Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing, Linkage, and Early Antiretroviral Treatment in the Botswana Combination Prevention Project

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BACKGROUND: The Botswana Combination Prevention Project tested the impact of combination prevention (CP) on HIV incidence in a community-randomized trial. Each trial arm had ∼55,000 people, 26% HIV prevalence, and 72% baseline ART coverage. Results showed intensive testing and linkage campaigns, expanded antiretroviral treatment (ART), and voluntary male medical circumcision referrals increased coverage and decreased incidence over ∼29 months of follow-up. We projected lifetime clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of CP in this population.

SETTING: Rural and periurban communities in Botswana.

METHODS: We used the Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications model to estimate lifetime health impact and cost of (1) earlier ART initiation and (2) averting an HIV infection, which we applied to incremental ART initiations and averted infections calculated from trial data. We determined the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio [US$/quality-adjusted life-years (QALY)] for CP vs. standard of care.

RESULTS: In CP, 1418 additional people with HIV initiated ART and an additional 304 infections were averted. For each additional person started on ART, life expectancy increased 0.90 QALYs and care costs increased by $869. For each infection averted, life expectancy increased 2.43 QALYs with $9200 in care costs saved. With CP, an additional $1.7 million were spent on prevention and $1.2 million on earlier treatment. These costs were mostly offset by decreased care costs from averted infections, resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $79 per QALY.

CONCLUSIONS: Enhanced HIV testing, linkage, and early ART initiation improve life expectancy, reduce transmission, and can be cost-effective or cost-saving in settings like Botswana.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:90

Enthalten in:

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 90(2022), 4 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 399-407

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Resch, Stephen C [VerfasserIn]
Foote, Julia H A [VerfasserIn]
Wirth, Kathleen E [VerfasserIn]
Lasry, Arielle [VerfasserIn]
Scott, Justine A [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Janet [VerfasserIn]
Shebl, Fatma M [VerfasserIn]
Gaolathe, Tendani [VerfasserIn]
Feser, Mary K [VerfasserIn]
Lebelonyane, Refeletswe [VerfasserIn]
Hyle, Emily P [VerfasserIn]
Mmalane, Mompati O [VerfasserIn]
Bachanas, Pamela [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Liyang [VerfasserIn]
Makhema, Joseph M [VerfasserIn]
Holme, Molly Pretorius [VerfasserIn]
Essex, Max [VerfasserIn]
Alwano, Mary Grace [VerfasserIn]
Lockman, Shahin [VerfasserIn]
Freedberg, Kenneth A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Retroviral Agents
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 28.06.2022

Date Revised 27.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01965470

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAI.0000000000002996

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339500298