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Sandra Rotea-Salvo1, Víctor Giménez-Arufe1, Alejandro Martínez-Pradeda1
1Service of Pharmacy, Universitary Hospital of A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, A Coruña, Spain.
Objective:
To compare lipid profile changes and cardiovascular events among HIV naïve and experienced patients from a real-world cohort treated with elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate or dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine.
Method:
A retrospective cohort study in HIV naïve and experienced people at a reference hospital in Spain was done. During the follow-up (March 2015-June 2019), patients were treated with elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate or dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine. Epidemiological, clinical, and immunovirological variables were recorded. A statistical analysis of the lipid profile at baseline, 48, and 120 weeks after initiating the study therapy, cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, deep venous thrombosis, myocardiopathy, non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction), and cardiovascular risks factors was performed. Data were analysed in naïve and experienced patients from each of the study treatments. The data were obtained from the medical history. The statistical analysis was performed with SPSS v. 24 software.
Results:
A total of 266 and 191 patients receiving treatment with elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate and dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine were included in the study, respectively. After 120 weeks of treatment, a worsening of the lipid profile was found in the elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate group, both in naïve and experienced patients, whereas not so conspicuously observed in the dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine group. Statistically significant differences between both groups were found in experienced patients favouring dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine; in total cholesterol (204.1±38.2 vs. 187.3±29.4, P < .001) and LDL-C (126.1±31.9 vs. 113.5±28.5, P = .001) at week 48, and in total cholesterol (201.1±33.4 vs. 188.7±33.9, P = .013) and HDL-C (54.2±15.6 vs. 48.3±14.3, P = .01) at week 120. No significant differences in cardiovascular events were found, neither in naïve nor in experienced patients.
Conclusions:
The lipid profile among elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate group worsened throughout the follow-up, both in naïve and experienced patients, not so remarkable in the dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine group. Both regimens were well tolerated, with similar rates of cardiovascular events.
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