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Trial reportAntiviral therapy2011

Hyaluronic acid levels predict increased risk of non-AIDS death in hepatitis-coinfected persons interrupting antiretroviral therapy in the SMART Study.

SMART Study Group, Lars Peters, Jacqueline Neuhaus, Amanda Mocroft, Vincent Soriano, Jürgen Rockstroh, Gregory Dore, Massimo Puoti, Ellen Tedaldi, Bonaventura Clotet and 3 more

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Trial report in Antiviral therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

SMART Study Group
Lars Peters
Jacqueline Neuhaus
Amanda Mocroft
Vincent Soriano
Jürgen Rockstroh
Gregory Dore
Massimo Puoti
Ellen Tedaldi
Bonaventura Clotet
Bernd Kupfer
Jens D Lundgren
Marina B Klein
University of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ON AIDSU01AI046362 · NIAID · SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC. · PI GORDIN, FRED M · 2000 to 2006
$75.9M
TERRY BEIRN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ONU01AI042170 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI NEATON, JAMES DENNIS · 1997 to 2006
$23.2M
Medical Research Council MC_U122886352NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI042170NIAID NIH HHS U01AI042170NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI046362NIAID NIH HHS U01AI46362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn the SMART study, HIV-viral-hepatitis-coinfected persons were, compared with HIV-monoinfected persons, at higher risk of non-AIDS death if randomized to the antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption strategy. We hypothesized that a marker of liver fibrosis, hyaluronic acid (HA), would be predictive of development of non-AIDS-related outcomes in coinfected participants in the SMART study.

methodsAll participants positive for HCV RNA or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and with stored plasma samples were included (n=675). Plasma samples were tested for HA (normal range 0-75 ng/ml) at baseline and months 6, 12 and 24 during follow-up in the drug conservation (DC; interrupt ART until CD4(+) T-cell count <250) group and the viral suppression (VS; continued use of ART) group. Time to non-AIDS death was investigated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

resultsOverall, 52 (31 in DC and 21 in VS) coinfected participants died during follow-up. Coinfected participants who were randomized to the DC group with baseline HA>75 ng/ml had a cumulative risk of non-AIDS death of 24.6% after 36 months of follow-up compared with 9.3% for participants randomized to the VS group (P=0.005), while the cumulative risk for coinfected participants with HA ≤ 75 ng/ml was 4.1% (DC) and 4.7% (VS; P=0.76). The change in HA from baseline to month 24 was 8.3 ng/ml and 4.7 ng/ml in the DC and VS group (P=0.56), respectively.

conclusionsInterruption of ART was particularly unsafe in HIV-hepatitis-coinfected individuals if plasma HA was increased. HA changed very little during follow-up and was not influenced by differences in CD4(+) T-cell count or HIV viral load.

Indexed as

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsControl GroupsDisease ProgressionDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHepatitis BHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis CHIVHIV InfectionsHumansHyaluronic AcidKaplan-Meier EstimateHepatitis B Surface AntigensHyaluronic Acid

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PMID21817188
PMCPMC3153406
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