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Holden CJ, Lampe FC, Burns FM, Chaloner C, Johnson M, Kinloch-De Loes S, Smith CJ. Association of age at antiretroviral therapy initiation with CD4 + : CD8 + ratio recovery among virally suppressed people with HIV. AIDS 2024; 38:703-711. [PMID: 38016172 PMCID: PMC10942155 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of age at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation with CD4 + : CD8 + T-cell ratio in virally suppressed people with HIV on long-term ART, and to characterize potential CD4 + : CD8 + ratio recovery in this population by age. DESIGN A longitudinal study of people attending an HIV clinic at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, who initiated ART between 2001 and 2015, and achieved and maintained HIV-1 viral suppression (viral load <1,000 copies/ml). The association of age group at ART initiation with CD4 + : CD8 + ratio at 5 and 10 years was assessed. METHODS Multivariable linear regression was used to investigate the relationship between age at ART initiation and log CD4 + : CD8 + ratio, adjusting for demographic factors (gender/HIV transmission route, ethnicity), baseline CD4 + count and calendar year. RESULTS The sample included 1859 people aged 20-78 (75% men, 56% white ethnicity). Overall, median CD4 + : CD8 + T-cell ratio increased from 0.24 at baseline to 0.77 at year 5 and 0.88 at year 10. Ratios increased among all age groups in unadjusted and adjusted models but increased less among older ages (baseline ages 60-69 and 70-79). Median ratios at year 5 were 0.85, 0.80, 0.72, 0.76, 0.6, and 0.44, respectively, among people aged 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70-79 years at baseline. CONCLUSION In a virally suppressed London population, age had a substantial impact on CD4 + : CD8 + ratio recovery, especially for those starting ART after age 60 years. Results may indicate the level of CD4 + : CD8 + ratio recovery possible in an HIV-positive, virally suppressed, aging population.
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Kumar G, Cottalorda-Dufayard J, Garraffo R, De Salvador-Guillouët F, Cua E, Roger PM. Raltegravir Inclusion Decreases CD4 T-Cells Intra-Cellular Viral Load and Increases CD4 and CD28 Positive T-Cells in Selected HIV Patients. Cells 2022; 11:cells11020208. [PMID: 35053324 PMCID: PMC8773801 DOI: 10.3390/cells11020208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Raltegravir (RLT) prevents the integration of HIV DNA in the nucleus, but published studies remain controversial, suggesting that it does not decrease proviral DNA. However, there are only a few studies focused on virus-targeted cells. We aimed our study on the impact of RLT inclusion on total intra-cellular viral DNA (TID) in cellular subsets and immune effects in patients with newly acquired undetectable plasmatic viral load (UVL). Six patients having UVL using an antiretroviral combination for 6 months and CD4 T-cells > 350/mL and <500/mL were selected to receive RLT for 3 months from M0 to M3. Patients had 7 sequential viro-immunological determinations from M-1 to M5. Immune phenotypes were determined by flow cytometry and TID quantification was performed using PCR assay on purified cells. TID (median values) at the initiation of RLT in CD4 T-cells was 117 copies/millions of cells, decreased to 27.5 on M3, and remained thereafter permanently under the cut-off (<10 copies/millions of cells) in 4 out of 6 patients. This was associated with an increase of CD4 and CD4 + CD28+ T-cells and a decrease of HLA-DR expression and apoptosis of CD4 T-cells. RLT inclusion led to decreases in the viral load along with positive immune reconstitution, mainly for CD4 T-cells in HIV patients.
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- Gaurav Kumar
- Unité 576, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France;
- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(405)-271-2907; Fax: +1-(405)-271-4110
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- Virologie, Hopital l’Archet 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France;
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- Pharmacologie, Hopital Pasteur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France;
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- Infectiologie, Hopital l’Archet 1, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France; (F.D.S.-G.); (E.C.)
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- Infectiologie, Hopital l’Archet 1, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France; (F.D.S.-G.); (E.C.)
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- Unité 576, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France;
- Infectiologie, Hopital l’Archet 1, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 06200 Nice, France; (F.D.S.-G.); (E.C.)
- Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Nel J, Dlamini S, Meintjes G, Burton R, Black JM, Davies NECG, Hefer E, Maartens G, Mangena PM, Mathe MT, Moosa MY, Mulaudzi MB, Moorhouse M, Nash J, Nkonyane TC, Preiser W, Rassool MS, Stead D, van der Plas H, van Vuuren C, Venter WDF, Woods JF. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in adults: 2020 update. South Afr J HIV Med 2020; 21:1115. [PMID: 33101723 PMCID: PMC7564911 DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Jeremy Nel
- Helen Joseph Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Southern African Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Livingstone Tertiary Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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- Private Practice Medical Adviser, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pietersburg Hospital, Polokwane, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Limpopo, Turfloop, South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Specialist Family Physician, Amathole District Clinical Specialist Team, East London, South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, Dr George Mokhari Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Medical Virology, National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg, South Africa.,Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Clinical HIV Research Unit, Wits Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Frere and Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals, East London, South Africa.,Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa.,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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OBJECTIVE Combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) results in profound immunologic improvement, but it is unclear whether CD4 cell counts return to levels similar to those of HIV-negative individuals. We explore long-term CD4 cell count evolution post-cART and its association with baseline levels, virologic suppression, pre-cART cumulative viremia and other factors. DESIGN Data were derived from the AMACS. Included individuals were adults who started cART, at least 2003, while previously ART-naive. METHODS Changes in CD4 cell counts were modeled through piecewise linear mixed models. RESULTS A total of 3405 individuals were included. The majority was male (86.0%), homosexual (58.8%) with median (IQR) age at cART initiation 36 (31-44) years and a median (IQR) follow-up of 3.9 (2.0-6.9) years. Most persons (57%) starting cART with less than 200 cells/μl did not reach 600 cells/μl after 7 years of treatment. Those starting cART with 200-349 CD4 cells/μl could reach 600 cells/μl within less than 2 years of fully suppressive treatment. Probability of CD4 normalization (i.e. >800 cells/μl) after 7 years of suppressive treatment was 24 and 46% for those starting treatment with less than 200 or 200-349 CD4 cells/μl, respectively. Lower pre-cART cumulative viremia was associated with faster CD4 recovery. CD4 cell count increases after 4 years were either insignificant or very slow, irrespectively of baseline levels. CONCLUSION cART initiation before CD4 cell count drops below 350 cells/μl is crucial for achieving normal CD4 levels. These findings underline the importance of timely diagnosis and cART initiation as the risk of both AIDS and non-AIDS-related morbidity/mortality remains increased in patients with incomplete CD4 recovery.
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Luma HN, Mboringong F, Doualla MS, Nji M, Donfack OT, Kamdem F, Ngouadjeu E, Lepka FK, Mapoure YN, Mbatchou HB. Mortality in Hospitalised HIV/AIDS Patients in a Tertiary Centre in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends Between 2007 and 2015, Causes and Associated Factors. Open AIDS J 2018. [DOI: 10.2174/1874613601812010162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background:
With easy accessibility to combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART), mortality amongst hospitalized HIV/AIDS patients needs to be described.
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We aimed at determining the trends, causes and factors associated with in-hospital mortality amongst HIV/AIDS patients in the Douala General Hospital.
Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed hospitalisation records of HIV/AIDS patients hospitalized in the medical wards of the DGH from 2007 to 2015. Four cause-of-death categories were defined: 1. Communicable conditions and AIDS-defining malignancies, 2. Chronic non-communicable conditions and non-AIDS defining malignancies’, 3. Other non-communicable conditions and 4. Unknown conditions. Logistic regression was used to determine factors associated mortality.
Results:
We analyzed 891 eligible files. The mean age was 43 (standard deviation (SD): 10) years and median length of hospital stay was 9 (interquatile range (IQR)4 - 15) days. The overall all-cause mortality was 23.5% (95% CI: 20.8% - 26.4%). The category - communicable conditions and AIDS defining malignancies represented 79.9%, of deaths and this remained constant for each year during the study period. Tuberculosis was the most common specific cause of death (23.9%). Patients who had two (OR=2.35, 95%CI: 1.35 - 4.06) and more than two (OR=4.23, 95%CI: 1.62 – 11.12) opportunistic infections, a haemoglobin level less than 10g/l (OR=2.38, 95%CI: 1.58 - 3.59) had increased odds of dying.
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In-hospital mortality is high amongst HIV/AIDS patients at the Douala general hospital. The category - communicable conditions and AIDS defining malignancies - is still the main underlying cause of death. We hope that our findings will help to develop interventions aimed at reducing in-hospital mortality.
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Meintjes G, Moorhouse MA, Carmona S, Davies N, Dlamini S, van Vuuren C, Manzini T, Mathe M, Moosa Y, Nash J, Nel J, Pakade Y, Woods J, Van Zyl G, Conradie F, Venter F. Adult antiretroviral therapy guidelines 2017. South Afr J HIV Med 2017; 18:776. [PMID: 29568644 PMCID: PMC5843236 DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v18i1.776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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These guidelines are intended as an update to those published in the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine in 2014 and the update on when to initiate antiretroviral therapy in 2015. Since the release of the previous guidelines, the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in southern Africa has continued. New antiretroviral drugs have become available with improved efficacy, safety and robustness. The guidelines are intended for countries in the southern African region, which vary between lower and middle income.
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- Graeme Meintjes
- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Discordant Immune Response with Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156099. [PMID: 27284683 PMCID: PMC4902248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background A discordant immune response (DIR) is a failure to satisfactorily increase CD4 counts on ART despite successful virological control. Literature on the clinical effects of DIR has not been systematically evaluated. We aimed to summarise the risk of mortality, AIDS and serious non-AIDS events associated with DIR with a systematic review. Methods The protocol is registered with the Centre for Review Dissemination, University of York (registration number CRD42014010821). Included studies investigated the effect of DIR on mortality, AIDS, or serious non-AIDS events in cohort studies or cohorts contained in arms of randomised controlled trials for adults aged 16 years or older. DIR was classified as a suboptimal CD4 count (as defined by the study) despite virological suppression following at least 6 months of ART. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library to December 2015. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias in cohort studies. Two authors applied inclusion criteria and one author extracted data. Risk ratios were calculated for each clinical outcome reported. Results Of 20 studies that met the inclusion criteria, 14 different definitions of DIR were used. Risk ratios for mortality in patients with and without DIR ranged between 1.00 (95% CI 0.26 to 3.92) and 4.29 (95% CI 1.96 to 9.38) with the majority of studies reporting a 2 to 3 fold increase in risk. Conclusions DIR is associated with a marked increase in mortality in most studies but definitions vary widely. We propose a standardised definition to aid the development of management options for DIR.
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Brogan AJ, Smets E, Mauskopf JA, Manuel SAL, Adriaenssen I. Cost effectiveness of darunavir/ritonavir combination antiretroviral therapy for treatment-naive adults with HIV-1 infection in Canada. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2014; 32:903-917. [PMID: 24906477 DOI: 10.1007/s40273-014-0173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The AntiRetroviral Therapy with TMC114 ExaMined In naive Subjects (ARTEMIS) clinical trial examined the efficacy and safety of two ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors (PI/r), darunavir/r 800/100 mg once daily (QD) and lopinavir/r 800/200 mg daily, both used in combination with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine. This study aimed to assess the cost effectiveness of the darunavir/r regimen compared with the lopinavir/r regimen in treatment-naive adults with HIV-1 infection in Canada. METHODS A Markov model with a 3-month cycle time and six CD4 cell-count-based health states (>500, 351-500, 201-500, 101-200, 51-100, and 0-50 cells/mm(3)) followed a cohort of treatment-naive adults with HIV-1 infection through initial darunavir/r or lopinavir/r combination therapy and a common set of subsequent regimens over the course of their remaining lifetimes. Population characteristics and transition probabilities were estimated from the ARTEMIS clinical trial and other trials. Costs (in 2014 Canadian dollars), utilities, and mortality were estimated from Canadian sources and published literature. Costs and health outcomes were discounted at 5% per year. One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed, including a simple indirect comparison of the darunavir/r initial regimen with an atazanavir/r-based regimen. RESULTS In the base-case lifetime analysis, individuals receiving initial therapy with the darunavir/r regimen experienced 0.25 more quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) with lower antiretroviral drug costs (-$14,246) and total costs (-$18,402) than individuals receiving the lopinavir/r regimen, indicating that darunavir/r dominated lopinavir/r. In an indirect comparison with an atazanavir/r-based regimen, the darunavir/r regimen remained the dominant choice, but with lower cost savings (-$2,303) and QALY gains (0.02). Results were robust to a wide range of other changes in input parameter values, population characteristics, and modeling assumptions. The probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the darunavir/r regimen was cost effective compared with the lopinavir/r regimen in over 86% of simulations for willingness-to-pay thresholds between $0 and $100,000 per QALY gained. CONCLUSIONS Darunavir/r 800/100 mg QD may be a cost-effective PI/r component of initial antiretroviral therapy for treatment-naive adults with HIV-1 infection in Canada.
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- Anita J Brogan
- RTI Health Solutions, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA,
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Effects of different antigenic stimuli on thymic function and interleukin-7/CD127 system in patients with chronic HIV infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014; 66:466-72. [PMID: 24820104 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND We tested if an increase in immune activation and a decrease in CD4⁺ T cells induced by different antigenic stimuli could be associated with changes in the thymic function and the interleukin (IL)-7/CD127 system. METHODS Twenty-six HIV-infected patients under combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) were randomized to receive, during 12 months, a complete immunization schedule (7 vaccines and 15 doses) or placebo. Thereafter, cART was interrupted during 6 months. Changes in the thymic function and the IL-7/CD127 system after 3 different antigenic stimuli (vaccines, episodes of low-level intermittent viremia before cART interruption, or viral load rebound after cART interruption) were assessed. RESULTS During the period on cART, neither vaccines nor low-level viremia influenced thymic function or IL-7/CD127 system parameters. By analyzing the cohort as a whole while on cART, a significant improvement was observed in the thymic function as measured by an increase in the thymic volume (P = 0.024), T-cell receptor excision circle-bearing cells (P = 0.012), and naive CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells (P = 0.069 both). No significant changes were observed in the IL-7/CD127 system. After cART interruption, a decrease in T-cell receptor excision circles (P < 0.001) and naive CD8⁺ T cells (P < 0.001), an increase in IL-7 and expression of CD127 on naive and memory CD4⁺ T cells (P = 0.028, P = 0.088, and P = 0.04, respectively), and a significant decrease in CD127 on naive and memory CD8⁺ T cells (P = 0.01, P = 0.006, respectively) were observed. CONCLUSIONS Low-level transient antigenic stimuli during cART were not associated with changes in the thymic function or the IL-7/CD127 system. Conversely, viral load rebound very early after cART interruption influenced the thymic function and the IL-7/CD127 system. Clinical Trials.gov number NCT00329251.
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Byakwaga H, Petoumenos K, Ananworanich J, Zhang F, Boyd MA, Sirisanthana T, Li PCK, Lee C, Mean CV, Saphonn V, Omar SFS, Pujari S, Phanuphak P, Lim PL, Kumarasamy N, Chen YMA, Merati TP, Sungkanuparph S, Ditangco R, Oka S, Tau G, Zhou J, Law MG, Emery S. Predictors of clinical progression in HIV-1-infected adults initiating combination antiretroviral therapy with advanced disease in the Asia-Pacific region: results from the TREAT Asia HIV observational database. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 2013; 12:270-7. [PMID: 23422741 DOI: 10.1177/1545109712469684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The majority of HIV-infected patients in developing countries commences combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) with advanced disease. We examined predictors of disease progression in patients initiating cART with CD4 count ≤200 cells/mm(3) in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database. The main outcome measure was progression to either an AIDS-defining illness or death occurring 6 months after initiation of cART. We used survival analysis methods. A total of 1255 patients contributed 2696 person years of follow-up; 73 were diagnosed with AIDS and 9 died. The rate of progression to the combined end point was 3.0 per 100 person years. The factors significantly associated with a higher risk of disease progression were Indian ethnicity, infection through intravenous drug use, lower CD4 count, and hemoglobin ≤130 g/dL at 6 months. In conclusion, measurements of CD4 count and hemoglobin at month 6 may be useful for early identification of disease progression in resource-limited settings.
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- H Byakwaga
- The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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Ku NS, Oh JO, Shin SY, Kim SB, Kim HW, Jeong SJ, Han SH, Song YG, Kim JM, Choi JY. Effects of tuberculosis on the kinetics of CD4(+) T cell count among HIV-infected patients who initiated antiretroviral therapy early after tuberculosis treatment. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2013; 29:226-30. [PMID: 22881387 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The effects of tuberculosis (TB) on the kinetics of CD4(+) T cells among HIV-infected individuals with early combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) after TB therapy initiation are poorly characterized. We conducted a case-control study with 15 HIV-TB-coinfected patients who initiated TB treatment and early cART, and 30 controls without TB who had similar CD4(+) T cell counts and viral loads at the time of starting cART. We compared the rate of CD4(+) T cell increase for 5 years after cART. The time to CD4(+) T cell increase >250 cells/mm(3) was significantly slower in HIV-TB-coinfected patients (p=0.015, by log rank test). HIV-TB-coinfected patients had significantly lower median CD4(+) T cell counts at 5 years after cART (p=0.048). The difference in CD4(+) T cell increase was observed only during the first 6 months after cART initiation (p=0.002). These data suggest that TB slows the rate of CD4(+) T cell recovery at an early period after cART. The effects of TB on the long-term immunity of HIV-infected patients should be further evaluated.
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- Nam Su Ku
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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TB causes 1.4 million deaths annually. HIV-1 infection is the strongest risk factor for TB. The characteristic immunological effect of HIV is on CD4 cell count. However, the risk of TB is elevated in HIV-1 infected individuals even in the first few years after HIV acquisition and also after CD4 cell counts are restored with antiretroviral therapy. In this review, we examine features of the immune response to TB and how this is affected by HIV-1 infection and vice versa. We discuss how the immunology of HIV-TB coinfection impacts on the clinical presentation and diagnosis of TB, and how antiretroviral therapy affects the immune response to TB, including the development of TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. We highlight important areas of uncertainty and future research needs.
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- Naomi F Walker
- Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, W12 0NN, UK
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
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- Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Medicine, Norfolk Place, Imperial College London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Medicine, Norfolk Place, Imperial College London, W2 1PG, UK
- MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, NW7 1AA, UK
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Baqi S, Abro AG, Salahuddin N, Ashraf Memon M, Qamar Abbas S, Baig-Ansari N. Four years of experience with antiretroviral therapy in adult patients in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Int Health 2012; 4:260-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Maman D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, Subtil F, Pinoges L, McGuire M, Ecochard R, Etard JF. Gender differences in immune reconstitution: a multicentric cohort analysis in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31078. [PMID: 22363550 PMCID: PMC3281917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background In sub-Saharan Africa, men living with HIV often start ART at more advanced stages of disease and have higher early mortality than women. We investigated gender difference in long-term immune reconstitution. Methods/Principal Findings Antiretroviral-naïve adults who received ART for at least 9 months in four HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa were included. Multivariate mixed linear models were used to examine gender differences in immune reconstitution on first line ART. A total of 21,708 patients (68% women) contributed to 61,912 person-years of follow-up. At ART start,. Median CD4 at ART were 149 [IQR 85–206] for women and 125 cells/µL [IQR 63–187] for men. After the first year on ART, immune recovery was higher in women than in men, and gender-based differences increased by 20 CD4 cells/µL per year on average (95% CI 16–23; P<0.001). Up to 6 years after ART start, patients with low initial CD4 levels experienced similar gains compared to patients with high initial levels, including those with CD4>250cells/µL (difference between patients with <50 cells/µL and those with >250 was 284 cells/µL; 95% CI 272–296; LR test for interaction with time p = 0.63). Among patients with initial CD4 count of 150–200 cells/µL, women reached 500 CD4 cells after 2.4 years on ART (95% CI 2.4–2.5) and men after 4.5 years (95% CI 4.1–4.8) of ART use. Conclusion Women achieved better long-term immune response to ART, reaching CD4 level associated with lower risks of AIDS related morbidity and mortality quicker than men.
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- David Maman
- Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France.
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Han J, Lun W, Meng Z, Huang K, Mao Y, Zhu W, Lian S. Mucocutaneous manifestations of HIV-infected patients in the era of HAART in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2012; 27:376-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04429.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Byakwaga H, Kelly M, Purcell DFJ, French MA, Amin J, Lewin SR, Haskelberg H, Kelleher AD, Garsia R, Boyd MA, Cooper DA, Emery S. Intensification of antiretroviral therapy with raltegravir or addition of hyperimmune bovine colostrum in HIV-infected patients with suboptimal CD4+ T-cell response: a randomized controlled trial. J Infect Dis 2011; 204:1532-40. [PMID: 21930607 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite virally suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), some HIV-infected patients exhibit suboptimal CD4(+) T-cell recovery. This study aimed to determine the effect of intensification of cART with raltegravir or addition of hyperimmune bovine colostrum (HIBC) on CD4(+) T-cell count in such patients. METHODS We randomized 75 patients to 4 treatment groups to receive raltegravir, HIBC, placebo, or both raltegravir and HIBC in a factorial, double-blind study. The primary endpoint was time-weighted mean change in CD4(+) T-cell count from baseline to week 24. T-cell activation (CD38(+) and HLA-DR(+)), plasma markers of microbial translocation (lipopolysaccharide, 16S rDNA), monocyte activation (soluble (s) CD14), and HIV-RNA (lowest level of detection 4 copies/mL) were monitored. Analysis was performed using linear regression methods. RESULTS Compared with placebo, the addition of neither raltegravir nor HIBC to cART for 24 weeks resulted in a significant change in CD4(+) T-cell count (mean difference, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.09 cells/μL, -14.27; 20.45, P = .724 and 9.43 cells/μL, -7.81; 26.68, P = .279, respectively, intention to treat). There was no significant interaction between HIBC and raltegravir (P = .275). No correlation was found between CD4(+) T-cell count and plasma lipopolysaccharide, 16S rDNA, sCD14, or HIV-RNA. CONCLUSION The determinants of poor CD4(+) T-cell recovery following cART require further investigation. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00772590, Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12609000575235.
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- Helen Byakwaga
- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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Rajasuriar R, Gouillou M, Spelman T, Read T, Hoy J, Law M, Cameron PU, Petoumenos K, Lewin SR. Clinical predictors of immune reconstitution following combination antiretroviral therapy in patients from the Australian HIV Observational Database. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20713. [PMID: 21674057 PMCID: PMC3107235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background A small but significant number of patients do not achieve CD4 T-cell counts >500cells/µl despite years of suppressive cART. These patients remain at risk of AIDS and non-AIDS defining illnesses. The aim of this study was to identify clinical factors associated with CD4 T-cell recovery following long-term cART. Methods Patients with the following inclusion criteria were selected from the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD): cART as their first regimen initiated at CD4 T-cell count <500cells/µl, HIV RNA<500copies/ml after 6 months of cART and sustained for at least 12 months. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify determinants associated with time to achieve CD4 T-cell counts >500cells/µl and >200cells/µl. Results 501 patients were eligible for inclusion from AHOD (n = 2853). The median (IQR) age and baseline CD4 T-cell counts were 39 (32–47) years and 236 (130–350) cells/µl, respectively. A major strength of this study is the long follow-up duration, median (IQR) = 6.5(3–10) years. Most patients (80%) achieved CD4 T-cell counts >500cells/µl, but in 8%, this took >5 years. Among the patients who failed to reach a CD4 T-cell count >500cells/µl, 16% received cART for >10 years. In a multivariate analysis, faster time to achieve a CD4 T-cell count >500cells/µl was associated with higher baseline CD4 T-cell counts (p<0.001), younger age (p = 0.019) and treatment initiation with a protease inhibitor (PI)-based regimen (vs. non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI; p = 0.043). Factors associated with achieving CD4 T-cell counts >200cells/µl included higher baseline CD4 T-cell count (p<0.001), not having a prior AIDS-defining illness (p = 0.018) and higher baseline HIV RNA (p<0.001). Conclusion The time taken to achieve a CD4 T-cell count >500cells/µl despite long-term cART is prolonged in a subset of patients in AHOD. Starting cART early with a PI-based regimen (vs. NNRTI-based regimen) is associated with more rapid recovery of a CD4 T-cell count >500cells/µl.
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- Reena Rajasuriar
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia
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- Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Infectious Disease Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Infectious Disease Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Infectious Disease Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Although highly active antiretroviral therapy has enabled constant progress in reducing HIV-1 replication, in some patients who are "aviremic" during treatment, the problem of insufficient immune restoration remains, and this exposes them to the risk of immune deficiency-associated pathologies. Various mechanisms may combine and account for this impaired immunologic response to treatment. A first possible mechanism is immune activation, which may be because of residual HIV production, microbial translocation, co-infections, immunosenescence, or lymphopenia per se. A second mechanism is ongoing HIV replication. Finally, deficient thymus output, sex, and genetic polymorphism influencing apoptosis may impair immune reconstitution. In this review we will discuss the tools at our disposal to identify the various mechanisms at work in a given patient and the specific therapeutic strategies we could propose based on this etiologic diagnosis.
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Torti C, d'Arminio-Monforte A, Pozniak AL, Lapadula G, Cologni G, Antinori A, De Luca A, Mussini C, Castagna A, Cicconi P, Minoli L, Costantini A, Carosi G, Liang H, Cesana BM. Long-term CD4+ T-cell count evolution after switching from regimens including HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) plus protease inhibitors to regimens containing NRTI plus non-NRTI or only NRTI. BMC Infect Dis 2011; 11:23. [PMID: 21266068 PMCID: PMC3038912 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Data regarding CD4+ recovery after switching from protease inhibitor (PI)-based regimens to regimens not containing PI are scarce. Methods Subjects with virological success on first-PI-regimens who switched to NNRTI therapy (NNRTI group) or to nucleoside reverse transcriptase (NRTI)-only (NRTI group) were studied. The effect of the switch on the ongoing CD4+ trend was assessed by two-phase linear regression (TPLR), allowing us to evaluate whether a change in the CD4+ trend (hinge) occurred and the time of its occurrence. Furthermore, we described the evolution of the frequencies in CD4-count classes across four relevant time-points (baseline, before and immediately after the switch, and last visit). Finally, we explored whether the CD4+ counts evolved differently in patients who switched to NNRTI or NRTI-only regimens by considering: the overall CD4+ trends, the time to CD4+≥ 500/mm3 after the switch, and the area-under-the-curve (AUC) of the CD4+ after the switch. Results Eight hundred and ninety-six patients, followed for a median of 2,121 days, were included. At TPLR, hinges occurred in 581/844 (68.9%), but in only 40/581 (6.9%) within a time interval (180 days) compatible with a possible relationship to the switch; furthermore, in 19/40 cases, CD4+ counts appeared to decrease after the hinges. In comparison with the NNRTI group, the NRTI group showed CD4+ count greater at baseline (P = 0.0234) and before the switch (P ≤ 0.0001), superior CD4+ T-cell increases after HAART was started, lower probability of not achieving CD4+ ≥ 500/mm3 (P = 0.0024), and, finally, no significant differences in the CD4+ T-cell AUC after the switch after adjusting for possible confounders (propensity score and pre-switch AUC). Persistence at CD4+ < 200/mm3 was observed in 34/435 (7.5%) patients, and a decrease below this level was found in only 10/259 (3.9%) with baseline CD4+ ≥ 350/mm3. Conclusions Switching from first-line PI to NNRTI- or NRTI-based regimens did not seem to impair CD4+ trend over long-term follow-up. Although the greater CD4+ increases in patients who switched to the NRTI-only regimen was due to higher CD4+ counts before the switch, several statistical analyses consistently showed that switching to this regimen did not damage the ongoing immune-reconstitution. Lastly, the observation that CD4+ T-cell counts remained low or decreased in the long term despite virological success merits further investigation.
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Ruan Y, Xing H, Wang X, Tang H, Wang Z, Liu H, Su B, Wu J, Li H, Liao L, Li J, Wu JW, Shao Y. Virologic outcomes of first-line HAART and associated factors among Chinese patients with HIV in three sentinel antiretroviral treatment sites. Trop Med Int Health 2010; 15:1357-63. [PMID: 20868414 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) among Chinese patients with HIV receiving first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS Based on the WHO HIVDR surveys, a prospective cohort study with 12-month follow-up was conducted to estimate the prevalence of HIV RNA<1000 copies/ml and HIVDR. RESULTS A total of 341 study subjects naïve to prior antiretroviral therapy (ART) were followed up for a median of 12.1 months. The overall mortality rate was 9.9 per 100 person-years. The median of CD4 counts increased from 182 cells/mm(3) at baseline to 268 cells/mm(3) at 12 months (P<0.0001). Of patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations ≥1000 copies/ml at 12 months, the proportions of resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase drugs, nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and protease inhibitor drugs were 34.2%, 23.7% and 0%, respectively. The overall proportion of HIV RNA<1000 copies/ml was 85.7% at 12 months. Occupation of farmer (AOR=0.3, 95% CI: 0.08, 0.94; P=0.0393) and HAART counselling and instruction through telephone (AOR=2.8, 95% CI: 1.4, 5.6; P=0.0047) were significantly associated with HIV RNA<1000 copies/ml. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that the community-based ART had significant effects on viral suppression and immune recovery. HIVDR should be monitored in the long term to guide informed decisions on preventing HIVDR and choices of first- and second-line regimens.
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- Yuhua Ruan
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Nanwei Road, Beijing, China
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Foulkes AS, Azzoni L, Li X, Johnson MA, Smith C, Mounzer K, Montaner LJ. Prediction based classification for longitudinal biomarkers. Ann Appl Stat 2010; 4:1476-1497. [PMID: 21274424 DOI: 10.1214/10-aoas326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Assessment of circulating CD4 count change over time in HIV-infected subjects on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a central component of disease monitoring. The increasing number of HIV-infected subjects starting therapy and the limited capacity to support CD4 count testing within resource-limited settings have fueled interest in identifying correlates of CD4 count change such as total lymphocyte count, among others. The application of modeling techniques will be essential to this endeavor due to the typically non-linear CD4 trajectory over time and the multiple input variables necessary for capturing CD4 variability. We propose a prediction based classification approach that involves first stage modeling and subsequent classification based on clinically meaningful thresholds. This approach draws on existing analytical methods described in the receiver operating characteristic curve literature while presenting an extension for handling a continuous outcome. Application of this method to an independent test sample results in greater than 98% positive predictive value for CD4 count change. The prediction algorithm is derived based on a cohort of n = 270 HIV-1 infected individuals from the Royal Free Hospital, London who were followed for up to three years from initiation of ART. A test sample comprised of n = 72 individuals from Philadelphia and followed for a similar length of time is used for validation. Results suggest that this approach may be a useful tool for prioritizing limited laboratory resources for CD4 testing after subjects start antiretroviral therapy.
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- A S Foulkes
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA USA
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Factors associated with collagen deposition in lymphoid tissue in long-term treated HIV-infected patients. AIDS 2010; 24:2029-39. [PMID: 20588162 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833c3268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The factors associated with fibrosis in lymphoid tissue in long-term treated HIV-infected patients and their correlation with immune reconstitution were assessed. METHODS Tonsillar biopsies were performed in seven antiretroviral-naive patients and 29 successfully treated patients (median time on treatment, 61 months). Twenty patients received protease inhibitors-sparing regimens and nine protease inhibitor-containing regimens. Five tonsillar resections of HIV-negative individuals were used as controls. Lymphoid tissue architecture, collagen deposition (fibrosis) and the mean interfollicular CD4(+) cell count per mum were assessed. RESULTS Naive and long-term treated HIV-infected patients had a higher proportion of fibrosis than did HIV-uninfected persons (P < 0.001). Patients with greater collagen deposition showed lower levels of CD4 cells in lymphoid tissue (P = 0.03) and smaller increase in peripheral CD4(+) T cells (r = -0.40, P = 0.05). The factors independently associated with fibrosis in lymphoid tissue were age (P < 0.0001), treated patients with detectable lymphoid tissue viral load when compared with patients with undetectable lymphoid tissue viral load (median 5 vs. 12%, respectively, P = 0.017) and patients receiving a protease inhibitor-sparing vs. a protease inhibitor-containing regimen (median 8 vs. 2.5%, respectively, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION Fibrosis in lymphoid tissue was associated with a poor reconstitution of CD4(+) T cells and long-term antiretroviral therapy did not reverse this abnormality. HIV infection, older age, a detectable level of lymphoid tissue viral load in treated patients and protease inhibitor-sparing regimens seem to favour fibrosis in lymphoid tissue.
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Control of viral replication to below the level of quantification using combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) [cART] has led to a dramatic fall in mortality and morbidity from AIDS. However, despite the success of cART, it has become apparent that many patients do not achieve normalized CD4+ T-cell counts despite virological suppression to below the level of quantification (<50 copies/mL). Increasing data from cohort studies and limited data from clinical trials, such as the SMART study, have shown that higher CD4+ T-cell counts are associated with reductions in morbidity and mortality from both AIDS and serious non-AIDS (SNA) conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Enhancement of immune restoration over and above that achievable with ART alone, using a number of strategies including cytokine therapy, has been of interest for many years. The most studied cytokine in this setting is recombinant interleukin (IL)-2 (rIL-2). The purpose of this review is to describe the current status of rIL-2 as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of HIV-1 infection. The review focuses on the rationale underpinning the exploration of rIL-2 in HIV infection, summarizing the phase II and III findings of rIL-2 as an adjunctive therapy to ART and the phase II studies of rIL-2 as an antiretroviral-sparing agent. The phase II studies demonstrated the potential utility of continuous intravenous IL-2 and subsequently intermittent dosing with subcutaneous rIL-2 as a cytokine that could expand the CD4+ T-cell pool in HIV-1-infected patients without any significant detrimental effect on HIV viral load and with an acceptable adverse-effect profile. These data were utilized in designing the phase II studies of rIL-2 as an ART-sparing agent and, more importantly, the large phase III clinical endpoint studies of rIL-2 in HIV-1-infected adults, ESPRIT and SILCAAT. In the latter, subcutaneous rIL-2 was given intermittently (5 days of twice-daily dosing at 4.5-7.5 million international units per dose every 8 weeks) to HIV-1-infected adults receiving cART using an induction/maintenance strategy. Both studies explored the clinical benefit of intermittent subcutaneous rIL-2 with cART versus cART in HIV-infected adults with CD4+ T-cell counts > or = 300 cells/microL (ESPRIT study) and 50-299 cells/microL (SILCAAT study). Both studies showed that receipt of rIL-2 conferred no clinical benefit despite a significantly higher CD4+ T-cell count in the rIL-2 arms of both studies. Moreover, there was an excess of grade 4 clinical events in ESPRIT rIL-2 recipients. The results of the phase III clinical endpoint studies showed that rIL-2 has no place as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of HIV infection.
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- Sarah L Pett
- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Castagna A, Galli L, Torti C, D'Arminio Monforte A, Mussini C, Antinori A, Cozzi-Lepri A, Ladisa N, De Luca A, Seminari E, Gianotti N, Lazzarin A. Predicting the magnitude of short-term CD4+ T-cell recovery in HIV-infected patients during first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy. Antivir Ther 2010; 15:165-75. [PMID: 20386071 DOI: 10.3851/imp1513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The extent of short-term CD4(+) T-cell recovery in patients tolerating first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and attaining undetectable HIV RNA levels is inadequately defined. METHODS We retrospectively analysed patients in four Italian cohorts who started HAART between January 1996 and September 2006. All patients had known HCV coinfection status, did not modify the regimen for 6 months and had <50 HIV RNA copies/ml at the end of the sixth month. RESULTS The analysis involved 1,488 patients (1,096 males, 73.7%) with a median age of 43 years (interquartile range [IQR] 39-49); 435 (29.2%) were positive for HCV, 71 (4.8%) were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 76 (5.1%) had experienced a previous AIDS-defining event. At baseline, patient CD4(+) T-cell counts were 226 cells/microl (IQR 99-332), CD4(+) T-cell percentages were 14.7% (IQR 8.7-21.2) and HIV RNA levels were 4.91 log(10) copies/ml (IQR 4.38-5.34). Overall, 24-week CD4(+) T-cell recovery was 144 cells/microl (IQR 70-240). At multivariable analysis, T-cell recovery was positively related to the use of a boosted protease inhibitor (P<0.0001) or thymidine analogues (P<0.0001), baseline HIV RNA levels (P<0.0001), the baseline percentage of CD4(+) T-cells (P<0.0001) and the absence of HCV coinfection (P=0.006). Age, gender, baseline CD4(+)/CD8(+) T-cell ratio and a history of AIDS-defining events had no independent effect on CD4(+) T-cell recovery. CONCLUSIONS Among HIV-infected patients tolerating first-line HAART and with undetectable HIV RNA after 6 months, CD4(+) T-cell recovery is significantly greater in those without HCV coinfection, with a high baseline viral load, a high baseline percentage of CD4(+) T-cells and in those treated with a boosted protease inhibitor.
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- Antonella Castagna
- Infectious Diseases Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Moeremans K, Annemans L, Löthgren M, Allegri G, Wyffels V, Hemmet L, Caekelbergh K, Smets E. Cost effectiveness of darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg bid in protease inhibitor-experienced, HIV-1-infected adults in Belgium, Italy, Sweden and the UK. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2010; 28 Suppl 1:107-128. [PMID: 21182347 DOI: 10.2165/11587480-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Two phase II trials (POWER 1 and 2) have demonstrated that darunavir co-administered with low-dose ritonavir (DRV/r) provides significant clinical benefit compared with control protease inhibitors (PIs) in highly treatment-experienced, HIV-1-infected adults, when co-administered with optimized background therapy (OBR). OBJECTIVE To determine whether DRV/r is cost effective compared with control PIs, from the perspective of Belgian, Italian, Swedish and UK reimbursement authorities, when used in treatment-experienced patients similar to those included in the POWER 1 and 2 trials. METHODS An existing Markov model containing health states defined by CD4 cell count ranges (> 500, 351-500, 201-350, 101-200, 51-100 and 0-50 cells/mm³) and death was adapted for use in four European healthcare settings. Baseline demographics, CD4 cell count distribution and antiretroviral drug usage reflected those reported in the POWER 1 and 2 trials. Virological/immunological response rates and matching transition probabilities over the patient's lifetime were based on results from the POWER trials and published data. After treatment failure, patients were assumed to switch to a tipranavir-containing regimen plus OBR. For each CD4 cell count range, utility values and HIV-related mortality rates were obtained from the published literature. National all-cause mortality data and published data on the increased risk of non HIV-related mortality in HIV-infected individuals were taken into account in the model. Data from observational studies conducted in each healthcare setting were used to determine resource-use patterns and costs associated with each CD4 cell count range. Unit costs were derived from official local sources; a lifetime horizon was taken and discount rates were selected based on local guidelines. RESULTS In the base-case analysis, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gains of up to 1.397 in Belgium, over 1.171 in Italy, 1.142 in Sweden and 1.091 in the UK were predicted when DRV/r-based therapy was used instead of control PI-based treatment. The base-case analyses predicted an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of €11,438/QALY in Belgium, €12,122/QALY in Italy,€10,942/QALY in Sweden and €16,438/QALY in the UK. Assuming an acceptability threshold of €30,000/QALY, DRV/r-based therapy remained cost effective over all parameter ranges tested in extensive one-way sensitivity analyses. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis revealed a 95% (Belgium), 97% (Italy), 92% (Sweden) or 78% (UK) probability of attaining an ICER below this threshold. CONCLUSION From four European payer perspectives, DRV/r-based antiretroviral therapy is predicted to be cost effective compared with currently available control PIs, when both are used with an OBR in treatment-experienced, HIV-1-infected adults who failed to respond to more than one PI-containing regimen.
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- Karen Moeremans
- IMS Health, Health Economics Outcomes Research, Brussels, Belgium.
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Mauskopf J, Brogan A, Martin S, Smets E. Cost effectiveness of darunavir/ritonavir in highly treatment-experienced, HIV-1-infected adults in the USA. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2010; 28 Suppl 1:83-105. [PMID: 21182346 DOI: 10.2165/11587470-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Darunavir is a new protease inhibitor (PI) that is co-administered with low-dose ritonavir and has demonstrated substantial efficacy in clinical trials of highly treatment-experienced patients when combined with an optimized background regimen (with or without enfuvirtide). This study estimates the cost effectiveness of darunavir with ritonavir (DRV/r) in this population over 5-year and lifetime time horizons in the USA. METHODS A Markov model was used to follow a treatment-experienced HIV-1 cohort through six health states, based on CD4 cell count: greater than 500, 351-500, 201-350, 101-200, 51-100 and 0-50 cells/mm³, and death. The magnitude of the CD4 cell count increase and duration of increasing and stable periods were derived from week 48 DRV/r clinical trial results (POWER 1 and 2). The treatment pathway assumed one regimen switch following treatment failure on the initial regimen. The use of antiretroviral drugs was based on usage in DRV/r clinical trials. US daily wholesale acquisition costs were calculated using the recommended daily doses. For each CD4 cell count range, utility values, HIV-1-related mortality rates and costs for medical resources (other than antiretroviral drug costs) were obtained from published literature. Non-HIV-1-related mortality rates were calculated by applying a relative risk value to the US general population age and gender-specific mortality rates. Costs and outcomes were discounted at 3% per year. One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses and variability analysis were performed. RESULTS In a 5-year analysis, patients receiving DRV/r experienced 3.80 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and incurred total medical costs of US$217,288, while those receiving control PIs experienced 3.60 QALYs and incurred costs of US$218,962. DRV/r was both more effective and less costly than control PIs. For the lifetime analysis, the QALYs and lifetime medical costs with DRV/r were 10.03 and US$565,358, compared with 8.76 and US$527,287 with control PIs. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for DRV/r compared with control PIs was US$30,046. One-way sensitivity analyses for both time horizons indicated that the results were most sensitive to changes in the rate of CD4 cell count change during stable and declining periods (lifetime only), duration of stable period (5-year only) and HIV-1-related mortality rates. The results of the variability analysis were most sensitive to the model time horizon. Nevertheless, for all ranges and scenarios tested in these analyses, the incremental cost per QALY gained remained below US$50,000. The probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed that there was a 0.921 and 0.950 probability of a cost-effectiveness ratio below US$50,000 per QALY for the 5-year and lifetime time horizon, respectively. CONCLUSIONS DRV/r is predicted to be cost effective compared with control PI in highly treatment-experienced patients and is predicted to yield an average of 0.20 additional QALYs per treatment-experienced patient over 5 years and 1.27 additional QALYs over a lifetime in this population.
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Brogan A, Mauskopf J, Talbird SE, Smets E. US cost effectiveness of darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg bid in treatment-experienced, HIV-infected adults with evidence of protease inhibitor resistance included in the TITAN Trial. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2010; 28 Suppl 1:129-146. [PMID: 21182348 DOI: 10.2165/11587490-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The phase III TITAN trial evaluated the use of darunavir with low-dose ritonavir (DRV/r) 600/100 mg twice daily (bid) compared with lopinavir with low-dose ritonavir (LPV/r) in treatment-experienced, lopinavir-naive patients. This study estimates the cost effectiveness of DRV/r from a US societal perspective when compared with LPV/r in treatment-experienced patients with a profile similar to those TITAN patients who had one or more International AIDS Society - USA (IAS-USA) primary protease inhibitor (PI) resistance-associated mutations (RAMs) at baseline. This population had less advanced HIV disease and a broader range of previous PI exposure/failure (0 - ≥ 2 PIs) at enrollment than those in the darunavir phase IIb POWER trials. METHODS An existing Markov model containing six health states defined by CD4 cell count range (>500, 351-500, 201-350, 101-200, 51-100 and 0-50 cells/mm³) and an absorbing state of death was adapted. Baseline demographics, CD4 cell count distribution and antiretroviral drug usage, virological response (at week 24), and immunological response estimates and matching transition probabilities were based on data collected directly from the one or more IAS-USA PI mutation subpopulation during the first 48 weeks of the TITAN trial, as well as from published literature. Patients were assumed to switch to a regimen containing tipranavir plus an optimized background regimen after treatment failure. For each CD4 cell count range or health state, the utility values, HIV and non-HIV-related mortality rates, and non-antiretroviral-related cost of HIV care estimates were derived from published literature. Unit costs were derived from official local sources. A lifetime horizon was taken in the base-case analysis. RESULTS The base-case analysis predicted discounted quality-adjusted survival gains of 0.493 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) for DRV/r compared with LPV/r, resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of US$23,057 per QALY gained over a lifetime horizon. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis indicated a 0.754 probability of an ICER below the threshold of US$50,000 per QALY gained. DRV/r remained cost effective over all parameter ranges tested in extensive one-way sensitivity analyses and variability analyses, which examined the impact of input parameter uncertainty and changes in model assumptions and treatment patterns, respectively. Shortening the model time horizon had the largest impact on the ICER, reducing it most notably to US$4919 with a 10-year time horizon. CONCLUSION From a US societal perspective and based on an analysis of the patients with primary IAS-USA PI RAMs enrolled in the darunavir phase III TITAN trial, a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen containing DRV/r 600/100 mg bid is estimated to be a cost-effective therapy when compared with a HAART regimen containing LPV/r, for the management of treatment-experienced, PI-resistant, HIV-infected adults with a broad range of previous PI use/failure.
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- Anita Brogan
- RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Moeremans K, Hemmett L, Hjelmgren J, Allegri G, Smets E. Cost effectiveness of darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg bid in treatment-experienced, lopinavir-naive, protease inhibitor-resistant, HIV-infected adults in Belgium, Italy, Sweden and the UK. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2010; 28 Suppl 1:147-167. [PMID: 21182349 DOI: 10.2165/11587500-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Using data from the phase IIb POWER trials, darunavir boosted with low-dose ritonavir (DRV/r; 600/100 mg twice daily; bid)-based highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was shown to be significantly more efficacious and cost effective than other protease inhibitor (PI)-based therapy in highly treatment-experienced, HIV-1-infected adults. Furthermore, in the phase III TITAN trial (TMC114-C214), DRV/r 600/100 mg bid-based HAART generated a superior 48-week virological response rate compared with standard-of-care lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r; 400/100 mg bid)-based therapy in treatment-experienced, lopinavir-naive patients, and in particular those with one or more International AIDS Society - USA (IAS-USA) primary PI resistance-associated mutations at baseline. These patients had a broader degree of previous PI use/failure (0 - ≥ 2) than the POWER patients. OBJECTIVES To determine whether DRV/r 600/100 mg bid-based HAART is cost effective compared with LPV/r-based therapy, from the perspective of Belgian, Italian, Swedish and UK reimbursement authorities, when used in treatment-experienced patients similar to TITAN patients with one or more IAS-USA primary PI mutations at baseline. METHODS An existing Markov model containing health states defined by CD4 cell count ranges (>500, 351-500, 201-350, 101-200, 51-100 and 0-50 cells/mm³) and an absorbing state of death was adapted for use in the above-mentioned healthcare settings. Baseline demographics, CD4 cell count distribution, antiretroviral drug usage, virological/immunological response rates and matching transition probabilities were based on data collected during the first 48 weeks of therapy in the modelled subgroup of TITAN patients and the published literature. After treatment failure, patients were assumed to switch to a follow-on combination regimen. For each health state, utility values and mortality rates were obtained from the published literature. Data from local observational studies (Belgium, Sweden and Italy) or the published literature (UK) were used to determine resource-use patterns and costs associated with each CD4 cell count range. Unit costs were derived from official local sources; a lifetime horizon was taken and discount rates were chosen based on local guidelines. RESULTS The base-case analysis predicted quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gains of 0.785 in Belgium, 0.608 in Italy, 0.584 in Sweden and 0.550 in the UK when DRV/r-based therapy was used instead of LPV/r-based treatment. The estimated base-case incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were €6964/QALY gained in Belgium, €9277/QALY gained in Italy, €6868 (SEK69,687)/QALY gained in Sweden and €14,778 (£12 612)/QALY gained in the UK. Assuming a threshold of €30,000/QALY gained, DRV/r-based therapy remained cost effective over most parameter ranges tested in extensive one-way sensitivity analyses. The variation of immunological response rates and the time horizon were identified as important drivers of cost effectiveness. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis revealed a greater than 70% probability of achieving an ICER below this threshold in all four healthcare settings. CONCLUSION From the perspective of Belgian, Italian, Swedish and UK payers, DRV/r 600/100 mg bid-based HAART is predicted to be cost effective compared with LPV/r 400/100 mg bid-based therapy, when used to manage treatment experienced, lopinavir-naive, PI-resistant, HIV-infected adults with a broad range of previous PI use/failure.
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- Karen Moeremans
- IMS Health, Health Economics Outcomes Research, Brussels, Belgium.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to describe the current status of immunotherapies for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. This review is timely, as the results of the phase III clinical trials of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) as adjuncts to combination antiretroviral therapy are about to be released. RECENT FINDINGS For many years, the use of rIL-2 in HIV-infected individuals has been explored. Although the results of the clinical endpoint studies of rIL-2 are awaited, there are now further data for rIL-2 as a stand-alone therapy for the treatment of HIV. Maraviroc, a recently approved anti-HIV agent, is a small molecule antagonist of human chemokine receptor-5. The recent observation that maraviroc-treated patients achieved higher CD4 and CD8 T-cell counts compared with comparator regimens (without a chemokine receptor-5 antagonist) for equivalent viral load reductions has fueled interest in using these host-directed therapies to enhance immune restoration. SUMMARY This review summarizes the most recent clinical data for rIL-2 and reviews other immunotherapies in earlier development including cytokines rIL-7, rIL-15, rIL-21, new therapeutic vaccination approaches including infusion of overlapping HIV peptides and dendritic cell immunotherapy and novel agents including luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogues and vitamin D3-binding protein macrophage activating factor.
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- Sarah L Pett
- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia.
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Byakwaga H, Murray JM, Petoumenos K, Kelleher AD, Law MG, Boyd MA, Emery S, Mallon PW, Cooper DA. Evolution of CD4+ T cell count in HIV-1-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy with sustained long-term virological suppression. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2009; 25:756-76. [PMID: 19500017 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is not fully elucidated whether patients who receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) can maintain continued CD4 count increases. Previous studies suggested a plateau 2-4 years after treatment initiation. We aimed to characterize the evolution of CD4 counts in HIV-infected individuals receiving long-term suppressive ART, by performing a retrospective study of patients who maintained viral suppression (HIV RNA <400 copies/ml) for > or =5 years. We used linear regression models to determine for each individual whether the CD4 count continued to increase or plateau. Furthermore, we estimated whether the slope of the CD4 count for each individual became zero, which we defined as the CD4 set-point. We assessed factors associated with continued CD4 count rise, reaching a CD4 set-point and time to the CD4 set-point. Fifty-nine patients were included. The median baseline CD4 count was 238 (IQR, 120-360) cells/microl and the median duration on ART was 7.6 (IQR, 5.9-9.3) years. On ART, CD4 count continued to increase in 37 subjects (63%). Significant predictors of continued CD4 count increase included a lower baseline log10 HIV RNA (OR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.14-0.89; p=0.026) and a shorter duration on ART (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.47-0.91; p=0.021). Twenty-four (41%) subjects reached a set-point after a median 4.3 (IQR 1.8-6.4) years on ART. A lower baseline CD4 percentage was associated with both a longer time to reach the CD4 set-point and a lower CD4 count at the CD4 set-point. These findings suggest that CD4 count may continue to increase in some patients after several years of ART. Our results point to an advantage to commencing ART at higher CD4+ T cell strata. These data should be considered when estimating the optimal time to initiate ART.
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- Helen Byakwaga
- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Long-term patterns in CD4 response are determined by an interaction between baseline CD4 cell count, viral load, and time: The Asia Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009; 50:513-20. [PMID: 19408354 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31819906d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Random effects models were used to explore how the shape of CD4 cell count responses after commencing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) develop over time and, in particular, the role of baseline and follow-up covariates. METHODS Patients in Asia Pacific HIV Observational Database who first commenced cART after January 1, 1997, and who had a baseline CD4 cell count and viral load measure and at least 1 follow-up measure between 6 and 24 months, were included. CD4 cell counts were determined at every 6-month period after the commencement of cART for up to 6 years. RESULTS A total of 1638 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria with a median follow-up time of 58 months. Lower post-cART mean CD4 cell counts were found to be associated with increasing age (P < 0.001), pre-cART hepatitis C coinfection (P = 0.038), prior AIDS (P = 0.019), baseline viral load < or equal to 100,000 copies per milliliter (P < 0.001), and the Asia Pacific region compared with Australia (P = 0.005). A highly significant 3-way interaction between the effects of time, baseline CD4 cell count, and post-cART viral burden (P < 0.0001) was demonstrated. Higher long-term mean CD4 cell counts were associated with lower baseline CD4 cell count and consistently undetectable viral loads. Among patients with consistently detectable viral load, CD4 cell counts seemed to converge for all baseline CD4 levels. CONCLUSIONS Our analysis suggest that the long-term shape of post-cART CD4 cell count changes depends only on a 3-way interaction between baseline CD4 cell count, viral load response, and time.
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Byakwaga H, Zhou J, Petoumenos K, Law MG, Boyd MA, Emery S, Cooper DA, Mallon PW. Effect of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors on CD4 T-cell recovery in HIV-1-infected individuals receiving long-term fully suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy. HIV Med 2009; 10:143-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Glencross DK, Janossy G, Coetzee LM, Lawrie D, Scott LE, Sanne I, McIntyre JA, Stevens W. CD8/CD38 activation yields important clinical information of effective antiretroviral therapy: Findings from the first year of the CIPRA-SA cohort. CYTOMETRY PART B-CLINICAL CYTOMETRY 2008; 74 Suppl 1:S131-40. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Le Moing V, Thiébaut R, Chêne G, Sobel A, Massip P, Collin F, Meyohas M, Al Kaïed F, Leport C, Raffi F. Long-term evolution of CD4 count in patients with a plasma HIV RNA persistently <500 copies/mL during treatment with antiretroviral drugs. HIV Med 2007; 8:156-63. [PMID: 17461859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2007.00446.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The increase in CD4 count may reach a plateau after some duration of virological response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS A total of 1281 HIV-infected patients initiating HAART were enrolled in the AntiPROtease (APROCO) cohort. We investigated determinants of increase in CD4 count using longitudinal mixed models in patients who maintained a plasma HIV RNA <500 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL. RESULTS A total of 870 patients had a virological response at month 4. The median follow-up time was 57 months. Mean estimated increases in CD4 count in patients with persistent virological response were 29.9 cells/muL/month before month 4, 6.4 cells/microL/month between months 4 and 36, and 0.7 cells/microL/month (not significantly different from 0) after month 36. Three factors were associated with a significantly positive CD4 count slope after month 36: male gender (+0.9), no history of antiretroviral therapy at baseline (+1.7) and baseline CD4 count <100 cells/microL (+2.6). In patients who maintained a virological response after 5 years of HAART, a CD4 count >500 cells/microL was achieved in 83% of those with a baseline CD4 count >or=200 cells/microL and in 45% of those with a baseline CD4 count <200 cells/microL. CONCLUSION The increase in CD4 count reaches a plateau after 3 years of virological response. Even if patients initiating HAART with low CD4 counts still show a CD4 count increase after 3 years, it remains insufficient to overcome immune deficiency in all patients.
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, France.
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Mocroft A, Phillips AN, Gatell J, Ledergerber B, Fisher M, Clumeck N, Losso M, Lazzarin A, Fatkenheuer G, Lundgren JD. Normalisation of CD4 counts in patients with HIV-1 infection and maximum virological suppression who are taking combination antiretroviral therapy: an observational cohort study. Lancet 2007; 370:407-13. [PMID: 17659333 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60948-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has been shown to reduce mortality and morbidity in patients with HIV. As viral replication falls, the CD4 count increases, but whether the CD4 count returns to the level seen in HIV-negative people is unknown. We aimed to assess whether the CD4 count for patients with maximum virological suppression (viral load <50 copies per mL) continues to increase with long-term cART to reach levels seen in HIV-negative populations. METHODS We compared increases in CD4 counts in 1835 antiretroviral-naive patients who started cART from EuroSIDA, a pan-European observational cohort study. Rate of increase in CD4 count (per year) occurring between pairs of consecutive viral loads below 50 copies per mL was estimated using generalised linear models, accounting for multiple measurements for individual patients. FINDINGS The median CD4 count at starting cART was 204 cells per microL (IQR 85-330). The greatest mean yearly increase in CD4 count of 100 cells per microL was seen in the year after starting cART. Significant, but lower, yearly increases in CD4 count, around 50 cells per microL, were seen even at 5 years after starting cART in patients whose current CD4 count was less than 500 cells per microL. The only groups without significant increases in CD4 count were those where cART had been taken for more than 5 years with a current CD4 count of more than 500 cells per microL, (current mean CD4 count 774 cells per microL; 95% CI 764-783). Patients starting cART with low CD4 counts (<200 cells per microL) had significant rises in CD4 counts even after 5 years of cART. INTERPRETATION Normalisation of CD4 counts in HIV-infected patients for all infected individuals might be achievable if viral suppression with cART can be maintained for a sufficiently long period of time.
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- A Mocroft
- Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK.
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Chehimi J, Azzoni L, Farabaugh M, Creer SA, Tomescu C, Hancock A, Mackiewicz A, D'Alessandro L, Ghanekar S, Foulkes AS, Mounzer K, Kostman J, Montaner LJ. Baseline Viral Load and Immune Activation Determine the Extent of Reconstitution of Innate Immune Effectors in HIV-1-Infected Subjects Undergoing Antiretroviral Treatment. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:2642-50. [PMID: 17675528 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.4.2642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We analyzed dendritic cell (DC) and NK cell compartments in relation to CD4 recovery in 21 HIV-infected subjects followed to <50 copies/ml once starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) and observed for 52 wk of sustained suppression. Although CD4 counts increased in all subjects in response to ART, we observed a restoration of functional plasmacytoid DC (PDC) after 52 wk of sustained suppression under ART (from 1850 cells/ml to 4550 cells/ml) to levels comparable to controls (5120 cells/ml) only in subjects with a low baseline viral load, which also rapidly suppressed to <50 copies/ml upon <or=60 days from ART initiation. Recovery of PDC at week 52 correlates with level of CD95 expression on CD8 T cells and PDC frequency following first ART suppression. NK cytotoxic activity increased rapidly upon viral suppression (VS) and correlated with PDC function at week 52. However, restoration of total NK cells was incomplete even after 52 wk on ART (73 cells/mul vs 122 cells/mul in controls). Direct reconstitution experiments indicate that NK cytotoxic activity against virally infected target cells requires DC/NK cooperation, and can be recovered upon sustained VS and recovery of functional PDC (but not myeloid DC) from ART-suppressed subjects. Our data indicate that viremic HIV-infected subjects may have different levels of reconstitution of DC and NK-mediated function following ART, with subjects with lower initial viremia and the greatest reduction of baseline immune activation at VS achieving the greatest level of innate effector cell reconstitution.
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- Jihed Chehimi
- HIV Immunopathogenesis Laboratory, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Wolbers M, Battegay M, Hirschel B, Furrer H, Cavassini M, Hasse B, Vernazza PL, Bernasconi E, Kaufmann G, Bucher HC, Battegay M, Bernasconi E, Böni J, Bucher H, Bürgisser P, Cattacin S, Cavassini M, Dubs R, Egger M, Elzi L, Erb P, Fischer M, Flepp M, Fontana A, Francioli P, Furrer H, Gorgievski M, Günthard H, Hirsch H, Hirschel B, Hösli IH, Kahlert C, Kaiser L, Karrer U, Kind C, Klimkait T, Ledergerber B, Martinetti G, Martinez B, Müller N, Nadal D, Opravil M, Paccaud F, Pantaleo G, Rickenbach M, Rudin C, Schmid P, Schultze D, Schüpbach J, Speck R, Taffé P, Tarr P, Telenti A, Trkola A, Vernazza P, Weber R, Yerly S. CD4 + T-Cell Count Increase in HIV-1-Infected Patients with Suppressed Viral Load Within 1 year after start of antiretroviral therapy. Antivir Ther 2007. [DOI: 10.1177/135965350701200602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background CD4+ T-cell recovery in patients with continuous suppression of plasma HIV-1 viral load (VL) is highly variable. This study aimed to identify predictive factors for long-term CD4+ T-cell increase in treatment-naive patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Methods Treatment-naive patients in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study reaching two VL measurements <50 copies/ml >3 months apart during the 1st year of cART were included ( n=1,816 patients). We studied CD4+ T-cell dynamics until the end of suppression or up to 5 years, subdivided into three periods: 1st year, years 2–3 and years 4–5 of suppression. Multiple median regression adjusted for repeated CD4+T-cell measurements was used to study the dependence of CD4+ T-cell slopes on clinical covariates and drug classes. Results Median CD4+ T-cell increases following VL suppression were 87, 52 and 19 cells/μl per year in the three periods. In the multiple regression model, median CD4+ T-cell increases over all three periods were significantly higher for female gender, lower age, higher VL at cART start, CD4+ T-cell <650 cells/μ l at start of the period and low CD4+ T-cell increase in the previous period. Patients on tenofovir showed significantly lower CD4+T-cell increases compared with stavudine. Conclusions In our observational study, long-term CD4+ T-cell increase in drug-naive patients with suppressed VL was higher in regimens without tenofovir. The clinical relevance of these findings must be confirmed in, ideally, clinical trials or large, collaborative cohort projects but could influence treatment of older patients and those starting cART at low CD4+ T-cell levels.
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- Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital Lugano, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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- President of the SHCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne
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Gras L, Kesselring AM, Griffin JT, van Sighem AI, Fraser C, Ghani AC, Miedema F, Reiss P, Lange JMA, de Wolf F. CD4 cell counts of 800 cells/mm3 or greater after 7 years of highly active antiretroviral therapy are feasible in most patients starting with 350 cells/mm3 or greater. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2007; 45:183-92. [PMID: 17414934 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31804d685b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE CD4 cell count changes in therapy-naive patients were investigated during 7 years of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in an observational cohort. METHODS Three endpoints were studied: (1) time to >or=800 CD4 cells/mm in 5299 therapy-naive patients starting HAART, (2) CD4 cell count changes during 7 years of uninterrupted HAART in a subset of 544 patients, and (3) reaching a plateau in CD4 cell restoration after 5 years of HAART in 366 virologically suppressed patients. RESULTS Among patients with <50, 50 to 200, 200 to 350, 350 to 500, and >or=500 CD4 cells/mm at baseline, respectively, 20%, 26%, 46%, 73%, and 87% reached >or=800 CD4 cells/mm within 7 years of starting HAART. Periods with HIV RNA levels >500 copies/mL and age >or=50 years were associated with lesser increases in CD4 cell counts between 6 months and 7 years. Having reached >or=800 CD4 cells/mm at 5 years, age >or=50 years, and >or=1 HIV RNA measurement >1000 copies/mL between 5 and 7 years were associated with a plateau in CD4 cell restoration. CONCLUSIONS Restoration to CD4 cell counts >or=800 cells/mm is feasible within 7 years of HAART in most HIV-infected patients starting with >or=350 cells/mm and achieving sufficient suppression of viral replication. Particularly in patients >or=50 years of age, it may be beneficial to start earlier than current guidelines recommend.
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- Luuk Gras
- HIV Monitoring Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Azzoni L, Chehimi J, Zhou L, Foulkes AS, June R, Maino VC, Landay A, Rinaldo C, Jacobson LP, Montaner LJ. Early and delayed benefits of HIV-1 suppression: timeline of recovery of innate immunity effector cells. AIDS 2007; 21:293-305. [PMID: 17255736 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328012b85f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The kinetics of recovery for innate immune effectors following antiretroviral therapy are unknown. DESIGN AND METHODS Multiple sequential cryopreserved samples (viremic and ART-suppressed) from 66 patients enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study or Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study cohorts (median follow-up, 700 days) were analyzed to determine natural killer, dendritic and T-cell changes by flow cytometry. Functional parameters were also measured in a subset of samples. Changes over time were analyzed by mixed-effect modeling based on a linear spline with a single knot at 270 days. RESULTS Following viral suppression, a rapid rise in CD4 and white blood cell counts and a decline in T-cell activation were confirmed. However, natural killer cell subsets increased after 270 days of therapy, with a negative effect by baseline CD4%. CD123+ plasmacytoid but not myeloid dendritic cells showed a trend to increase during the first 270 days with a positive effect of baseline CD4%; plasmacytoid dendritic cell-induced interferon-alpha production significantly increased by end of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The kinetics of natural killer and plasmacytoid dendritic cell recovery are markedly different from those of T-cell subsets, indicative of early and delayed benefits of suppressive regimens.
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- Livio Azzoni
- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Lewis MP, Colbert A, Erlen J, Meyers M. A qualitative study of persons who are 100% adherent to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Care 2007; 18:140-8. [PMID: 16338772 DOI: 10.1080/09540120500161835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This qualitative study examined the medication-taking behaviors and attitudes of participants determined to be 100% adherers to antiretroviral therapy from a NIH-funded study testing a 12-week telephone adherence intervention. Using open-ended questions, interviewers collected data on a sample of 13 informants, whose medication adherence to a randomly selected antiretroviral medication was 100%, based on a 30-day data collection using electronic event monitoring (EEM). The analysis revealed 'successful medication management' as the core category or main theme. The participants achieved success with medication adherence through managing specific areas (regimen, self and environment). By adopting realistic expectations and pragmatic attitudes, adherence is fostered when medication taking is a priority, when patients believe in the efficacy of their medications and when there is a strong patient/provider relationship. Future research is needed to develop tailored interventions using strategies identified by this population. Further in-depth examination of medication-taking behaviors in 100% adherers may be useful in developing individualized programs to maximize adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the clinical setting.
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- M P Lewis
- Department of Nursing and Allied Health, State University of New York at Delhi, Delhi, NY 13753, USA.
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Fonseca SG, Coutinho-Silva A, Fonseca LAM, Segurado AC, Moraes SL, Rodrigues H, Hammer J, Kallás EG, Sidney J, Sette A, Kalil J, Cunha-Neto E. Identification of novel consensus CD4 T-cell epitopes from clade B HIV-1 whole genome that are frequently recognized by HIV-1 infected patients. AIDS 2006; 20:2263-73. [PMID: 17117012 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000253353.48331.5f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify promiscuous and potentially protective human CD4 T-cell epitopes in most conserved regions within the protein-coding genome of HIV-1 clade B consensus sequence. DESIGN We used the TEPITOPE algorithm to screen the most conserved regions of the whole genome of the HIV-1 subtype B consensus sequence to identify promiscuous human CD4 T-cell epitopes in HIV-1. The actual promiscuity of HLA binding of the 18 selected peptides was assessed by binding assays to nine prevalent HLA-DR molecules. Synthetic peptides were tested with interferon-gamma ELISPOT assays on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 38 HIV-1 infected patients and eight uninfected controls. RESULTS Most peptides bound to multiple HLA-DR molecules. PBMC from 91% of chronically HIV-1 infected patients recognized at least one of the promiscuous peptides, while none of the healthy controls recognized peptides. All 18 peptides were recognized, and each peptide was recognized by at least 18% of patients; 44% of the patients recognized five or more peptides. This response was not associated to particular HLA-DR alleles. Similar responses were obtained in CD8 T-cell-depleted PBMC. CONCLUSION In silico prediction of promiscuous epitopes led to the identification of naturally immunodominant CD4 T-cell epitopes recognized by PBMC from a significant proportion of a genetically heterogeneous patient population exposed to HIV-1. This combination of CD4 T-cell epitopes - 11 of them not described before - may have the potential for inclusion in a vaccine against HIV-1, allowing the immunization of genetically distinct populations.
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- Simone G Fonseca
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil
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Kim H, Perelson AS. Viral and latent reservoir persistence in HIV-1-infected patients on therapy. PLoS Comput Biol 2006; 2:e135. [PMID: 17040122 PMCID: PMC1599767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite many years of potent antiretroviral therapy, latently infected cells and low levels of plasma virus have been found to persist in HIV-infected patients. The factors influencing this persistence and their relative contributions have not been fully elucidated and remain controversial. Here, we address these issues by developing and employing a simple, but mechanistic viral dynamics model. The model has two novel features. First, it assumes that latently infected T cells can undergo bystander proliferation without transitioning into active viral production. Second, it assumes that the rate of latent cell activation decreases with time on antiretroviral therapy due to the activation and subsequent loss of latently infected cells specific for common antigens, leaving behind cells that are successively less frequently activated. Using the model, we examined the quantitative contributions of T cell bystander proliferation, latent cell activation, and ongoing viral replication to the stability of the latent reservoir and persisting low-level viremia. Not surprisingly, proliferation of latently infected cells helped maintain the latent reservoir in spite of loss of latent infected cells through activation and death, and affected viral dynamics to an extent that depended on the magnitude of latent cell activation. In the limit of zero latent cell activation, the latent cell pool and viral load became uncoupled. However, as the activation rate increased, the plasma viral load could be maintained without depleting the latent reservoir, even in the absence of viral replication. The influence of ongoing viral replication on the latent reservoir remained insignificant for drug efficacies above the "critical efficacy" irrespective of the activation rate. However, for lower drug efficacies viral replication enabled the stable maintenance of both the latent reservoir and the virus. Our model and analysis methods provide a quantitative and qualitative framework for probing how different viral and host factors contribute to the dynamics of the latent reservoir and the virus, offering new insights into the principal determinants of their persistence.
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- Hwijin Kim
- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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Mocroft A, Phillips AN, Ledergerber B, Katlama C, Chiesi A, Goebel FD, Knysz B, Antunes F, Reiss P, Lundgren JD. Relationship between antiretrovirals used as part of a cART regimen and CD4 cell count increases in patients with suppressed viremia. AIDS 2006; 20:1141-50. [PMID: 16691065 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000226954.95094.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is unknown if the CD4 cell count response differs according to antiretroviral drugs used in combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in patients with maximal virological suppression [viral load (VL) < 50 copies/ml]. OBJECTIVES To compare the change in CD4 cell count over consecutive measurements with VL < 50 copies/ml at both time-points according to nucleoside backbones and other antiretrovirals used. METHODS Generalized linear models, accounting for multiple measurements within patients, were used to compare CD4 cell count changes after adjustment for antiretrovirals, time from starting cART, age, CD4 at first VL < 50 copies/ml, prior antiretroviral treatment, and change in CD4 cell count since starting cART. RESULTS We studied 28418 instances of VL < 50 copies/ml in 4041 patients. The mean annual change in CD4 cell count was +45.5/microl [95% confidence interval (CI) +39.4 to +51.6/microl). Comparing two drug nucleoside backbones, there was a lower annual change in CD4 cell count for zidovudine/lamivudine (n = 13038; -15.4/microl; P = 0.012) and for those on tenofovir (n = 1809; -27.3/microl; P = 0.029) compared to lamivudine/stavudine (n = 7339). Compared to the boosted-protease inhibitor regimen (n = 5915), use of an abacavir-based triple-nucleoside regimen was associated with a lower annual change in CD4 cell count (n = 2504 pairs; -26.1/microl; P = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS A nucleoside backbone of zidovudine/lamivudine or any tenofovir-based backbone was associated with significantly poorer increases in CD4 cell count compared to a nucleoside backbone of stavudine/lamivudine, as was an abacavir-based triple nucleoside regimen compared to a boosted protease inhibitor regimen. Long-term studies are needed to determine whether the differences in immunological response seen here translate into differences in the risk of clinical disease.
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- Amanda Mocroft
- Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK.
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Kofoed K, Gerstoft J, Mathiesen LR, Benfield T. Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 coinfection: influence on CD4 T-cell count, HIV-1 viral load, and treatment response. Sex Transm Dis 2006; 33:143-8. [PMID: 16505739 DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000187262.56820.c0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 and syphilis coinfection on HIV-ribonucleic acid (RNA) viral load, CD4 cell count, and the response in rapid plasmin reagin (RPR) to treatment of the syphilis infection. STUDY DESIGN Cases of syphilis diagnosed during 1 year in HIV-infected patients in Copenhagen were included. HIV-RNA, CD4 cell counts, and RPR-serology were measured before, during, and after syphilis. RESULTS Forty-one patients were included. CD4 cell count decreased significantly during infection in patients with primary and secondary stages of syphilis (mean 106 cells/mm, P = 0.03). Treatment of syphilis was associated with an increase in the CD4 cell count and a decrease in HIV-RNA in the overall group (mean 66 cells/mm and -0.261 RNA log10 copies/ml, P = 0.02 and 0.04). The serological response rates for 15 patients treated with penicillin and 25 treated with doxycycline were the same. CONCLUSION Syphilis was associated with a decrease in CD4 cell counts and an increase in HIV-RNA levels that both improved after treatment of syphilis.
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- Kristian Kofoed
- Clinical Research Unit, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Torres KJ, Gutiérrez F, Espinosa E, Mackewicz C, Regalado J, Reyes-Terán G. CD8+ cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV response: restoration by HAART in the late stage of infection. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2006; 22:144-52. [PMID: 16478396 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is currently the best HIV infection management strategy. However, its effects on the CD8+ T cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV response (CNAR) are not well known. We investigated if HAART has different effects on CNAR in patients at the intermediate and late stages of HIV infection. Untreated healthy HIV-infected subjects with a mean CD4+ T cell count of 606 cells/microl were examined as a reference group. Plasma viral load, CD4+ T cell count, and CNAR activity were measured at baseline and regular intervals for at least 48 weeks following initiation of HAART. Baseline CNAR activity in all subjects correlated inversely with viral load and directly with CD4 T+ cell counts. The level of CNAR in the latestage group was significantly lower than in the intermediate-stage and the healthy reference group (p < 0.01). Following initiation of HAART, substantial increases in CD4+ T cell counts and decreases in viral loads were observed in both groups, indicating treatment success. CNAR activity was found to be increased significantly during HAART, but only in the late-stage group (p < 0.01). This increase in CD8+ cell function was seen within 4 weeks of treatment initiation and resulted in levels of CNAR activity almost equal to those observed in the healthy reference subjects. Our findings suggest a beneficial effect on CNAR in those individuals with reduced activity, typically in late-stage infection.
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- Klintsy J Torres
- Departamento de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIENI), Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), México City, México
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Lawn SD, Wood R. Incidence of tuberculosis during highly active antiretroviral therapy in high-income and low-income countries. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41:1783-6. [PMID: 16288404 DOI: 10.1086/498308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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van Asten L, Zangerle R, Hernández Aguado I, Boufassa F, Broers B, Brettle RP, Roy Robertson J, McMenamin J, Coutinho RA, Prins M. Do HIV Disease Progression and HAART Response Vary among Injecting Drug Users in Europe? Eur J Epidemiol 2005; 20:795-804. [PMID: 16170664 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-1049-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Prior to HAART availability, there was no evidence of a geographical variation in HIV disease progression among injecting drug users (IDU) from different European regions. Nowadays, factors of importance regarding HIV disease progression in the face of HAART availability, such as HAART access, adherence, and the organization of care for IDU may differ across Europe. Therefore we studied HIV disease progression in a European study of IDU with known dates of HIV-seroconversion. Results show that with ongoing HAART availability, the risk of HIV disease progression has continued to decrease. When accounting for pre-AIDS death (in AIDS analyses) and non-natural deaths (suicide, overdose, accidents and homicide, in analyses of death) which are common among IDU, the risk of AIDS and death has decreased by as much as 65% and 75%, respectively, in 2000/2001. Results show little geographic variation in progression to AIDS. All-cause mortality was higher in IDU from Glasgow than elsewhere, while in the Valencian region (Spain) IDU were at a significantly lower risk of non-natural deaths. The timing of HAART initiation by treatment-naïve IDU likewise differed across Europe: IDU in Amsterdam, Innsbruck, and Edinburgh started at significantly lower CD4 counts than IDU in Paris, Geneva, Glasgow, and the Valencian region, but the subsequent short-term immune response was similar. In conclusion, the risk in progression to AIDS or natural death is similar across western Europe although IDU across Europe differ in other factors, such as the risk of non-natural death and the timing of HAART initiation.
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- Liselotte van Asten
- Municipal Health Service, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Souza Júnior O, Treitinger A, Baggio GL, Michelon C, Verdi JC, Cunha J, Ferreira SIACP, Spada C. alpha-Tocopherol as an antiretroviral therapy supplement for HIV-1-infected patients for increased lymphocyte viability. Clin Chem Lab Med 2005; 43:376-82. [PMID: 15899652 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2005.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of our study was to evaluate the benefits of supplementation with 800 mg/day of alpha-tocopherol with regard to cellular viability in HIV-1 seropositive patients undergoing anti-retroviral therapy. A total of 29 patients participated in the study, of whom 14 were given the supplement and 15 a placebo. The analyses were carried out before treatment commenced and after 60, 120 and 180 days. The plasma levels of HIV-1 RNA showed a significant decrease as a consequence of treatment time in the groups studied (p = 0.0001), although the difference between the treatments over time was not verified (p = 0.7343). The percentage of viable lymphocytes showed a significant increase as a consequence of treatment time in both groups studied (p = 0.0002) and a significant difference between the treatments over time (p = 0.0472). The percentage of lymphocytes in apoptosis showed a significant reduction over time (p = 0.0003), as well as a significant difference between the treatments over time (p = 0.0321). The significant increase in cellular viability indicates that supplementation with alpha-tocopherol offers an additional positive effect on cellular preservation in HIV-1 individuals undergoing anti-retroviral therapy; however, it represents an additional risk of anti-retroviral therapeutic failure, possibly due to drug-drug interaction involving up-regulation of metabolic clearance.
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Lawn SD, Bekker LG, Wood R. How effectively does HAART restore immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Implications for tuberculosis control. AIDS 2005; 19:1113-24. [PMID: 15990564 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000176211.08581.5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Use of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) has had a major impact on HIV-associated morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Access to HAART is now expanding in low-income countries where tuberculosis (TB) is the most important opportunistic disease. The incidence of TB has been fueled by the HIV epidemic and in many countries with high HIV prevalence current TB control measures are failing. HAART reduces the incidence of TB in treated cohorts by approximately 80% and therefore potentially has an important role in TB control in such countries. However, despite the huge beneficial effect of HAART, rates of TB among treated patients nevertheless remain persistently higher than among HIV-negative individuals. This observation raises the important question as to whether immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are completely or only partially restored during HAART. Current data suggest that full restoration of circulating CD4 cell numbers occurs only among a minority of patients and that, even among these, phenotypic abnormalities and functional defects in lymphocyte subsets often persist. Suboptimal restoration of MTB-specific immune responses may greatly reduce the extent to which HAART is able to contribute to TB control at the community level because patients receiving HAART live much longer and yet would maintain a chronically heightened risk of TB.
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