Title
Antiretroviral therapy and Kaposi’s sarcoma trends and outcomes among adults with HIV in Latin America
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Castilho J.L.
Kim A.
Jenkins C.A.
Grinsztejn B.
Fink V.
Padgett D.
Belaunzaran-Zamudio P.F.
Crabtree-Ramírez B.
Escuder M.M.
Souza R.A.
Tenore S.B.
Pimentel S.R.
Ikeda M.L.R.
de Alencastro P.R.
Tupinanbas U.
Brites C.
Luz E.
Netto J.
Cortes C.P.
Grangeiro A.
Shepherd B.E.
McGowan C.C.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Introduction: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) remains the most frequent malignancy in persons living with HIV (PWH) in Latin America. We examined KS trends and outcomes from Latin American clinical sites in the era of increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods: Cohorts in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina and Chile contributed clinical data of PWH ≥16 years old from 2000 to 2017, excluding patients with KS diagnosed before clinic enrolment. We compared KS incidence over time using multivariable incidence rate ratios. Predictors of KS before/at or after ART initiation and of mortality after KS were examined using Cox regression. Results: Of 25 981 PWH, 481 had incident KS, including 200 ART-naïve and 281 ART-treated patients. From 2000 to 2017, the incidence of KS decreased from 55.1 to 3.0 per 1000 person-years. In models adjusting for CD4 and other factors, the relative risk for KS decreased from 2000 to 2008. Since 2010, the adjusted risk of KS increased in the periods before and ≤90 days after ART initiation but decreased >90 days after ART. In addition to low CD4 and male-to-male sex, KS risk after ART was associated with age and history of other AIDS-defining illnesses. Mortality after KS (approximately 25% after five years) was not associated with either year of KS diagnosis nor timing of diagnosis relative to ART initiation. Conclusions: KS incidence in Latin America has remained stable in recent years and risk is highest before and shortly after ART initiation. Early diagnosis of HIV and ART initiation remain critical priorities in the region.
Volume
24
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85100280898
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the NIH‐funded Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet), a member cohort of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (leDEA) (U01AI069923). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This award is funded by the following institutes: the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). JLC was supported by NIAID (K23AI120875). Coorte Brasil was also supported by Brazilian National Council for Scientific & Technological Development, Brazilian National Ministry of Health and Pan American Health Organization.
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