TY - JOUR
T1 - Decreased All-cause and liver-related mortality risk in HIV/Hepatitis B virus coinfection coinciding with the introduction of tenofovir-containing combination antiretroviral therapy
AU - van Welzen, Berend J.
AU - Smit, Colette
AU - Boyd, Anders
AU - Lieveld, Faydra I.
AU - Mudrikova, Tania
AU - Reiss, Peter
AU - Brouwer, Annemarie E.
AU - Hoepelman, Andy I. M.
AU - Arends, Joop E.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Background. The development of efficacious combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led to a dramatic decrease in mortality in HIV-positive patients. Specific data on the impact in HIV/hepatitis B virus (HBV)-coinfected patients are lacking. In this study, all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks stratified per era of diagnosis are investigated. Methods. Data were analyzed from HIV/HBV-coinfected patients enrolled in the ATHENA cohort between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2017. Risk for (cause-specific) mortality was calculated using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis, comparing patients diagnosed before 2003 with those diagnosed ≥2003. Risk factors for all-cause and liver-related mortality were also assessed using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. Results. A total of 1301 HIV/HBV-coinfected patients were included (14 882 person-years of follow-up). One-hundred ninetyeight patients (15%) died during follow-up. The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for all-cause mortality in patients diagnosed in or after 2003 was 0.50 (95% CI, 0.35-0.72) relative to patients diagnosed before 2003. Similar risk reduction was observed for liver-related (aHR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.11-0.75) and AIDS-related mortality (aHR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.22-0.87). Use of a tenofovir-containing regimen was independently associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and liver-related mortality. Prior exposure to didanosine/stavudine was strongly associated with liver-related mortality. Ten percent of the population used only lamivudine as treatment for HBV. Conclusions. All-cause, liver-related, and AIDS-related mortality risk in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients has markedly decreased over the years, coinciding with the introduction of tenofovir. Tenofovir-containing regimens, in absence of major contraindications, should be strongly encouraged in this population.
AB - Background. The development of efficacious combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led to a dramatic decrease in mortality in HIV-positive patients. Specific data on the impact in HIV/hepatitis B virus (HBV)-coinfected patients are lacking. In this study, all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks stratified per era of diagnosis are investigated. Methods. Data were analyzed from HIV/HBV-coinfected patients enrolled in the ATHENA cohort between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2017. Risk for (cause-specific) mortality was calculated using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis, comparing patients diagnosed before 2003 with those diagnosed ≥2003. Risk factors for all-cause and liver-related mortality were also assessed using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. Results. A total of 1301 HIV/HBV-coinfected patients were included (14 882 person-years of follow-up). One-hundred ninetyeight patients (15%) died during follow-up. The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for all-cause mortality in patients diagnosed in or after 2003 was 0.50 (95% CI, 0.35-0.72) relative to patients diagnosed before 2003. Similar risk reduction was observed for liver-related (aHR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.11-0.75) and AIDS-related mortality (aHR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.22-0.87). Use of a tenofovir-containing regimen was independently associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and liver-related mortality. Prior exposure to didanosine/stavudine was strongly associated with liver-related mortality. Ten percent of the population used only lamivudine as treatment for HBV. Conclusions. All-cause, liver-related, and AIDS-related mortality risk in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients has markedly decreased over the years, coinciding with the introduction of tenofovir. Tenofovir-containing regimens, in absence of major contraindications, should be strongly encouraged in this population.
KW - Coinfection
KW - HIV
KW - Hepatitis B virus
KW - Liver-related mortality
KW - Tenofovir
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa226
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa226
M3 - Article
C2 - 32665961
SN - 2328-8957
VL - 7
JO - Open forum infectious diseases
JF - Open forum infectious diseases
IS - 7
M1 - ofaa226
ER -