Improved quality of life with immediate versus deferred initiation of antiretroviral therapy in early asymptomatic HIV infection.
Improved quality of life with immediate versus deferred initiation of antiretroviral therapy in early asymptomatic HIV infection.
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DOI:
10.1097/qad.0000000000001417
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2017-04-24
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INSIGHT START Study Group
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Lifson AR;Grund B;Gardner EM;Kaplan R;Denning E;Engen N;Carey CL;Chen F;Dao S;Florence E;Sanz J;Emery S;INSIGHT START Study Group
To determine if immediate compared to deferred initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in healthy persons living with HIV (PLWH) had a more favorable impact on health-related quality of life (QOL), or self-assessed physical, mental and overall health status. QOL was measured in START (Strategic Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy), which randomized healthy ART naive PLWH with >500 CD4+ cells/μl from 35 countries to immediate versus deferred ART. At baseline, months 4 and 12, then annually, participants completed a visual analogue scale (VAS) for “perceived current health” and the Short-Form 12-Item Health Survey version 2 from which were computed: (1) General health (GH) perception; (2) Physical Component Summary (PCS), and (3) Mental Component Summary (MCS); the VAS and GH were rated from 0=lowest to 100=highest. QOL at study entry was high (mean scores: VAS=80.9, GH=72.5, PCS=53.7, MCS=48.2). Over a mean follow-up of 3 years, changes in all QOL measures favored the immediate group (p<0.001); estimated differences were: VAS=1.9, GH=3.6, PCS=0.8, MCS=0.9. When QOL changes were assessed across various demographic and clinical subgroups, treatment differences continued to favor the immediate group. QOL was poorer in those experiencing primary outcomes; however, when excluding those with primary events, results remained favorable for immediate ART recipients. In an international randomized trial in ART-naive participants with >500 CD4+ cells/μl, there were modest but significant improvements in self-assessed QOL among those initiating ART immediately compared to deferring treatment, supporting patient-perceived health benefits of initiating ART as soon as possible after an HIV diagnosis.