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Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation to Improve Survival among HIV-Infected Adults with Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study


Background:
Randomized clinical trials examining the optimal time to initiate combination

antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected adults with sputum

smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) disease have demonstrated improved survival

among those who initiate cART earlier during TB treatment. Since these

trials incorporated rigorous diagnostic criteria, it is unclear whether

these results are generalizable to the vast majority of HIV-infected

patients with TB, for whom standard diagnostic tools are unavailable. We

aimed to examine whether early cART initiation improved survival among

HIV-infected adults who were diagnosed with TB in a clinical setting.

Methods and Findings:
We retrospectively reviewed charts for 308 HIV-infected adults in Rwanda with

a CD4 count≤350 cells/µl and a TB diagnosis. We estimated the

effect of cART on survival using marginal structural models and simulated

2-y survival curves for the cohort under different cART strategies:
start

cART 15, 30, 60, or 180 d after TB treatment or never start cART. We

conducted secondary analyses with composite endpoints of (1) death, default,

or lost to follow-up and (2) death, hospitalization, or serious

opportunistic infection. Early cART initiation led to a survival benefit

that was most marked for individuals with low CD4 counts. For individuals

with CD4 counts of 50 or 100 cells/µl, cART initiation at day 15

yielded 2-y survival probabilities of 0.82 (95% confidence interval:


[0.76, 0.89]) and 0.86 (95% confidence interval:

[0.80, 0.92]), respectively. These were significantly higher than

the probabilities computed under later start times. Results were similar for

the endpoint of death, hospitalization, or serious opportunistic infection.

cART initiation at day 15 versus later times was protective against death,

default, or loss to follow-up, regardless of CD4 count. As with any

observational study, the validity of these findings assumes that biases from

residual confounding by unmeasured factors and from model misspecification

are small.

Conclusions:

Early cART reduced mortality among individuals with low CD4 counts and

improved retention in care, regardless of CD4 count.

: Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary


Vyšlo v časopise: Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation to Improve Survival among HIV-Infected Adults with Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med 8(5): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001029
Kategorie: Research Article
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Souhrn

Background:
Randomized clinical trials examining the optimal time to initiate combination

antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected adults with sputum

smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) disease have demonstrated improved survival

among those who initiate cART earlier during TB treatment. Since these

trials incorporated rigorous diagnostic criteria, it is unclear whether

these results are generalizable to the vast majority of HIV-infected

patients with TB, for whom standard diagnostic tools are unavailable. We

aimed to examine whether early cART initiation improved survival among

HIV-infected adults who were diagnosed with TB in a clinical setting.

Methods and Findings:
We retrospectively reviewed charts for 308 HIV-infected adults in Rwanda with

a CD4 count≤350 cells/µl and a TB diagnosis. We estimated the

effect of cART on survival using marginal structural models and simulated

2-y survival curves for the cohort under different cART strategies:
start

cART 15, 30, 60, or 180 d after TB treatment or never start cART. We

conducted secondary analyses with composite endpoints of (1) death, default,

or lost to follow-up and (2) death, hospitalization, or serious

opportunistic infection. Early cART initiation led to a survival benefit

that was most marked for individuals with low CD4 counts. For individuals

with CD4 counts of 50 or 100 cells/µl, cART initiation at day 15

yielded 2-y survival probabilities of 0.82 (95% confidence interval:


[0.76, 0.89]) and 0.86 (95% confidence interval:

[0.80, 0.92]), respectively. These were significantly higher than

the probabilities computed under later start times. Results were similar for

the endpoint of death, hospitalization, or serious opportunistic infection.

cART initiation at day 15 versus later times was protective against death,

default, or loss to follow-up, regardless of CD4 count. As with any

observational study, the validity of these findings assumes that biases from

residual confounding by unmeasured factors and from model misspecification

are small.

Conclusions:

Early cART reduced mortality among individuals with low CD4 counts and

improved retention in care, regardless of CD4 count.

: Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary


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