Title
A parsimonious host inflammatory biomarker signature predicts incident tuberculosis and mortality in advanced human immunodeficiency virus
Date Issued
15 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Manabe Y.C.
Andrade B.B.
Gupte N.
Leong S.
Kintali M.
Matoga M.
Riviere C.
Samaneka W.
Naidoo K.
Zhao Y.
Evan Johnson W.
Ellner J.J.
Hosseinipour M.C.
Bisson G.P.
Salgame P.
Gupta A.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Background. People with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 < 50) remain at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) or death despite the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We aimed to identify immunological profiles that were most predictive of incident TB disease and death. Methods. The REMEMBER randomized clinical trial enrolled 850 participants with HIV (CD4 < 50 cells/µL) at ART initiation to receive either empiric TB treatment or isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). A case-cohort study (n = 257) stratified by country and treatment arm was performed. Cases were defined as incident TB or all-cause death within 48 weeks after ART initiation. Using multiplexed immunoassay panels and ELISA, 26 biomarkers were assessed in plasma. Results. In total, 52 (6.1%) of 850 participants developed TB; 47 (5.5%) died (13 of whom had antecedent TB). Biomarkers associated with incident TB overlapped with those associated with death (interleukin [IL]-1β, IL-6). Biomarker levels declined over time in individuals with incident TB while remaining persistently elevated in those who died. Dividing the cohort into development and validation sets, the final model of 6 biomarkers (CXCL10, IL-1β, IL-10, sCD14, tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α, and TNF-β) achieved a sensitivity of 0.90 (95% confidence interval [CI]: .87–.94) and a specificity of 0.71(95% CI: .68–.75) with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.81 (95% CI: .78–.83) for incident TB. Conclusion. Among people with advanced HIV, a parsimonious inflammatory biomarker signature predicted those at highest risk for developing TB despite initiation of ART and TB preventive therapies. The signature may be a promising stratification tool to select patients who may benefit from increased monitoring and novel interventions.
Start page
2645
End page
2654
Volume
71
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Biotecnología médica
Sistema respiratorio
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85100173109
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10584838
Sponsor(s)
Research reported in this publication was supported by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, which is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award numbers UM1 AI068634, UM1 AI068636, and UM1 AI106701. The work was also supported by The Johns Hopkins Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit (BWI CTU) (NIH/NIAID UM1AI069465 to A. G., N. G., and Y. C. M.). Additional salary support provided for Y. C. M. from the Fogarty International Center at the NIH (D43TW009771). The work of B. B. A. was supported by the intramural research program from FIOCRUZ and from the NIH (U01AI115940).
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