Viral Load Status Before Switching to Dolutegravir-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy and Associations With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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BACKGROUND: Dolutegravir is being rolled out globally as part of preferred antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens, including among treatment-experienced patients. The role of viral load (VL) testing before switching patients already on ART to a dolutegravir-containing regimen is less clear in real-world settings.

METHODS: We included patients from the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS consortium who switched from a nevirapine- or efavirenz-containing regimen to one with dolutegravir. We used multivariable cause-specific hazards regression to estimate the association of the most recent VL test in the 12 months before switching with subsequent outcomes.

RESULTS: We included 36 393 patients at 37 sites in 5 countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) who switched to dolutegravir from July 2017 through February 2020, with a median follow-up of approximately 11 months. Compared with those who switched with a VL <200 copies/mL, patients without a recent VL test or with a preswitch VL ≥1000 copies/mL had significantly increased hazards of an incident VL ≥1000 copies/mL (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 2.89; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.99-4.19 and aHR, 6.60; 95% CI, 4.36-9.99, respectively) and pulmonary tuberculosis or a World Health Organization clinical stage 4 event (aHR, 4.78; 95% CI, 2.77-8.24 and aHR, 13.97; 95% CI, 6.62-29.50, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: A VL test before switching to dolutegravir may help identify patients who need additional clinical monitoring and/or adherence support. Further surveillance of patients who switched to dolutegravir with an unknown or unsuppressed VL is needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 75(2022), 4 vom: 10. Sept., Seite 630-637

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Romo, Matthew L [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Jessie K [VerfasserIn]
Semeere, Aggrey S [VerfasserIn]
Musick, Beverly S [VerfasserIn]
Urassa, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Odhiambo, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Diero, Lameck [VerfasserIn]
Kasozi, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Murenzi, Gad [VerfasserIn]
Lelo, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Wyka, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Kelvin, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Sohn, Annette H [VerfasserIn]
Wools-Kaloustian, Kara K [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Denis [VerfasserIn]
International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Antiretroviral agents
Clinical decision-making
DKO1W9H7M1
Dolutegravir
HIV integrase inhibitors
Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
Journal Article
Oxazines
Piperazines
Prognosis
Pyridones
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Viral load

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Date Completed 13.09.2022

Date Revised 03.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciab1006

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NLM334303125