Effect of Immediate Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment in HIV-Positive Individuals Aged 50 Years or Older

Sara Lodi, Dominique Costagliola, Caroline Sabin, Julia del Amo, Roger Logan, Sophie Abgrall, Peter Reiss, Ard van Sighem, Sophie Jose, Jose-Ramon Blanco, Victoria Hernando, Heiner C. Bucher, Helen Kovari, Ferran Segura, Juan Ambrosioni, Charalambos A. Gogos, Nikos Pantazis, Francois Dabis, Marie-Anne Vandenhende, Laurence MeyerRémonie Seng, M. John Gill, Hartmut Krentz, Andrew N. Phillips, Kholoud Porter, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Antonio G. Pacheco, Roberto Muga, Janet Tate, Amy Justice, Miguel A. Hernán

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Abstract

Background: Clinical guidelines recommend immediate initiation of combined antiretroviral therapy for all HV-positive individuals. However, those guidelines are based on trials of relatively young participants. Methods: We included HIV-positive antiretroviral therapy-naive, AIDS-free individuals aged 50-70 years after 2004 in the HIV-CAUSAL Collaboration. We used the parametric g-formula to estimate the 5-year risk of all-cause and non-AIDS mortality under (1) immediate initiation at baseline and initiation at CD4 count, (2) <500 cells/mm(3), and (3) <350 cells/mm(3). Results were presented separately for the general HIV population and for a US Veterans cohort with high mortality. Results: The study included 9596 individuals (28% US Veterans) with median (interquantile range) age of 55 (52-60) years and CD4 count of 336 (182-513) at baseline. The 5-year risk of all-cause mortality was 0.40% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.10 to 0.71) lower for the general HIV population and 1.61% (95% CI: 0.79 to 2.67) lower for US Veterans when comparing immediate initiation vs initiation at CD4 <350 cells/mm(3). The 5-year risk of non-AIDS mortality was 0.17% (95% CI: 20.07 to 0.43) lower for the general HIV population and 1% (95% CI: 0.31 to 2.00) lower for US Veterans when comparing immediate initiation vs initiation at CD4 <350 cells/mm(3). Conclusions: Immediate initiation seems to reduce all-cause and non-AIDS mortality in patients aged 50-70 years
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-318
JournalJOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES
Volume76
Issue number3
Early online date2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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