Title
Strong correlation between concentrations of tenofovir (TFV) emtricitabine (FTC) in hair and TFV diphosphate and FTC triphosphate in dried blood spots in the iPrEx open label extension: Implications for pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence monitoring
Date Issued
01 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gandhi M.
Glidden D.V.
Liu A.
Anderson P.L.
Horng H.
Defechereux P.
Grinsztejn B.
Chariyalertsak S.
Bekker L.G.
Grant R.M.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Self-reported adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has limitations, raising interest in pharmacologic monitoring. Drug concentrations in hair and dried blood spots (DBS) are used to assess long-term-exposure; hair shipment/storage occurs at room temperature. The iPrEx Open Label Extension collected DBS routinely, with opt-in hair collection; concentrations were measured with liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. In 806 hair-DBS pairs, tenofovir (TFV) hair levels and TFV diphosphate (DP) in DBS were strongly correlated (Spearman coefficient r = 0.734; P <. 001), as were hair TFV/DBS emtricitabine (FTC) triphosphate (TP) (r = 0.781; P <. 001); hair FTC/DBS TFV-DP (r = 0.74; P <. 001); hair FTC/DBS FTC-TP (r = 0.587; P <. 001). Drug detectability was generally concordant by matrix. Hair TFV/FTC concentrations correlate strongly with DBS levels, which are predictive of PrEP outcomes.
Start page
1402
End page
1406
Volume
212
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Epidemiología Hematología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84946126981
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
00221899
Sponsor(s)
National Institutes of Health R01AI098472, R03AI120819, U01AI034989, U01AI084735 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U01AI064002
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