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Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men
OBJECTIVES: Adherence is key to the effectiveness of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. Therefore, we aimed to explore factors associated with adherence to daily PrEP (dPrEP). METHODS: Men who have sex with men (MSM) using dPrEP (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil) within the Amste...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10359585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37258273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055499 |
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author | van den Elshout, Mark AM Hoornenborg, Elske Coyer, Liza Anderson, Peter L Davidovich, Udi de Vries, Henry JC Prins, Maria Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F |
author_facet | van den Elshout, Mark AM Hoornenborg, Elske Coyer, Liza Anderson, Peter L Davidovich, Udi de Vries, Henry JC Prins, Maria Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Adherence is key to the effectiveness of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. Therefore, we aimed to explore factors associated with adherence to daily PrEP (dPrEP). METHODS: Men who have sex with men (MSM) using dPrEP (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil) within the Amsterdam PrEP demonstration project at the Public Health Service of Amsterdam, provided dried blood spots (DBS) 12 and 24 months after PrEP initiation. From DBS, we determined intracellular tenofovir diphosphate (TFV-DP) concentrations to assess adherence; TFV-DP ≥700 fmol/punch was considered adequate. We assessed associations of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioural characteristics with TFV-DP concentrations using multivariable linear regression. RESULTS: Of 263 participants who attended 12-month or 24-month study visits while on dPrEP, 257 (97.7%) provided DBS at one or both visits (492 DBS in total). Median TFV-DP concentration was 1299 (IQR 1021–1627) fmol/punch (12 months: 1332 (1087–1687); 24 months: 1248 (929–1590]). Higher TFV-DP concentrations were associated with: older age (p=0.0008), condomless anal sex with a casual partner in 6 months preceding PrEP initiation (+166 fmol/punch; 95% CI 36.5 to 296) and using a mobile application providing visualised feedback on PrEP use and sexual behaviour (+146 fmol/punch; 95% CI 28.1 to 263). Lower TFV-DP concentrations were associated with longer duration of PrEP use (24 vs 12 months; −91.5 fmol/punch; 95% CI −155 to −28.1). Time-updated number of sex partners, diagnosed STIs and chemsex were not associated with TFV-DP concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, TFV-DP concentrations were high among MSM using dPrEP, indicating excellent adherence. Especially older participants, those who reported condomless anal sex with a casual partner prior to PrEP initiation and those who used an app with visualised feedback showed higher levels of adherence. As TFV-DP concentrations had decreased slightly at 2 years of PrEP use when compared with 1 year, we emphasise the importance of adherence counselling to those who continue using PrEP. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NL5413. |
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spelling | pubmed-103595852023-07-22 Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men van den Elshout, Mark AM Hoornenborg, Elske Coyer, Liza Anderson, Peter L Davidovich, Udi de Vries, Henry JC Prins, Maria Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F Sex Transm Infect Original Research OBJECTIVES: Adherence is key to the effectiveness of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. Therefore, we aimed to explore factors associated with adherence to daily PrEP (dPrEP). METHODS: Men who have sex with men (MSM) using dPrEP (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil) within the Amsterdam PrEP demonstration project at the Public Health Service of Amsterdam, provided dried blood spots (DBS) 12 and 24 months after PrEP initiation. From DBS, we determined intracellular tenofovir diphosphate (TFV-DP) concentrations to assess adherence; TFV-DP ≥700 fmol/punch was considered adequate. We assessed associations of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioural characteristics with TFV-DP concentrations using multivariable linear regression. RESULTS: Of 263 participants who attended 12-month or 24-month study visits while on dPrEP, 257 (97.7%) provided DBS at one or both visits (492 DBS in total). Median TFV-DP concentration was 1299 (IQR 1021–1627) fmol/punch (12 months: 1332 (1087–1687); 24 months: 1248 (929–1590]). Higher TFV-DP concentrations were associated with: older age (p=0.0008), condomless anal sex with a casual partner in 6 months preceding PrEP initiation (+166 fmol/punch; 95% CI 36.5 to 296) and using a mobile application providing visualised feedback on PrEP use and sexual behaviour (+146 fmol/punch; 95% CI 28.1 to 263). Lower TFV-DP concentrations were associated with longer duration of PrEP use (24 vs 12 months; −91.5 fmol/punch; 95% CI −155 to −28.1). Time-updated number of sex partners, diagnosed STIs and chemsex were not associated with TFV-DP concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, TFV-DP concentrations were high among MSM using dPrEP, indicating excellent adherence. Especially older participants, those who reported condomless anal sex with a casual partner prior to PrEP initiation and those who used an app with visualised feedback showed higher levels of adherence. As TFV-DP concentrations had decreased slightly at 2 years of PrEP use when compared with 1 year, we emphasise the importance of adherence counselling to those who continue using PrEP. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NL5413. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-08 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10359585/ /pubmed/37258273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055499 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Original Research van den Elshout, Mark AM Hoornenborg, Elske Coyer, Liza Anderson, Peter L Davidovich, Udi de Vries, Henry JC Prins, Maria Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title | Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title_full | Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title_fullStr | Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title_short | Determinants of adherence to daily PrEP measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
title_sort | determinants of adherence to daily prep measured as intracellular tenofovir diphosphate concentrations over 24 months of follow-up among men who have sex with men |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10359585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37258273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055499 |
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