Title
Durability of efavirenz compared with boosted protease inhibitor-based regimens in antiretroviral-naïve patients in the Caribbean and central and South America
Date Issued
01 March 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Caro-Vega Y.
Belaunzarán-Zamudio P.F.
Crabtree-Ramírez B.E.
Shepherd B.E.
Grinsztejn B.
Wolff M.
Pape J.W.
Padgett D.
McGowan C.C.
Sierra-Madero J.G.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Background. Efavirenz (EFV) and boosted protease inhibitors (bPIs) are still the preferred options for firstline antiretroviral regimens (firstline ART) in Latin America and have comparable short-term efficacy. We assessed the long-term durability and outcomes of patients receiving EFV or bPIs as firstline ART in the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet). Methods. We included ART-naïve, HIV-positive adults on EFV or bPIs as firstline ART in CCASAnet between 2000 and 2016. We investigated the time from starting until ending firstline ART according to changes of third component for any reason, including toxicity and treatment failure, death, and/or loss to follow-up. Use of a third-line regimen was a secondary outcome. Kaplan-Meier estimators of composite end points were generated. Crude cumulative incidence of events and adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) were estimated accounting for competing risk events. Results. We included 14 519 patients: 12 898 (89%) started EFV and 1621 (11%) bPIs. The adjusted median years on firstline ART were 4.6 (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.4-4.7) on EFV and 3.8 (95% CI, 3.8-4.0) on bPI (P < .001). Cumulative incidence of firstline ART ending at 10 years of follow-up was 32% (95% CI, 31-33) on EFV and 44% (95% CI, 39-48) on bPI (aHR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.78-0.97). The cumulative incidence rates of third-line initiation in the bPI-based group were 6% (95% CI, 2.4-9.6) and 2% (95% CI, 1.4-2.2) among the EFV-based group (P < .01). Conclusions. Durability of firstline ART was longer with EFV than with bPIs. EFV-based regimens may continue to be the preferred firstline regimen for our region in the near future due to their high efficacy, relatively low toxicity (especially at lower doses), existence of generic formulations, and affordability for national programs.
Volume
5
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85043402295
Source
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Sponsor(s)
Financial support. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Heatlh–funded Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet), a member cohort of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (leDEA; U01AI069923). This award is funded by the following institutes: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of The Director (OD), National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Authors' contributions. Study concept and design: Y.C.V., P.F.B.Z., B.C.R., J.S.M., B.E.S. Acquisition of data: B.C.R., B.G., M.W., J.W.P., D.P., E.G., C.M. Analysis and interpretation of data: Y.C.V., P.F.B.Z., B.E.S. Drafting of the manuscript: Y.C.V., P.F.B.Z., B.C.R., J.S.M. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Y.C.V., P.F.B.Z., B.C.R., B.E.S., B.G., M.W., J.W.P., D.P., E.G., C.M., J.S.M. Statistical analysis: Y.C.V., P.F.B.Z., B.E.S. All the authors approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Financial support. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Heatlh-funded Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet), a member cohort of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (leDEA; U01AI069923). This a ...
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