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高活性抗レトロウイルス治療と,HIVに感染した注射薬物使用者の生存率
Evan Wood1, Robert S Hogg, Viviane Dias Lima
1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
JAMA
|August 5, 2008
まとめ
高活性抗レトロウイルス療法 (HAART) を受けているHIV感染者の注射薬物使用者 (IDU) は,IDUでない者と同様の生存率を示しています. この研究では,注射薬物使用がHAARTを受けているHIV患者の長期的な結果に悪影響を及ぼすという証拠は見つかりませんでした.
科学分野:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
背景:
- 高活性抗レトロウイルス療法 (HAART) は,HIV感染の管理に不可欠です.
- 歴史的に見て,HIV感染の注射薬物使用者は,ライフスタイルの不安定さとより悪い予後により,HAARTに対する障壁に直面しています.
- IDUと他の患者グループ間のHIV治療の結果を比較する長期的なデータは限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- HAARTを開始したHIV感染患者の生存率を調査し比較する.
- 注射薬物使用歴が,非IDUと比較して異なる生存結果と関連しているかどうかを具体的に評価する.
主な方法:
- カナダのブリティッシュ・コロンビアで実施された人口ベースの前向きコホート研究 (HOMER) では,抗レトロウイルス薬未使用のHIV感染患者3116人を追跡調査した.
- 患者は1996年から2006年の間にHAARTを開始し,フォローアップは2007年まで続いた.
- すべての原因による死亡率は,製品限界推定値とコックス回帰を用いて分析された主要な結果指標でした.
主要な成果:
- この研究では915人の注射薬物使用者 (29.4%) と2201人の非注射薬物使用者を対象とした.
- 全体的な死亡率は,研究期間中に20.0%でした.
- HAART開始後84ヶ月で,IDU (26.5%) と非IDU (21.6%) の累積的な死亡率は類似しており,IDUと非IDUの死亡リスク比は1.09 (95%CI,0.92-1.29) でした.
結論:
- 注射薬の使用は,この研究集団の中でHAARTを投与しているHIV感染者の生存率の低下と関連していることが判明しませんでした.
- これらの発見は,HIV治療を受けているIDUの予後に関する以前の仮定に異議を唱える.
- この結果は,HIVに感染したIDUに対するHAARTの提供を支持し,長期的には同様の利点があることを示しています.
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