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Date publication

janvier 2004

Journal

European journal of epidemiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BINQUET Christine , Pr QUANTIN Catherine , Pr KOHLI Evelyne


Tous les auteurs :
Piroth L, Binquet C, Buisson M, Kohli E, Duong M, Grappin M, Abrahamowicz M, Quantin C, Portier H, Chavanet P

Résumé

To assess the clinical, immunological and virological evolution in HIV-1 infected patients with CD4 T-cell count above 500/mm3, a historical cohort of 202 untreated and 96 patients treated with HAART was longitudinally studied (median follow-up 36 months). Fourteen untreated and 2 treated patients experienced clinical progression (p = 0.09). The difference between baseline CD4 T-cell count and after 3 years, was -240/mm3 in the untreated group +19/mm3 in the HAART group (p < 10(-3)). A better immunological outcome was significantly associated with a HIV sexual contamination (p = 0.01), HAART (p = 0.01), high baseline CD4 T-cell count (p < 10(-3)) and low baseline HIV viral load (p = 0.01). In the HAART group, the incidence rate of antiretroviral modification due to tolerance difficulties was 0.23+/-0.36/patient year. A sustained undetectable HIV viral load was correlated with a low baseline HIV viral load (p = 0.003) and to be antiretroviral naive (p < 10(-3)). Thus, HAART provide a better immunological outcome in patients with high CD4 T-cell count. However, the CD4 decay slope after 3 years, the risk of therapeutic side-effects and the low risk of clinical progression do not support systematic treatment of those patients.

Mots clés

Adult, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, methods, Cohort Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, HIV Infections, blood, HIV-1, isolation & purification, Humans, Male, Viral Load

Référence

Eur. J. Epidemiol.. 2004 ;19(6):597-604