Liver fibrosis progression and clinical outcomes are intertwined : role of CD4+ T-cell count and NRTI exposure from a large cohort of HIV/HCVcoinfected patients with detectable HCV-RNA A MASTER cohort study
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
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Liver fibrosis progression and clinical outcomes are intertwined : role of CD4+ T-cell count and NRTI exposure from a large cohort of HIV/HCVcoinfected patients with detectable HCV-RNA A MASTER cohort study / E. Focà, M. Fabbiani, M. Prosperi, E. Roldan, F. Castelli, F. Maggiolo, E. Di Filippo, S. Di Giambenedetto, R. Gagliardini, A. Saracino, M. Di Pietro, A. Gori, L. Sighinolfi, A. Pan, M. Postorino, C. Torti. - In: MEDICINE. - ISSN 0025-7974. - 95:29(2016), pp. e4091.1-e4091.7. [10.1097/MD.0000000000004091]
Abstract:
Introduction: Patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) suffer from faster progression of liver fibrosis (LF) and have greater risk of worse clinical outcomes. We evaluated predictors and incidence of these events in a large multicentre cohort. Methods: We selected all HIV-infected patients starting a first-line combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), with detectable HCVRNA, without exposure to interferon/ribavirin, with ≥2 fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) classifications before cART. KaplanCMeier analysis was used to estimate incidence of clinical events (AIDS, non-AIDS related, deaths) and LF progression (via transitions: from FIB-4 class 1 to 2 or 3, from class 2 to class 3, and worsening by 0.5 point). Multivariate Cox regression was used to assess predictors, baseline, or time updated. Results: One thousand four hundred thirty-three patients were selected. Overall, 745 clinical events occurred, with an incidence of 7.6% over 9811 person-year of follow-up (PYFU) and a median survival time of 9.36 years. Incidence of LF progression from FIB-4 class 1 to 2 or 3 was 12.4%, and from FIB-4 class 2 to 3 was 7% with a median survival time of 5.67 and 10.35 years, respectively. At multivariate analyses, intravenous drug use and time-updated gamma-glutamyl transferase (γGT) were negative predictors for any outcomes, either clinical or FIB-4 progression. Higher CD4+ T-cell protected from clinical events, and lower HIV-RNA and higher CD4 + T-cell appeared to protect from FIB-4 transitions. Moreover, independently from the viro-immunological status, current FIB-4 class 3 predicted clinical events. Occurrence of AIDS and cardiovascular/kidney events were significant predictors of 0.5 point worsening and transitions of FIB-4, respectively. Prolonged exposure to nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) was a negative predictor for any outcomes. Conclusion: Both clinical and LF progression in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients depend strongly on immune status. Intravenous drug users and patients with high γGT (a possible proxy for alcohol abuse) are most-at-risk for both outcomes, as well those who had prolonged exposures to the NRTI class. Therefore, these patients should be prioritized for the access to anti-HCV therapy and a test-and-treat strategy should be implemented for early initiation of cART. Possible benefits of NRTI sparing regimens in HIV/HCVcoinfected patients should be investigated
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Antiretroviral therapy; Clinical events; FIB-4; HCV; HIV; Liver fibrosis; Medicine (all)
Elenco autori:
E. Focà, M. Fabbiani, M. Prosperi, E. Roldan, F. Castelli, F. Maggiolo, E. Di Filippo, S. Di Giambenedetto, R. Gagliardini, A. Saracino, M. Di Pietro, A. Gori, L. Sighinolfi, A. Pan, M. Postorino, C. Torti
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