All-cause mortality before and after DAA availability among people living with HIV and HCV : An international comparison between 2010 and 2019

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BACKGROUND: Among people living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), people who inject drugs (PWID) have historically experienced higher mortality rates. Direct-acting antivirals (DAA), which have led to a 90 % HCV cure rate independently of HIV co-infection, have improved mortality rates. However, DAA era mortality trends among PWID with HIV/HCV remain unknown. Using data from the International Collaboration on Hepatitis C Elimination in HIV Cohorts (InCHEHC), we compared pre/post-DAA availability mortality changes in three groups: PWID, men who have sex with men (MSM), and all other participants.

METHODS: We included InCHEHC participants with HIV/HCV followed between 2010 and 2019 in Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. All-cause mortality hazard was compared in the three groups, using Cox proportional hazards regression models adjusted for sex, age, advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis, and pre/post DAA availability.

RESULTS: Of the 11,029 participants, 76 % were men, 46 % were PWID, baseline median age was 46 years (interquartile range [IQR] = 40;51), and median CD4 T-cell count was 490 cells/mm3 (IQR = 327;689). Over the study period (median follow-up = 7.2 years (IQR = 3.7;10.0)), 6143 (56 %) participants received HCV treatment, 4880 (44 %) were cured, and 1322 participants died (mortality rate = 1.81/100 person-years (PY) [95 % confidence interval (CI)=1.72-1.91]). Overall, PWID had higher mortality rates than MSM (2.5/100 PY [95 % CI = 2.3-2.6] vs. 0.8/100 PY [95 % CI = 0.7-0.9], respectively). Unlike women with other transmission modes, those who injected drugs had a higher mortality hazard than men who did not inject drugs and men who were not MSM (adjusted Hazard-Ratio (aHR) [95 % CI] = 1.3[1.0-1.6]). Post-DAA availability, mortality decreased among MSM in the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland and increased among PWID in Canada (aHR [95 % CI] = 1.73 [1.15-2.61]).

CONCLUSION: Post-DAA availability, all-cause mortality did not decrease in PWID. Determinants of cause-specific deaths (drug-related, HIV-related, or HCV-related) need to be identified to explain persistently high mortality among PWID in the DAA era.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:124

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The International journal on drug policy - 124(2024) vom: 05. Feb., Seite 104311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Requena, Maria-Bernarda [VerfasserIn]
Protopopescu, Camelia [VerfasserIn]
Stewart, Ashleigh C [VerfasserIn]
van Santen, Daniela K [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Marina B [VerfasserIn]
Jarrin, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Berenguer, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Wittkop, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Salmon, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Rauch, Andri [VerfasserIn]
Prins, Maria [VerfasserIn]
van der Valk, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Sacks-Davis, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Hellard, Margaret E [VerfasserIn]
Carrieri, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Lacombe, Karine [VerfasserIn]
InCHEHC Collaboration [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Direct-acting antivirals
HIV
Hepatitis C virus
Journal Article
Mortality
People who inject drugs

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104311

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NLM366755196