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ArticleEClinicalMedicine2021

Antiretroviral therapy for HIV controllers: Reasons for initiation and outcomes in the French ANRS-CO21 CODEX cohort.

Léo Plaçais, Faroudy Boufassa, Camille Lécuroux, Elise Gardiennet, Véronique Avettand-Fenoel, Asier Saez-Cirion, Olivier Lambotte, Nicolas Noël, ANRS CO21 study group

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Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The elite controller phenotype.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2026
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  5. Risk of Non-AIDS-Defining Events Is Lower in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)-Naive HIV Controllers Than in Normal Progressors on Suppressive ART.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Léo PlaçaisAP-HP, GHU Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 CEDEX, France.
Faroudy BoufassaCESP, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Univ Paris-Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, UVSQ, Inserm UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France.
Camille LécurouxInserm, CEA, Centre de Recherche en Immunologie des Infections Virales et des Maladies Auto-Immunes ImVA, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR1184, Le Kremlin Bicêtre 94270, France.
Elise GardiennetAP-HP, Laboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Véronique Avettand-FenoelAP-HP, Laboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Asier Saez-CirionInstitut Pasteur, Unité HIV, Inflammation et Persistance, Paris, France.
Olivier LambotteAP-HP, GHU Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 CEDEX, France.
Nicolas NoëlAP-HP, GHU Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 CEDEX, France.
ANRS CO21 study group
Inserm · FRHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · FRInstitut Pasteur · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLess than 1% of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected individuals are able to achieve spontaneous viral control without requiring antiretroviral therapy (ART). Whether these HIV controllers (HIC) are at risk of HIV-associated comorbidities and could benefit from ART is debated, but recent studies reported decreased

methodsParticipants included in the French multicenter Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le SIDA et les Hépatites (ANRS) Cohorte des extremes (CODEX) cohort of HIC between July 6, 2007 and January 3, 2018 were prospectively followed. ART initiation, indication, discontinuation, non-Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-defining events, side-effects, and immunovirological parameters were recorded. Undetectable HIC (

findingsAmong 302 HIC followed for a median of 14.8 years [10.3-20.2], 90 (30%) received ART (7 u-HIC and 83 b-HIC). The main reasons for ART initiation were decreased CD4 T-cell counts (

interpretationOnly 30% of participants in this large cohort of HIC required ART during a median follow-up of 14.8 years. These results show that HIC status is very stable and vouch for a patient-centered treatment decision based on the individual benefit/risk balance.

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Antiretroviral therapyElite controllersHIV controllersImmune activationNon-aids-defining events

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PMCPMC8225698
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