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Quantifying the reduction in sexual transmission of HIV-1 among MSM by early initiation of ART: A mathematical model.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:We analyzed the effect of time to initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis on the probability of HIV-1 transmission events (HIV-TE) in naïve HIV-1-infected men having sex with men (MSM). SETTING:Mathematical model. METHODS:We used discrete event simulation modeling to estimate the probability of HIV-TE in the first 8 weeks after ART initiation; we varied ART initiation from D0 to D28 after simulated "diagnosis". The model inputs used sexual behavior parameters from the MSM population of the START trial, and transmission rates per-sex act and HIV-1 RNA from recent meta-analyses. HIV-1 RNA decay curves were modeled from the databases of Single (efavirenz [EFV] v dolutegravir [DTG]), Spring-2 (raltegravir [RAL] v DTG), and Flamingo (darunavir/ritonavir [DRVr] v DTG) trials. RESULTS:We found that the number of HIV-TE per index patient in the first 8 weeks after ART initiation increased linearly for same-day ART to initiation on day 28. Small but statistically significant advantages of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) over EFV and DRVr were found. CONCLUSIONS:Rapid, if not same-day initiation of INSTI-based ART to newly diagnosed HIV-infected MSM has the potential for substantial public health benefits related to decreases in HIV-TE.

SUBMITTER: Berenguer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371210 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantifying the reduction in sexual transmission of HIV-1 among MSM by early initiation of ART: A mathematical model.

Berenguer Juan J   Parrondo Javier J   Landovitz Raphael J RJ  

PloS one 20200720 7


<h4>Background</h4>We analyzed the effect of time to initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis on the probability of HIV-1 transmission events (HIV-TE) in naïve HIV-1-infected men having sex with men (MSM).<h4>Setting</h4>Mathematical model.<h4>Methods</h4>We used discrete event simulation modeling to estimate the probability of HIV-TE in the first 8 weeks after ART initiation; we varied ART initiation from D0 to D28 after simulated "diagnosis". The model inputs used sexual beha  ...[more]

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