Impact of antiretroviral therapy during acute or early HIV infection on virologic and immunologic outcomes : results from a multinational clinical trial

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OBJECTIVE: To assess how antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during acute or early HIV infection (AEHI) affects the viral reservoir and host immune responses.

DESIGN: Single-arm trial of ART initiation during AEHI at 30 sites in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

METHODS: HIV DNA was measured at week 48 of ART in 5 million CD4+ T cells by sensitive qPCR assays targeting HIV gag and pol. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated with potential HIV T cell epitope peptide pools consisting of env, gag, nef, and pol peptides and stained for expression of CD3, CD4, CD8, and intracellular cytokines/chemokines.

RESULTS: From 2017 to 2019, 188 participants initiated ART during Fiebig stages I (n = 6), II (n = 43), III (n = 56), IV (n = 23), and V (n = 60). Median age was 27 years (interquartile range 23-38), 27 (14%) participants were female, and 180 (97%) cisgender. Among 154 virally suppressed participants at week 48, 100% had detectable HIV gag or pol DNA. Participants treated during Fiebig I had the lowest HIV DNA levels (P < 0.001). Week 48 HIV DNA mostly did not correlate with concurrent CD4+ or CD8+ T cell HIV-specific immune responses (rho range -0.11 to +0.19, all P > 0.025). At week 48, the magnitude, but not polyfunctionality, of HIV-specific T cell responses was moderately reduced among participants who initiated ART earliest.

CONCLUSION: Earlier ART initiation during AEHI reduced but did not eliminate the persistence of HIV-infected cells in blood. These findings explain the rapid viral rebound observed after ART cessation in early-treated individuals with undetectable HIV DNA by less sensitive methods.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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AIDS (London, England) - (2024) vom: 14. März

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Englisch

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Crowell, Trevor A [VerfasserIn]
Ritz, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Naqvi, Asma [VerfasserIn]
Cyktor, Joshua C [VerfasserIn]
Puleo, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Clagett, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Lama, Javier R [VerfasserIn]
Kanyama, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Little, Susan J [VerfasserIn]
Cohn, Susan E [VerfasserIn]
Riddler, Sharon A [VerfasserIn]
Collier, Ann C [VerfasserIn]
Heath, Sonya L [VerfasserIn]
Tantivitayakul, Pornphen [VerfasserIn]
Grinsztejn, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Arduino, Roberto C [VerfasserIn]
Rooney, James F [VerfasserIn]
van Zyl, Gert U [VerfasserIn]
Coombs, Robert W [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Lawrence [VerfasserIn]
Ananworanich, Jintanat [VerfasserIn]
Eron, Joseph J [VerfasserIn]
Sieg, Scott F [VerfasserIn]
Mellors, John W [VerfasserIn]
Daar, Eric S [VerfasserIn]
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5354/EARLIER Study Team [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1097/QAD.0000000000003881

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NLM369792572