Pre-cART elevation of CRP and CD4+ T-cell immune activation associated with HIV clinical progression in a multinational case-cohort study

Citation: Balagopal A, Asmuth DM, Yang WT, Campbell TB, Gupte N, Smeaton L, Kanyama C, Grinsztejn B, Santos B, Supparatpinyo K, Badal-Faesen S, Lama JR, Lalloo UG, Zulu F, Pawar JS, Riviere C, Kumarasamy N, Hakim J, Li XD, Pollard RB, Semba RD, Thomas DL, Bollinger RC, Gupta A; ACTG PEARLS and NWCS 319 Study team. Pre-cART elevation of CRP and CD4+ T-cell immune activation associated with HIV clinical progression in a multinational case-cohort study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Oct 1;70(2):163-71. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000696. PMID: 26017661. PMCID: PMC4573329.

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BACKGROUND:

Despite the success of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), a subset of HIV-infected patients who initiate cART develop early clinical progression to AIDS; therefore, some cART initiators are not fully benefitted by cART. Immune activation pre-cART may predict clinical progression in cART initiators.

METHODS:

A case-cohort study (n = 470) within the multinational Prospective Evaluation of Antiretrovirals in Resource-Limited Settings clinical trial (1571 HIV treatment-naive adults who initiated cART; CD4 T-cell count <300 cells/mm; 9 countries) was conducted. A subcohort of 30 participants per country was randomly selected; additional cases were added from the main cohort. Cases [n = 236 (random subcohort 36; main cohort 200)] had clinical progression (incident WHO stage 3/4 event or death) within 96 weeks after cART initiation. Immune activation biomarkers were quantified pre-cART. Associations between biomarkers and clinical progression were examined using weighted multivariable Cox-proportional hazards models.

RESULTS:

Median age was 35 years, 45% were women, 49% black, 31% Asian, and 9% white. Median CD4 T-cell count was 167 cells per cubic millimeter. In multivariate analysis, highest quartile C-reactive protein concentration [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.53; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02 to 6.28] and CD4 T-cell activation (aHR, 5.18; 95% CI: 1.09 to 24.47) were associated with primary outcomes, compared with lowest quartiles. sCD14 had a trend toward association with clinical failure (aHR, 2.24; 95% CI: 0.96 to 5.21).

CONCLUSIONS:

Measuring C-reactive protein and CD4 T-cell activation may identify patients with CD4 T-cell counts <300 cells per cubic millimeter at risk for early clinical progression when initiating cART. Additional vigilance and symptom-based screening may be required in this subset of patients even after beginning cART.

PMID:26017661 [PubMed - in process] PMCID: PMC4573329 [Available on 2016-10-01]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Oct 1;70(2):163-71.

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