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Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study
INTRODUCTION: In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended initiating combination ART (cART) in all adults with HIV and CD4+ lymphocyte counts (CD4) <500 cells/mm(3). In 2015, this was updated to recommend cART initiation in all patients with HIV, regardless of CD4 count. Implementati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6922020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25413 |
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author | Crabtree‐Ramírez, Brenda E Caro‐Vega, Yanink Belaunzarán‐Zamudio, Pablo F Shepherd, Bryan E Rebeiro, Peter F Veloso, Valdilea Cortes, Claudia P Padgett, Denis Gotuzzo, Eduardo Sierra‐Madero, Juan McGowan, Catherine C Person, Anna K |
author_facet | Crabtree‐Ramírez, Brenda E Caro‐Vega, Yanink Belaunzarán‐Zamudio, Pablo F Shepherd, Bryan E Rebeiro, Peter F Veloso, Valdilea Cortes, Claudia P Padgett, Denis Gotuzzo, Eduardo Sierra‐Madero, Juan McGowan, Catherine C Person, Anna K |
author_sort | Crabtree‐Ramírez, Brenda E |
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description | INTRODUCTION: In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended initiating combination ART (cART) in all adults with HIV and CD4+ lymphocyte counts (CD4) <500 cells/mm(3). In 2015, this was updated to recommend cART initiation in all patients with HIV, regardless of CD4 count. Implementation of these guidelines in real‐world settings has not been evaluated in Latin America. To assess changes in time to cART initiation during routine care, we estimated trends in time from enrolment in care to cART initiation in HIV‐positive adults with high CD4 counts in the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV Epidemiology (CCASAnet) during 2003 to 2017. METHODS: All cART‐naive individuals ≥18 years of age from 2003 to 2017 with CD4 ≥350 cells/mm(3) and without AIDS at enrolment at five CCASAnet sites (Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico and Peru) were included. Patients without information regarding AIDS‐defining events were excluded. We estimated unadjusted median time from enrolment to cART initiation by calendar year using Kaplan‐Meier methods and calculated adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for trends in cART initiation using Cox models and restricted cubic splines for continuous variables, accounting for age, sex, CD4 at enrolment, route of HIV transmission and clinic site. RESULTS: Of the 3171 patients included, 1,650 (52%) had CD4 ≥500 cells/mm(3) at enrolment. Median time to cART initiation after 2013 was 6.21 weeks (interquartile range (IQR): 1.89, 23.21), and 4.71 weeks (IQR: 1.43, 9.57) after 2015. Among 763 (24%) patients who never initiated cART, 33 (4.3%) were reported as deceased, 481 (63%) were lost to follow‐up, and 249 (33%) were administratively censored before initiation. Adjusted probability of cART initiation greatly increased in recent years, in particular after 2013 and 2015 (2013 vs. 2003: HR = 7.14; 95% CI: 5.84 to 8.73, and 2015 vs. 2003: HR = 12.60; 95% CI: 10.37 to 15.32). CONCLUSIONS: Time to cART initiation decreased substantially, roughly following changes in WHO guidelines in this real‐world setting in Latin America. However, a very high proportion of patients never started cART, compromising retention in care and survival, as shown by their higher proportion of LTFU and death, which reinforce the notion that earlier treatment implementation strategies are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-69220202019-12-30 Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study Crabtree‐Ramírez, Brenda E Caro‐Vega, Yanink Belaunzarán‐Zamudio, Pablo F Shepherd, Bryan E Rebeiro, Peter F Veloso, Valdilea Cortes, Claudia P Padgett, Denis Gotuzzo, Eduardo Sierra‐Madero, Juan McGowan, Catherine C Person, Anna K J Int AIDS Soc Research Articles INTRODUCTION: In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended initiating combination ART (cART) in all adults with HIV and CD4+ lymphocyte counts (CD4) <500 cells/mm(3). In 2015, this was updated to recommend cART initiation in all patients with HIV, regardless of CD4 count. Implementation of these guidelines in real‐world settings has not been evaluated in Latin America. To assess changes in time to cART initiation during routine care, we estimated trends in time from enrolment in care to cART initiation in HIV‐positive adults with high CD4 counts in the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV Epidemiology (CCASAnet) during 2003 to 2017. METHODS: All cART‐naive individuals ≥18 years of age from 2003 to 2017 with CD4 ≥350 cells/mm(3) and without AIDS at enrolment at five CCASAnet sites (Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico and Peru) were included. Patients without information regarding AIDS‐defining events were excluded. We estimated unadjusted median time from enrolment to cART initiation by calendar year using Kaplan‐Meier methods and calculated adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for trends in cART initiation using Cox models and restricted cubic splines for continuous variables, accounting for age, sex, CD4 at enrolment, route of HIV transmission and clinic site. RESULTS: Of the 3171 patients included, 1,650 (52%) had CD4 ≥500 cells/mm(3) at enrolment. Median time to cART initiation after 2013 was 6.21 weeks (interquartile range (IQR): 1.89, 23.21), and 4.71 weeks (IQR: 1.43, 9.57) after 2015. Among 763 (24%) patients who never initiated cART, 33 (4.3%) were reported as deceased, 481 (63%) were lost to follow‐up, and 249 (33%) were administratively censored before initiation. Adjusted probability of cART initiation greatly increased in recent years, in particular after 2013 and 2015 (2013 vs. 2003: HR = 7.14; 95% CI: 5.84 to 8.73, and 2015 vs. 2003: HR = 12.60; 95% CI: 10.37 to 15.32). CONCLUSIONS: Time to cART initiation decreased substantially, roughly following changes in WHO guidelines in this real‐world setting in Latin America. However, a very high proportion of patients never started cART, compromising retention in care and survival, as shown by their higher proportion of LTFU and death, which reinforce the notion that earlier treatment implementation strategies are needed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6922020/ /pubmed/31855320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25413 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of the International AIDS Society published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the International AIDS Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Crabtree‐Ramírez, Brenda E Caro‐Vega, Yanink Belaunzarán‐Zamudio, Pablo F Shepherd, Bryan E Rebeiro, Peter F Veloso, Valdilea Cortes, Claudia P Padgett, Denis Gotuzzo, Eduardo Sierra‐Madero, Juan McGowan, Catherine C Person, Anna K Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title | Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title_full | Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title_fullStr | Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title_full_unstemmed | Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title_short | Temporal changes in ART initiation in adults with high CD4 counts in Latin America: a cohort study |
title_sort | temporal changes in art initiation in adults with high cd4 counts in latin america: a cohort study |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6922020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25413 |
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