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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis C virus-coinfected adults in a population-based HIV/AIDS Treatment Program
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 193, No. 2, Year 2006
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Background. We sought to characterize the impact that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has on CD4 cells during the first 48 weeks of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in previously ART-naive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Methods. The HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Programme at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS distributes all ART in this Canadian province. Eligible individuals were those whose first-ever ART included 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and either a protease inhibitor or a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and who had a documented positive result for HCV antibody testing. Outcomes were binary events (time to an increase of ≥75 CD4 cells/mm3 or an increase of ≥10% in the percentage of CD4 cells in the total T cell population [CD4 cell fraction]) and continuous repeated measures. Statistical analyses used parametric and non-parametric methods, including multivariate mixed-effects linear regression analysis and Cox proportional hazards analysis. Results. Of 1186 eligible patients, 606 (51%) were positive and 580 (49%) were negative for HCV antibodies. HCV antibody-positive patients were slower to have an absolute (P<.001) and a fraction (P = .02) CD4 cell event. In adjusted Cox proportional hazards analysis (controlling for age, sex, baseline absolute CD4 cell count, baseline pVL, type of ART initiated, AIDS diagnosis at baseline, adherence to ART regimen, and number of CD4 cell measurements), HCV antibody-positive patients were less likely to have an absolute CD4 cell event (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 0.84 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 0.72-0.98]) and somewhat less likely to have a CD4 cell fraction event (AHR, 0.89 [95% CI, 0.70-1.14]) than HCV antibody-negative patients. In multivariate mixed-effects linear regression analysis, HCV antibody-negative patients had increases of an average of 75 cells in the absolute CD4 cell count and 4.4% in the CD4 cell fraction, compared with 20 cells and 1.1% in HCV antibody-positive patients, during the first 48 weeks of ART, after adjustment for time-updated pVL, number of CD4 cell measurements, and other factors. Conclusion. HCV antibody-positive HIV-infected patients may have an altered immunologic response to ART. © 2005 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Braitstein, Paula K.A.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Zala, Carlos A.
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Fundacion Huesped
Yip, Benita
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Brinkhof, Martin W.G.
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Moore, David M.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Hogg, Robert S.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Montaner, Julio S.G.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Statistics
Citations: 49
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/498908
ISSN:
00221899
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative