIV-endemic countries.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lynn T Matthews
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
| | - Jared M Baeten
- Departments of Global Health and Medicine, University of Washington
| | - Connie Celum
- Departments of Global Health and Medicine, University of Washington
| | - David R Bangsberg
- Ragon Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Harvard Medical School
| |
Collapse
|
87
|
Preexposure prophylaxis and predicted condom use among high-risk men who have sex with men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010; 54:548-55. [PMID: 20512046 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181e19a54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Preexposure prophylaxis (PREP) is an emerging HIV prevention strategy; however, many fear it may lead to neglect of traditional risk reduction practices through behavioral disinhibition or risk compensation. METHODS Participants were 180 HIV-negative high-risk men who have sex with men recruited in New York City, who completed an Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview-administered survey between September 2007 and July 2009. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to predict intention to use PREP and perceptions that PREP would decrease condom use. RESULTS Almost 70% (n = 124) of participants reported that they would be likely to use PREP if it were at least 80% effective in preventing HIV. Of those who would use PREP, over 35% reported that they would be likely to decrease condom use while on PREP. In multivariate analyses, arousal/pleasure barriers to condom use significantly predicted likelihood of PREP use (odds ratio = 1.71, P < 0.05) and risk perception motivations for condom use significantly predicted decreased condom use on PREP (odds ratio = 2.48, P < 0.05). DISCUSSION These data provide support for both behavioral disinhibition and risk compensation models and underscore the importance of developing behavioral interventions to accompany any wide-scale provision of PREP to high-risk populations.
Collapse
|
88
|
Schneider JA, Dandona R, Pasupneti S, Lakshmi V, Liao C, Yeldandi V, Mayer KH. Initial commitment to pre-exposure prophylaxis and circumcision for HIV prevention amongst Indian truck drivers. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11922. [PMID: 20689602 PMCID: PMC2912853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Studies of HIV prevention interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) and circumcision in India are limited. The present study sought to investigate Indian truck-drivers initial commitment to PREP and circumcision utilizing the AIDS Risk Reduction Model. Ninety truck-drivers completed an in-depth qualitative interview and provided a blood sample for HIV and HSV-2 testing. Truck-drivers exhibited low levels of initial commitment towards PREP and even lower for circumcision. However, potential leverage points for increasing commitment were realized in fear of infecting family rather than self, self-perceptions of risk, and for PREP focusing on cultural beliefs towards medication and physicians. Cost was a major barrier to both HIV prevention interventions. Despite these barriers, our findings suggest that the ARRM may be useful in identifying several leverage points that may be used by peers, health care providers and public health field workers to enhance initial commitment to novel HIV prevention interventions in India.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- John A Schneider
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
89
|
Kim SC, Becker S, Dieffenbach C, Hanewall BS, Hankins C, Lo YR, Mellors JW, O'Reilly K, Paxton L, Roffenbender JS, Warren M, Piot P, Dybul MR. Planning for pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission: challenges and opportunities. J Int AIDS Soc 2010; 13:24. [PMID: 20624303 PMCID: PMC2914050 DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
There are currently several ongoing or planned trials evaluating the efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a preventative approach to reducing the transmission of HIV. PrEP may prove ineffective, demonstrate partial efficacy, or show high efficacy and have the potential to reduce HIV infection in a significant way. However, in addition to the trial results, it is important that issues related to delivery, implementation and further research are also discussed. As a part of the ongoing discussion, in June 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored a Planning for PrEP conference with stakeholders to review expected trial results, outline responsible educational approaches, and develop potential delivery and implementation strategies. The conference reinforced the need for continued and sustained dialogue to identify where PrEP implementation may fit best within an integrated HIV prevention package. This paper identifies the key action points that emerged from the Planning for PrEP meeting.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Susan C Kim
- O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
90
|
Broder S. The development of antiretroviral therapy and its impact on the HIV-1/AIDS pandemic. Antiviral Res 2010; 85:1-18. [PMID: 20018391 PMCID: PMC2815149 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2009] [Revised: 07/31/2009] [Accepted: 10/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
In the last 25 years, HIV-1, the retrovirus responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), has gone from being an "inherently untreatable" infectious agent to one eminently susceptible to a range of approved therapies. During a five-year period, starting in the mid-1980s, my group at the National Cancer Institute played a role in the discovery and development of the first generation of antiretroviral agents, starting in 1985 with Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT) in a collaboration with scientists at the Burroughs-Wellcome Company (now GlaxoSmithKline). We focused on AZT and related congeners in the dideoxynucleoside family of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), taking them from the laboratory to the clinic in response to the pandemic of AIDS, then a terrifying and lethal disease. These drugs proved, above all else, that HIV-1 infection is treatable, and such proof provided momentum for new therapies from many sources, directed at a range of viral targets, at a pace that has rarely if ever been matched in modern drug development. Antiretroviral therapy has brought about a substantial decrease in the death rate due to HIV-1 infection, changing it from a rapidly lethal disease into a chronic manageable condition, compatible with very long survival. This has special implications within the classic boundaries of public health around the world, but at the same time in certain regions may also affect a cycle of economic and civil instability in which HIV-1/AIDS is both cause and consequence. Many challenges remain, including (1) the life-long duration of therapy; (2) the ultimate role of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); (3) the cardiometabolic side-effects or other toxicities of long-term therapy; (4) the emergence of drug-resistance and viral genetic diversity (non-B subtypes); (5) the specter of new cross-species transmissions from established retroviral reservoirs in apes and Old World monkeys; and (6) the continued pace of new HIV-1 infections in many parts of the world. All of these factors make refining current therapies and developing new therapeutic paradigms essential priorities, topics covered in articles within this special issue of Antiviral Research. Fortunately, there are exciting new insights into the biology of HIV-1, its interaction with cellular resistance factors, and novel points of attack for future therapies. Moreover, it is a short journey from basic research to public health benefit around the world. The current science will lead to new therapeutic strategies with far-reaching implications in the HIV-1/AIDS pandemic. This article forms part of a special issue of Antiviral Research marking the 25th anniversary of antiretroviral drug discovery and development, Vol. 85, issue 1, 2010.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Samuel Broder
- Celera Corporation, 1401 Harbor Bay Pkwy, Alameda, CA 94502-7070, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
91
|
Clauson KA, Polen HH, Joseph SA, Zapantis A. Role of the pharmacist in pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP) therapy for HIV prevention. Pharm Pract (Granada) 2009; 7:11-8. [PMID: 25147587 PMCID: PMC4139751 DOI: 10.4321/s1886-36552009000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
With a global estimate of 2.5 million new infections of HIV occurring yearly, discovering novel methods to help stem the spread of the virus is critical. The use of antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis for preventing HIV after accidental or occupational exposure and in maternal to fetal transmission has become a widely accepted method to combat HIV. Based on this success, pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP) is being explored in at-risk patient populations such as injecting drug users, female sex workers and men who have sex with men. This off-label and unmonitored use has created a need for education and intervention by pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Pharmacists should educate themselves on PrEP and be prepared to counsel patients about their means of obtaining it (e.g. borrowing or sharing medications and ordering from disreputable Internet pharmacies). They should also be proactive about medication therapy management in these patients due to clinically important drug interactions with PrEP medications. Only one trial exploring the safety and efficacy of tenofovir as PrEP has been completed thus far. However, five ongoing trials are in various stages and two additional studies are scheduled for the near future. Unfortunately, studies in this arena have met with many challenges that have threatened to derail progress. Ethical controversy surrounding post-trial care of participants who seroconvert during studies, as well as concerns over emerging viral resistance and logistical site problems, have already halted several PrEP trials. Information about these early trials has already filtered down to affected individuals who are experimenting with this unproven therapy as an “evening before pill”. The potential for PrEP is promising; however, more extensive trials are necessary to establish its safety and efficacy. Pharmacists are well-positioned to play a key role in helping patients make choices about PrEP, managing their therapy, and developing policy with an eye towards the future.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kevin A Clauson
- College of Pharmacy - West Palm Beach, Nova Southeastern University . Palm Beach Gardens, FL ( United States )
| | - Hyla H Polen
- Integrated Consulting Associates. Jupiter, FL ( United States )
| | - Shine A Joseph
- Specialty Resident in Drug Information. College of Pharmacy - West Palm Beach, Nova Southeastern University . Palm Beach Gardens, FL ( United States )
| | - Antonia Zapantis
- College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University . Fort Lauderdale, FL ( United States )
| |
Collapse
|
92
|
Abdool Karim SS, Baxter C. Antiretroviral prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection: future implementation challenges. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.2217/17584310.3.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Salim S Abdool Karim
- CAPRISA, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X7, Congella 4013, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| | - Cheryl Baxter
- CAPRISA, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| |
Collapse
|
93
|
Zalewski BM, Jabłońska M, Mikuła T. Pre-exposure HIV prophylaxis (PrEP) – background and controversies. HIV & AIDS REVIEW 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1730-1270(10)60086-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
|