Title
Tuberculosis treatment intermittency in the continuation phase and mortality in HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy
Date Issued
01 December 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Crabtree-Ramirez B.
Jenkins C.A.
Shepherd B.E.
Jayathilake K.
Veloso V.G.
Cortes C.P.
Padgett D.
McGowan C.
Sierra-Madero J.
Koenig S.
Pape J.W.
Sterling T.R.
Cahn P.
Cesar C.
Fink V.
Ortiz Z.
Cahn F.
Roldan A.
Aristegui I.
Frola C.
Grinsztejn B.
Luz P.M.
Wagner S.C.
Friedman R.
Moreira R.I.
Coelho L.E.
Pedrosa M.D.
Calvet G.A.
Perazzo H.
Moreira R.
Ribeiro M.P.D.
Pereira M.S.
Jalil E.M.
Pinto J.
Ferreira F.
Maia M.
de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa A.
do Carmo F.
Cortes C.
Wolff M.
Rodriguez M.F.
Castillo G.
Allendes G.
Pape J.W.
Marcelin V.R.A.
Macius Y.
Preux S.S.
Varela M.T.L.D.
Chavez M.
Mailhot A.
Padgett D.
Madero J.S.
Ramirez B.C.
Vega Y.C.
CMcGowan C.
Duda S.N.
Sterling T.
Person A.K.
Rebeiro P.F.
Castilho J.
Wester W.C.
Clouse K.
Vansell F.M.H.
Figueiredo M.C.
Jenkins C.
Lotspeich A.K.S.
Ranadive P.
Clouse K.
Publisher(s)
BioMed Central Ltd
Abstract
Background: Some tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines recommend daily TB treatment in both the intensive and continuation phases of treatment in HIV-positive persons to decrease the risk of relapse and acquired drug resistance. However, guidelines vary across countries, and treatment is given 7, 5, 3, or 2 days/week. The effect of TB treatment intermittency in the continuation phase on mortality in HIV-positive persons on antiretroviral therapy (ART), is not well-described. Methods: We conducted an observational cohort study among HIV-positive adults treated for TB between 2000 and 2018 and after enrollment into the Caribbean, Central, and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet; Brazil, Chile, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Peru). All received standard TB therapy (2-month initiation phase of daily isoniazid, rifampin or rifabutin, pyrazinamide ± ethambutol) and continuation phase of isoniazid and rifampin or rifabutin, administered concomitantly with ART. Known timing of ART and TB treatment were also inclusion criteria. Kaplan–Meier and Cox proportional hazards methods compared time to death between groups. Missing model covariates were imputed via multiple imputation. Results: 2303 patients met inclusion criteria: 2003(87%) received TB treatment 5–7 days/week and 300(13%) 2–3 days/week in the continuation phase. Intermittency varied by site: 100% of patients from Brazil and Haiti received continuation phase treatment 5–7 days/week, followed by Honduras (91%), Peru (42%), Mexico (7%), and Chile (0%). The crude risk of death was lower among those receiving treatment 5–7 vs. 2–3 days/week (HR = 0.68; 95% CI = 0.51—0.91; P = 0.008). After adjusting for age, sex, CD4, ART use at TB diagnosis, site of TB disease (pulmonary vs. extrapulmonary), and year of TB diagnosis, mortality risk was lower, but not significantly, among those treated 5–7 days/week vs. 2–3 days/week (HR 0.75, 95%CI 0.55–1.01; P = 0.06). After also stratifying by study site, there was no longer a protective effect (HR 1.42, 95%CI 0.83–2.45; P = 0.20). Conclusions: TB treatment 5–7 days/week was associated with a marginally decreased risk of death compared to TB treatment 2–3 days/week in the continuation phase in multivariable, unstratified analyses. However, little variation in TB treatment intermittency within country meant the results could have been driven by other differences between study sites. Therefore, randomized trials are needed, especially in heterogenous regions such as Latin America.
Volume
22
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Sistema respiratorio
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85127629909
PubMed ID
Source
BMC Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
14712334
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: National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institute On Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism (NIAAA), Fogarty International Center (FIC), and National Cancer Institute (NCI). We thank the staff at each of the CCASANET centers and especially our patients. The Caribbean, Central and South American network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet) includes research teams in the following sites: Fundación Huésped, Argentina: Pedro Cahn, Carina Cesar, Valeria Fink, Zulma Ortiz, Florencia Cahn, Agustina Roldan, Ines Aristegui, Claudia Frola. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia-Fiocruz, Brazil: Beatriz Grinsztejn, Valdilea G. Veloso, Paula M. Luz, Sandra Cardoso Wagner, Ruth Friedman, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Lara Esteves Coelho, Monica Derrico Pedrosa, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Hugo Perazzo, Rodrigo Moreira, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Mario Sergio Pereira, Emilia Moreira Jalil. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil: Jorge Pinto, Flavia Ferreira, Marcelle Maia. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil: Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Daisy Maria Machado, Aida de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa, Fabiana do Carmo. Fundación Arriarán, Chile: Claudia Cortes, Marcelo Wolff, Maria Fernanda Rodriguez, Gabriel Castillo, Gladys Allendes. Les Centres GHESKIO, Haiti: Jean William Pape, Vanessa Rouzier, Adias Marcelin, Youry Macius, Stephano Saint Preux. Hospital Escuela Universitario, Honduras: Marco Tulio Luque, Diana Varela, Magda Chavez, Ada Mailhot. Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social, Honduras: Denis Padgett. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico: Juan Sierra Madero, Brenda Crabtree Ramirez, Yanink Caro Vega. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Peru: Eduardo Gotuzzo, Fernando Mejia, Gabriela Carriquiry. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA: Catherine C McGowan, Stephany N Duda, Bryan E Shepherd, Timothy Sterling, Anna K Person, Peter F Rebeiro, Jessica Castilho, William C Wester, Kate Clouse, Karu Jayathilake, Fernanda Maruri, Hilary Vansell, Marina Cruvinel Figueiredo, Cathy Jenkins, Ahra Kim, Sarah Lotspeich, Paridhi Ranadive. Vanderbilt University, USA: Kate Clouse. “CCASAnet Region 2 of IeDEA” Consortium members : Argentina -Fundación Huésped: Pedro Cahn, Carina Cesar, Valeria Fink, Zulma Ortiz, Florencia Cahn, Agustina Roldan, Ines Aristegui, Claudia Frola. Brazil—-Instituto Nacional de Infectologia-Fiocruz: Beatriz Grinsztejn, Valdilea G. Veloso (Author), Paula M. Luz, Sandra Cardoso Wagner, Ruth Friedman, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Lara Esteves Coelho, Monica Derrico Pedrosa, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Hugo Perazzo, Rodrigo Moreira, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Mario Sergio Pereira, Emilia Moreira Jalil. -Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Jorge Pinto, Flavia Ferreira, Marcelle Maia -Universidade Federal de São Paulo: Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Daisy Maria Machado, Aida de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa, Fabiana do Carmo. Chile—-Fundación Arriarán: Claudia Cortes (Author), Marcelo Wolff, Maria Fernanda Rodriguez, Gabriel Castillo, Gladys Allendes. Haiti—-Les Centres GHESKIO: Jean William Pape (Author), Vanessa Rouzier, Adias Marcelin, Youry Macius, Stephano Saint Preux, Serena Koenig (Author) Honduras—-Hospital Escuela Universitario: Marco Tulio Luque, Diana Varela, Magda Chavez, Ada Mailhot. -Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social: Denis Padgett (Author) Mexico—-Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán: Juan Sierra Madero (Author), Brenda Crabtree Ramirez (Author), Yanink Caro Vega Peru—-Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt: Eduardo Gotuzzo (Author), Fernando Mejia, Gabriela Carriquiry (Author) USA—-Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Catherine C McGowan (Author), Stephany N Duda, Bryan E Shepherd (Author), Timothy Sterling (Author), Anna K Person, Peter F Rebeiro, Jessica Castilho, William C Wester, Kate Clouse, Karu Jayathilake (Author), Fernanda Maruri, Hilary Vansell, Marina Cruvinel Figueiredo, Cathy Jenkins (Author), Ahra Kim, Sarah Lotspeich, Paridhi Ranadive. -Vanderbilt University: Kate Clouse.
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