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    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Aug 1;51(4):407-15. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181acb65f.

    Uncontrolled viral replication as a risk factor for non-AIDS severe clinical events in HIV-infected patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy: APROCO/COPILOTE (ANRS CO8) cohort study.

    Source

    Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.

    Abstract

    OBJECTIVE:

    To determine risk factor for non-AIDS severe clinical events in HIV-infected patients on long-term combination antiretroviral therapy (cART).

    METHODS:

    A validation committee reviewed each severe clinical event that occurred in the APROCO/COPILOTE (ANRS CO8) cohort that enrolled 1281 patients in 1997-1999 at the initiation of cART containing protease inhibitor. Probability of the occurrence of a first non-AIDS, cART-related, and AIDS-defining event was estimated, and potential determinants were studied using Cox regression models.

    RESULTS:

    During a median follow-up of 7.3 years, the incidence of non-AIDS events was higher than that of cART-related and AIDS-defining events (10.5, 3.6, and 2.6 per 100 patient-years, respectively). Bacterial (mainly airway) infections were the most frequent non-AIDS events (23.4%) followed by non-AIDS-defining malignancies and cardiovascular events (both 9.5%). Factors independently associated with the occurrence of a first non-AIDS event were age >60 years [hazard ratio (HR) 2.1; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.3 to 3.2] and CD4 <100 cells per milliliter (HR 2.5; 95% CI: 1.8 to 3.6) but also plasma HIV RNA >4 log10 copies per milliliter at the time of the event (HR 1.9; 95% CI: 1.5 to 2.5).

    CONCLUSION:

    Optimization and permanent continuation of long-term antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients is the best strategy to prevent or reduce the occurrence of non-AIDS severe morbidity.

    PMID:
    19474755
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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