Retrospective evaluation of an observational cohort by the Central and Eastern Europe Network Group shows a high frequency of potential drug-drug interactions among HIV-positive patients receiving treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this international multicentre study was to review potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) for real-life coadministration of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-specific medications.

METHODS: The Euroguidelines in Central and Eastern Europe Network Group initiated a retrospective, observational cohort study of HIV-positive patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Data were collected through a standardized questionnaire and DDIs were identified using the University of Liverpool's interaction checker.

RESULTS: In total, 524 (94.1% of 557) patients received cART at COVID-19 onset: 117 (22.3%) were female, and the median age was 42 (interquartile range 36-50) years. Only 115 (21.9%) patients were hospitalized, of whom 34 required oxygen therapy. The most frequent nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone was tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) with lamivudine or emtricitabine (XTC) (79.3%) along with an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) (68.5%), nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) (17.7%), protease inhibitor (PI) (13.7%) or other (2.5%). In total, 148 (28.2%) patients received COVID-19-specific treatments: corticosteroids (15.7%), favipiravir (7.1%), remdesivir (3.1%), hydroxychloroquine (2.7%), tocilizumab (0.6%) and anakinra (0.2%). In total, 62 DDI episodes were identified in 58 patients (11.8% of the total cohort and 41.9% of the COVID-19-specific treatment group). The use of boosted PIs and elvitegravir accounted for 43 DDIs (29%), whereas NNRTIs were responsible for 14 DDIs (9.5%).

CONCLUSIONS: In this analysis from the Central and Eastern European region on HIV-positive persons receiving COVID-19-specific treatment, it was found that potential DDIs were common. Although low-dose steroids are mainly used for COVID-19 treatment, comedication with boosted antiretrovirals seems to have the most frequent potential for DDIs. In addition, attention should be paid to NNRTI coadministration.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

HIV medicine - 23(2022), 6 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 693-700

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lakatos, Botond [VerfasserIn]
Kowalska, Justyna [VerfasserIn]
Antoniak, Sergii [VerfasserIn]
Gokengin, Deniz [VerfasserIn]
Begovac, Josip [VerfasserIn]
Vassilenko, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Wasilewski, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Fleischhans, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Jilich, David [VerfasserIn]
Matulionyte, Raimonda [VerfasserIn]
Kase, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Papadopoulus, Antonios [VerfasserIn]
Rukhadze, Nino [VerfasserIn]
Harxhi, Arjan [VerfasserIn]
Hofman, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Dragovic, Gordana [VerfasserIn]
Vasyliev, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Verhaz, Antonija [VerfasserIn]
Yancheva, Nina [VerfasserIn]
Oprea, Cristiana [VerfasserIn]
Euroguideliness in Central and Eastern Europe (ECEE) Network Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

99YXE507IL
Adenine
Anti-HIV Agents
Combination antiretroviral therapy
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Drug-drug interaction
Emtricitabine
G70B4ETF4S
HIV
JAC85A2161
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Tenofovir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.06.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hiv.13214

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33396358X