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Multicenter Study
. 2009 Jul 21;151(2):73-84.
doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-2-200907210-00003.

The association of HIV susceptibility testing with survival among HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study

Frank J Palella Jr  1 , Carl Armon, Kate Buchacz, Stephen R Cole, Joan S Chmiel, Richard M Novak, Kathleen Wood, Anne C Moorman, John T Brooks; HOPS (HIV Outpatient Study) Investigators
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Multicenter Study

The association of HIV susceptibility testing with survival among HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study

Frank J Palella Jr et al. Ann Intern Med. .

Abstract

Background: HIV-1 genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility testing (GPT) optimizes antiretroviral selection, but its effect on survival is unknown.

Objective: To evaluate the association between GPT and survival.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: 10 U.S. HIV clinics.

Patients: 2699 HIV-infected patients eligible for GPT (plasma HIV RNA level >1000 copies/mL) seen from 1999 through 2005.

Measurements: Demographic characteristics, clinical factors, GPT use, all-cause mortality, and crude and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the association of GPT with survival.

Results: Patients were followed for a median of 3.3 years; 915 (34%) had GPT. Patients who had GPT had lower mortality rates than those who did not (2.0 vs. 2.7 deaths per 100 person-years). In standard Cox models, GPT was associated with improved survival (adjusted HR, 0.69 [95% CI, 0.51 to 0.94]; P = 0.017) after controlling for demographic characteristics, CD4+ cell count, HIV RNA level, and intensity of clinical follow-up. In subgroup analyses, GPT was associated with improved survival for the 2107 highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-experienced patients (2.2 vs. 3.2 deaths per 100 person-years for patients who had GPT vs. those who did not have GPT; adjusted HR, 0.60 [CI, 0.43 to 0.82]; P = 0.002) and for the 921 triple antiretroviral class-experienced patients (2.1 vs. 3.1 deaths per 100 person-years; adjusted HR, 0.61 [CI 0.40 to 0.93]; P = 0.022). Marginal structural models supported associations between GPT and improved survival in the overall cohort (adjusted HR, 0.54; P = 0.001) and in the HAART-experienced group (adjusted HR, 0.56; P = 0.003).

Limitations: Use of GPT was not randomized. Residual confounding may exist.

Conclusion: Use of GPT was independently associated with improved survival among HAART-experienced patients.

Primary funding source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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