In this downloadable slideset, Kathleen E. Squires, MD, and Program Director Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD, review key data and optimal strategies in caring for HIV-infected women, including ART safety and efficacy in women, reproductive health management, ART and pregnancy, and preventing HIV infection in women.
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1. Contemporary Management of HIV:
Management of HIV in Women
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3. Program Director and Core Faculty
Program Chair
Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine and
Epidemiology
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Director, AIDS Clinical Trials
Unit
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kathleen E. Squires, MD
W. Paul and Ida H. Havens
Professor of Infectious
Diseases
Director, Division of
Infectious Diseases
Sidney Kimmel Medical
College of Thomas Jefferson
University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. Faculty Disclosure Information
Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD, has disclosed that he has received
consulting fees from Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, and
ViiV and funds for research support from AbbVie, Gilead
Sciences, Janssen, and ViiV.
Kathleen E. Squires, MD, has disclosed that she has
received consulting fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead
Sciences, Janssen, Merck, and ViiV and funds for research
support from Gilead Sciences.
5. Peer Review Disclosure
Barry S. Zingman, MD
Medical Director, AIDS Center
Clinical Director, Infectious Diseases, Moses Division
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Barry S. Zingman, MD, has no real or apparent
conflicts of interest to report.
6. HIV in Women in the United States
Women constitute ~ 25% of HIV-infected population[1]
– ~ 11% do not know they are infected
2014: 19% of 44,073 new HIV diagnoses were in women[1]
– 87% attributed to heterosexual sex, 13% to IDU
2013: among women diagnosed with HIV, 84% linked to HIV
care within 3 mos, 55% retained in care[1]
2012: 39% of women with HIV receiving ART, 30% with viral
suppression[1]
2014: analysis from 33 US jurisdictions demonstrated durable
viral suppression in 44% of women living with diagnosed HIV[2]
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1. CDC. HIV among women. 2016.
2. Crepaz N, et al. CROI 2017. Abstract 31.
8. Case 1: Selecting Initial ART for an Older
Woman
61-yr-old woman presents with
MS “flare”
– Emergency department
clinician notes leukopenia and
suggests HIV screen
Past medical history
– MS treated with glatiramer
Social history
– Married but no sexual relations
with husband for several yrs
– Has 2 sexual partners; states
“no need for condoms”
Acute HIV infection:
Date HIV
Ag/Ab
Multi-
spot1/2
HIV-1
RNA,
copies/mL
CD4+,
cells/
mm3
8/3 Reactive Negative -- --
8/5 -- -- 2,843,413 220
8/13 -- -- 6,286,300 407
Other Labs Result
HIV GT WT
HLA-B*5701 Negative
Hemoglobin, g/dL 11.0
Creatinine, mg/dL 1.2
eGFR, mL/min 64
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9. A. EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
B. EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
C. DTG/ABC/3TC
D. DTG + FTC/TAF
E. DTG + FTC/TDF
F. RAL + FTC/TAF
G. RAL + FTC/TDF
H. Something else
61-yr-old woman diagnosed with acute HIV
HIV-1 RNA 6,286,300 c/mL; CD4+ count 407 cells/mm3
HIV WT; HLA-B*5701 negative
CrCl 1.2 mg/dL; eGFR 64 mL/min Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
Case 1: The pt requests an ART regimen
with as few pills as possible. Which of the
following regimens do you recommend?
10. DHHS and IAS-USA Guidelines:
Recommendations for Initial ART
Recommendations may differ based on baseline HIV-1
RNA, CD4+ count, CrCl, eGFR, HLA-B*5701 status,
HBsAg status, and osteoporosis status
Recommendations do not differ by sex
Class
First-line ART
DHHS Recommended IAS-USA Recommended
INSTI DTG/ABC/3TC
DTG + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
RAL + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
DTG/ABC/3TC
DTG + FTC/TAF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
RAL + FTC/TAF
Boosted PI DRV + RTV + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
DHHS Guidelines. July 2016.
Günthard HF, et al. JAMA. 2016;316:191-210.
Bolding indicates single-tablet regimen.
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11. Initial ART: Renal Impairment
DHHS Guidelines. July 2016. Günthard HF, et al. JAMA. 2016;316:191-
210. ABC/3TC [package insert]. September 2015. EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
[package insert] January 2017. FTC/TAF [package insert]. April 2016.
FTC/TDF [package insert]. April 2016.
Renal Considerations for Recommended Initial Regimens
ABC/3TC Do not use if CrCl < 50 mL/min
FTC/TDF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF: do not start if CrCl < 70 mL/min; d/c if CrCl < 50 mL/min
FTC/TDF: dose adjust if CrCl 30-49 mL/min; do not use if CrCl < 30 mL/min
FTC/TAF No dose adjustment needed if CrCl ≥ 30 mL/min, regardless of coformulation
Class
First-line ART
DHHS Recommended IAS-USA Recommended
INSTI DTG/ABC/3TC
DTG + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
RAL + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
DTG/ABC/3TC
DTG + FTC/TAF
EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
RAL + FTC/TAF
Boosted PI DRV + RTV + FTC/TDF or FTC/TAF
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12. Why Studies of ART in Women Are
Important
Interactions of ART with
steroid hormones/
contraception
Safety of ART in
pregnancy
Differences between
women and men in:
– Physiology
– Weight distribution
– Pharmacodynamics
– Body dysmorphia
Women constituted only
19.2% of participants in
systematic review of ART
trials[1]
Phase III data emerging
from studies of modern
ART regimens in women:
GRACE WAVES, ARIA
1. Curno MJ, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016;71:181-188. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
13. GRACE: DRV/RTV + Optimized
Background Regimen in Tx-Exp’d Pts
North American, open-label phase IIIb trial evaluating sex-
based differences in efficacy and safety (N = 429)
– 67% of participants were women, 84% of participants were black
or Hispanic
Specific measures are needed to retain HIV-positive women in
clinical trials
Wk 48 Outcome, % Women Men P Value
Virologic response
By ITT analysis
Excluding pts who withdrew*
50.9
73.0
58.5
73.5
.067
.44
Discontinuations 32.8 23.2 .042
*For reasons other than virologic failure.
Currier J, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:349-357. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
14. WAVES: EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF vs ATV +
RTV + FTC/TDF in Tx-Naive Women
International, randomized, controlled, double-blind phase III trial
Fewer discontinuations for AEs with EVG/COBI (n = 5 vs n = 19)
Among pts with VF and resistance data, 3 developed resistance
mutations to study drugs in ATV arm vs 0 in EVG arm
EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF QD +
Placebos for ATV, RTV, and FTC/TDF QD
(n = 289)
ATV + RTV + FTC/TDF QD +
Placebo for EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF QD
(n = 286)
Women
with HIV-1 RNA
≥ 500 copies/mL;
no previous ART;
eGFR ≥ 70 mL/min
(N = 575)
Wk 48
Squires K, et al. Lancet HIV. 2016;3:e410-e420.
Stratified by
HIV-1 RNA
and race
Primary Endpoint:
Wk 48 HIV-1 RNA
< 50 c/mL
87%
81%
Δ: 6.5%
(95% CI:
0.4-12.6)
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15. WAVES: Safety Outcomes
AE, % EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
(n = 289)
ATV + RTV + FTC/TDF
(n = 247)
Discontinuations due to AE 2.4 7.0
Serious AE 8 10
Drug-related serious AE 1 2
Any drug-related AE 28 49
Drug-related AE occurring
in ≥ 5% of pts in either arm
Icterus < 1 12
Nausea 11 10
Vomiting 5 3
Cholestasis or jaundice 0 10
Rash 2 5
Headache 5 2
Squires K, et al. Lancet HIV. 2016;3:e410-e420. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
16. ARIA: DTG/ABC/3TC vs ATV + RTV +
FTC/TDF in Tx-Naive Women
International, randomized, open-label phase IIIb trial
Fewer discontinuations for AEs with DTG (n = 4 vs n = 7 with ATV)
Among pts with VF and resistance data, 1 developed resistance
mutation to study drugs in ATV arm vs 0 in DTG arm
DTG/ABC/3TC QD
(n = 248)
ATV + RTV + FTC/TDF QD
(n = 247)
Women
with HIV-1 RNA
≥ 500 copies/mL;
no previous ART;
HLA-B*5701 negative;
CrCl ≥ 50 mL/min
(N = 495)
Wk 48
Johnson M, et al. HIV Glasgow 2016. Abstract P035.
Hagins D, et al. IDWeek 2016. Abstract 949.
Stratified by
HIV-1 RNA
and CD4+ count
Primary Endpoint:
Wk 48 HIV-1 RNA
< 50 c/mL
82%
71%
Δ: 10.5%
(95% CI:
3.1-17.8)
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17. ARIA: Safety Outcomes
Orrell C, et al. AIDS 2016. Abstract THAB0205LB.
AE, %
DTG/ABC/3TC
(n = 248)
ATV + RTV + FTC/TDF
(n = 247)
Discontinuations due to AE 4 7
Serious AE 5 8
Fatal AE < 1* 0
Drug-related serious AE 0 1
Any AE 79 80
Grade 2-4 AE 46 55
Drug-related AE occurring
in ≥ 5% of pts in either arm
33 49
Nausea 13 14
Diarrhea 5 7
Dyspepsia 2 6
Ocular icterus 0 7
Headache 2 6
Jaundice 0 5
*1 death deemed unrelated to study drugs.
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18. Study 104/111: EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF vs
EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF in Tx-Naive Women
Wk 48 results of phase III studies
In women, at Wk 48 EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF associated with
numerically less spine and hip BMD loss, significantly less
decline in eGFR, numerically greater decline in proteinuria
Orkin C, et al. EACS 2015. Abstract 798.
EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
Wk48HIV-1RNA<50c/mL(%)
100
80
60
40
20
0
95
87
92 91
n = 126 111 674 673
Women Men
0 4 8 12 16
0.2
7.9
15.6
Favors TAFFavors TDF
Treatment Difference in Women (95% CI)
-16 -12 -8 -4
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19. Switch to EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF in
Virologically Suppressed Women
WAVES: international, randomized, double-blind phase III trial
comparing EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF vs ATV/RTV + FTC/TDF in 575
treatment-naive women[1]
Women completing 48 wks of ATV/RTV + FTC/TDF in WAVES
rerandomized in current trial[2]
No treatment-emergent resistance in either treatment arm
At Wk 48, pts receiving TAF had higher mean % increase in lumbar spine
and total hip BMD, improved renal safety markers, and greater lipid
increases vs TDF regimen, but no difference in TC:HDL ratio
Switch to EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
(n = 159)
Continue ATV/RTV + FTC/TDF
(n = 53)
Virologically suppressed
women who completed
48 wks of ATV/RTV +
FTC/TDF in WAVES trial
(N = 212)
Wk 48 Virologic
Efficacy*
Difference: 7.5%
(95% CI: -1.2 to
19.4)
94%
87%
1. Squires K, et al. Lancet HIV. 2016;3:e410-e420.
2. Hodder S, et al. CROI 2017. Abstract 443.
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20. Virologic Outcomes Generally Similar in
Men vs Women in FDA Meta-analysis
Analysis included 20,328
pts from 40 RCTs
(2000-2008)
Virologic efficacy:
proportion with HIV-1 RNA
< 50 c/mL at 48 wks
Soon GG, et al. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012;26:444-453.
Treatment Naive: Wk 48 Efficacy
Difference (95% CI)
StudyTreatmentArms
Pt Population Overall Sex-Based
Efficacy Difference, %
(95% CI)
Treatment naive -1.34 (-4.54 to 1.87)
Treatment
experienced
-2.13 (-5.56 to 1.30)
-100% -50% 0% 50% 100%
Overall
Favors Males
(n = 5)
Favors Females
(n = 3)
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21. Key Initial ART Considerations for
Older HIV-Infected Women
Recommended initial ART regimens apply for both women and
men
Key considerations relevant to older women reflect
comorbidities commonly associated with aging
– Cardiovascular disease risk:
– Data are conflicting on association between ABC and CVD event risk
– Many experts avoid ABC in pts with elevated CVD risk to err on the
side of caution
– Recent findings from D:A:D cohort suggest DRV/RTV may be
associated with increased CVD event risk[1]
– Bone health: reduced bone loss with TAF vs TDF
– Renal health: more favorable renal safety with TAF vs TDF
Ryom L, et al. CROI 2017. Abstract 128LB. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
23. Case 2: Managing ART and Contraception
25-yr-old woman with 3-yr history of HIV infection
– Current ART regimen: DRV + RTV + FTC/TDF
Past medical history
– Cervical dysplasia
– Vaginal candidiasis
Social history
– She has a new boyfriend who is also HIV positive but is
virally suppressed on ART
– They are currently monogamous and using condoms, but
her boyfriend would like to consider other contraceptive
options
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24. A. Continue DRV + RTV + FTC/TDF
B. Switch to EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF
C. Switch to EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF
D. Switch to DTG/ABC/3TC
E. Switch to DTG + FTC/(TAF or TDF)
F. Switch to RPV/FTC/(TAF or TDF)
G. Something else
25-yr-old woman receiving suppressive DRV + RTV
+ FTC/TDF
Initiates low-dose estrogen for oral contraception
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The pt chooses to start oral contraception
with low-dose estrogen. Which of the
following strategies do you recommend
regarding her ART regimen?
25. What ARVs Are Compatible With
Contraception?
Several PIs, EFV, and EVG/COBI-based regimens have
drug interactions with combined oral contraceptives
– Decrease or increase in blood levels of ethinyl estradiol,
norethindrone, or norgestimate could potentially:
– Decrease contraceptive efficacy
– Increase estrogen-related or progestin-related AEs (eg,
thromboembolism)
Women receiving ARVs with significant interactions with
hormonal contraceptives should use an additional or
alternative contraceptive, consider ARV switch
DHHS Guidelines. October 2016. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
26. Drug Interactions Between Hormonal
Contraceptives and ARVs
WHO Guidelines. June 2016.
Hormonal
Contraceptive
NRTI PI NNRTI INSTI
Any* ATV LPV DRV RTV EFV NVP ETR RPV DTG RAL
EVG/
COBI
Combined oral
contraceptives
Etonogestrel or
levonorgestrel
implant
Transdermal
ethinyl estradiol
Norethisterone
(norethindrone)
DMPA
injectable
No clinically significant interaction or interaction unlikely
Potential interaction that may require monitoring or regimen alteration
*Includes 3TC, ABC, d4T, ddI, FTC, TAF, TDF, ZDV.
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27. Cervical Cancer Screening Guidance for
HIV-Infected Women
DHHS guidelines vary by age group
*For normal/negative test results.
DHHS. Adult and adolescent opportunistic infection.
Test
When to
Start
Repeat
Screening*
Women < 30 Yrs of Age
Pap test only
Younger than 21 yrs
Within 1 yr of sexual
activity onset; no later
than 21 yrs
Age 21-29 yrs
At time of initial HIV
diagnosis
Every 12 mos; after
3 consecutive normal
tests, switch to every
3 yrs
Women ≥ 30 Yrs of Age
Pap test only Pap and HPV cotest
At time of initial HIV
diagnosis
At time of initial HIV
diagnosis or 30 yrs of
age
Every 12 mos;
after 3 consecutive
normal tests,
switch to every
3 yrs
Continue lifelong
Every 3 yrs if tests
negative
Continue lifelong
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28. Guidance on Cervical Cancer Screening
Follow-up for HIV-Infected Women
DHHS. Adult and adolescent opportunistic infection.
HIV-Infected Women < 30 Yrs or ≥ 30 Yrs but Screened by Pap Only
Test Result Recommendation
Normal Pap
Continue routine screening every 12 mos
If 3 consecutive normal results, extend screening
interval to 3 yrs
Abnormal ASCUS Pap
Reflexive HPV test if available and refer for
colposcopy if positive
If HPV test not available, repeat cytology in 6-12
mos and refer for colposcopy if abnormal
Abnormal ≥ LSIL Pap Refer for colposcopy
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29. Guidance on Cervical Cancer Screening
Follow-up for HIV-Infected Women
DHHS. Adult and adolescent opportunistic infection.
HIV-Infected Women ≥ 30 Yrs Screened by Pap/HPV Cotesting
Test Result Recommendation
Normal Pap; HPV- Continue routine screening every 3 yrs
Normal Pap; HPV+
Repeat cotesting in 12 mos
If either follow-up test is abnormal, refer for
colposcopy
Normal Pap; HPV 16+ or
16/18+
Refer for colposcopy
Abnormal Pap; HPV+ Refer for colposcopy
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30. STI Screening Recommendations for HIV-
Infected Women
At baseline and annually:
– Syphilis serology
– Urogenital NAAT for gonorrhea and chlamydia
– Depending on sexual practices, consider pharyngeal and
anal screening
– Vaginal trichomoniasis test
If bacterial vaginosis suspected, look for clue cells on
wet mount under microscope
CDC. 2015 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
31. Current Recommendations for HPV
Vaccination in HIV
HPV vaccination indicated for all HIV-infected individuals
aged 9-26 yrs
HPV Vaccination Recommendations for HIV-Infected Women
Use either bivalent, quadrivalent, or 9-valent HPV recombinant
vaccine
− 9 valent: types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, 58
− Quadrivalent: types 6, 11, 16, 18
− Bivalent: types 16, 18
Each is administered at 0, 1-2, and 6 mos
DHHS. Adult and adolescent opportunistic infection. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
33. Case 3: HIV Diagnosis Late in Pregnancy
30-yr-old Kenyan woman
presents with UTI in her
third trimester of
pregnancy (33 wks’
gestation)
Past medical history
– Received single-dose
NVP during her first
pregnancy > 5 yrs ago
– Has received no prenatal
care during this
pregnancy
Labs Result
HIV-1 RNA, copies/mL 560,000
CD4+ cell count,
cell/mm3
230
WBC, cell/mm3
4400
Hemoglobin, g/dL 11.0
Creatinine, mg/dL 0.6
HBV Negative
HLA-B*5701 Negative
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34. A. DRV/RTV + TDF/FTC
B. RAL + TDF/FTC
C. DRV/RTV + TDF/FTC + DTG
D. DRV/RTV + TDF/FTC + RAL
E. DTG/ABC/3TC
F. Something else
30-yr-old woman presents late in third pregnancy (33 wks)
with untreated HIV
Received single-dose NVP during first pregnancy > 5 yrs
ago; no prenatal care during this pregnancy
HIV-1 RNA 560,000 c/mL; CD4+ cell count 230 cell/mm3
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DHHS Perinatal Guidelines recommend
immediate ART initiation. Which of the following
ART regimens do you recommend for this pt?
35. DHHS Recommendations: Initial ART in
Pregnant Women
DHHS Perinatal Guidelines. October 2016.
Guideline Status NRTIs PIs INSTIs NNRTIs
Preferred
3TC/ABC
FTC/TDF
3TC + TDF
ATV/RTV*
DRV/RTV*† RAL*§
Alternative 3TC/ZDV LPV/RTV*† EFV*
RPV*‡
Insufficient data
to recommend
FTC/TAF FPV
DTG
EVG/COBI
EVG/COBI
*In addition to 2-NRTI backbone.
†
Must be used BID in pregnancy.
‡
Only if pretreatment HIV-1 RNA ≤ 100,000 copies/mL and CD4+ cell count ≥ 200 cells/mm3
.
§
If adherence concerns or potential for ART discontinuation postpartum, a PI is preferred
over INSTI to reduce resistance risk.
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36. PROMISE: Continuing vs Stopping ART in
Postpartum, Non-Breastfeeding Women
Randomized trial in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, China, Haiti,
Peru, Thailand, and United States of women receiving ART
(74% LPV/RTV, 19% ATV/RTV) or stopping ART following
pregnancy
Currier J, et al. AIDS 2016. Abstract THAB0103LB.
Continue ART
(n = 827)
Stop ART*
(n = 825)
HIV-infected, ART-naive (except PMTCT)
postpartum women without guideline-
specified indication for ART, CD4+ cell
count ≥ 400 cells/mm3
, not breastfeeding
(N = 1652)
Randomized within
42 days of delivery
*Restarted ART if CD4+ cell count fell below 350 cells/mm3
or was clearly indicated.
Current analysis reflects median follow-up of 2.31 yrs for Continue ART arm and 2.35 yrs for Stop ART arm.
Pts seen 4 wks post enrollment,
then every 12 wks through 84 wks
after last enrollment
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37. PROMISE: Efficacy and Safety at Median
Follow-up of Approximately 2 Yrs
Secondary endpoints:
continued ART associated with
lower HIV event rate
Currier J, et al. AIDS 2016. Abstract THAB0103LB.
Outcome, n
(Rate per
100 PY)
Continue
ART
(n = 827)
Stop ART
(n = 825)
HR
(95% CI)
Composite
of HIV/
AIDS-
related or
WHO stage
2/3 events
57 (3.09) 99 (5.49)
0.56
(0.41-0.78)
WHO stage
2/3 events
38 (2.02) 80 (4.36)
0.47
(0.32-0.68)
Primary Efficacy Endpt: AIDS-Defining or
Serious Non-AIDS Event or Any-Cause Death
P = .54
EstimatedProbability
1.00
0.95
0.90
0 48 96 144 192 240
Continue ART
Stop ART
0.6
1.0
0
0.2
0.4
0.8
Wks
Primary Safety Endpt: Gr 3/4 Sign/
Symptom or Gr 2-4 Chem/Hematol. Result
P = .08
EstimatedProbability
0 48 96 144 192 240
Continue ART
Stop ART
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38. DHHS Recommendations: Women on
Suppressive ART Who Become Pregnant
“In general, HIV-infected pregnant women receiving ART who present
for care during the first trimester should continue treatment during
pregnancy, assuming the regimen is tolerated and effective in
suppressing viral replication”
How to manage ART when women become pregnant while receiving
newer antiretroviral drugs (with limited PK and safety data in
pregnancy) as part of effective and well-tolerated regimens?
– DHHS emphasizes that maintaining viral suppression is paramount for
both maternal health and prevention of perinatal transmission
– If uncertain about pregnancy safety of drugs within ART regimen,
consultation with HIV perinatal specialist is recommended before
considering a change
– Report all ART exposures in pregnant women to Antiretroviral Pregnancy
Registry
DHHS Perinatal Guidelines. October 2016. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
40. HPTN 052: ART for Prevention of HIV
Transmission in Serodiscordant Couples
ART offered to all index pts
in delayed ART arm from
May 2011 after interim
results
– 84% of pts in delayed ART
arm had initiated ART at
Yr 1 and 98% prior to study
closure
No linked HIV transmissions observed when index participant
stably suppressed on ART
Cohen MS, et al. IAS 2015. Abstract MOAC0101LB.
Safren SA, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015;69:234-240.
Partner
Infections, n
(Rate per 100 PY)
Overall
(April 2005 - May 2015)
Early
(4314 PY F/U)
Delayed
(4180 PY F/U)
All 19 (0.44) 59 (1.41)
Linked 3 (0.07) 43 (1.03)
Risk Reduction
With Early ART,
%
All infections 69 --
Linked infections 93 --
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41. Expanded WHO Guidance on PrEP and
HIV Risk in Women
New WHO guidance recommends considering PrEP for
anyone at substantial risk of HIV infection (ie, HIV
incidence > 3/100 PYs without PrEP)[1]
– Based on individual assessment and local evidence rather
than limiting to specific populations or risk groups
Women are also at risk of HIV infection[2]
– In 2014 in the US, women made up 19% of estimated
44,073 new HIV diagnoses
Growing IDU epidemic in the US contributes to HIV risk,
including in women[2]
– 87% (7242) of HIV diagnoses in women in 2014 attributed to
heterosexual sex and 13% (1045) attributed to IDU
1. WHO Guidelines. June 2016. 2. CDC. HIV among women. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
42. CDC PrEP Guidelines for Heterosexually
Active Adults at Ongoing, Very High Risk
Substantial risk categories
– HIV-positive sexual partner
– Recent bacterial STI
– High number of sex partners
– History of no/inconsistent use of condoms
– Commercial sex worker
– In high prevalence network or area
CDC. Preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in the
United States—2014: a clinical practice guideline. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
43. PrEP Is Effective Among Women:
Adherence Is Key
In meta-analysis of 18 studies, adherence was a significant
moderator of PrEP effectiveness[1]
– Age and sex did not moderate PrEP effectiveness
In FEM-PrEP, FTC/TDF not effective in heterosexual women[2]
;
assessment of drug levels showed very low adherence[3]
Studies establishing PrEP effectiveness included substantial
numbers of women
– In TDF2, 45.7% of participants were women[4]
– In a VOICE subgroup analysis, women with detectable plasma
tenofovir had a 47% risk reduction for HIV infection[5]
– In Partners PrEP subgroup analysis of women younger than 30 yrs
of age, TDF was 77% and FTC/TDF 72% protective[6]
References in slidenotes Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
44. Partners PrEP: Oral PrEP in
Serodiscordant Heterosexual Couples
HIV-discordant couples from Kenya and Uganda with HIV+
partner not receiving ART (N = 4747 couples)
HIV Incidence[1]
HIVIncidence(per100PY)
1.99
0.65
67%
reduction
(P < .001)
0.50
75%
reduction
(P < .001)
Placebo TDF FTC/TDF
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1. Baeten JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:399-410.
2. Murnane PM, et al. AIDS. 2013;27:2155-2160.
PrEP Efficacy
Subgroups
(Women)[1] Group n
%
(95% CI)
P
Value
All women
PBO 619
TDF 595
71 (37-
87)
.002
FTC/TDF 566
66 (28-
84)
.005
Partner
plasma
HIV-1 RNA
> 50,000 c/mL
PBO 154
TDF 144
84 (29-
96)
.02
FTC/TDF 146
72 (13-
91)
.03
Younger than
30 yrs of age
PBO 194
TDF 202
77 (29-
92)
.01Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
45. Emerging PrEP Strategies: How They May
Affect Women
Strategy Details
Long-acting
injectable
ARVs
Cabotegravir LA IM injection every 12 wks well tolerated in
men at low risk of HIV infection in double-blind, placebo-
controlled randomized phase IIa study (ÉCLAIR)[1]
This strategy now being evaluated in both men and women[2]
Vaginal ring
containing
ARVs
MTN-020/ASPIRE[3,4]
and IPM-027[5]
double-blind,
randomized phase III trials demonstrated efficacy and safety
of dapivirine vaginal ring (ring replaced every 4 wks) for
preventing HIV infection in women:
• HIV protection efficacy vs placebo in overall study populations
27% (P = .046) in ASPIRE[3,4]
and 31% (P = .040) in IPM-027[5]
• Higher prevention efficacy among women older than 21 yrs
1. Markowitz M, et al. CROI 2016. Abstract 106. 2. ClinicalTrials.gov.
NCT02178800. 3. Baeten JM, et al. CROI 2016. Abstract 109LB.
4. Baeten JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016;[Epub ahead of print].
5. Nel A, et al. CROI 2016. Abstract 110LB. Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
46. Key Take-home Points
Women living with HIV have been underrepresented
in ART clinical trials
– Post-registrational studies for the most recently
approved ARV drugs have provided efficacy and safety
data indicating these drugs are safe and effective in
women
– Data informing the use of newer agents during
pregnancy are still lacking (EVG/COBI, DTG, TAF)
Slide credit: clinicaloptions.com
47. Key Take-home Points
Comprehensive management of women living with HIV
should incorporate gynecologic care including:
– Cervical HPV infection/cervical dysplasia screening
– Routine STI screening
For women of reproductive age, care should also include:
– Discussion of appropriate contraceptive methods to reduce
unintended pregnancy
– Assessment of potential DDIs between ART and hormonal
contraception, if used
Management of HIV-infected pregnant women is complex
and requires a multidisciplinary approach
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IDU, injection drug use.
This slide provides an overview of epidemiology and demographics to establish the current state of HIV infection among women in the United States. Women constitute approximately 25% of the HIV-infected population, and approximately 11% of HIV-infected women do not know that they are infected. In 2014, 19% of the approximately 44,000 new HIV diagnoses were in women; 87% of those diagnoses were attributed to heterosexual sex and 13% to intravenous drug use.
In 2013, among women diagnosed with HIV, 84% linked to HIV care within 3 months and 55% were retained in care. In 2012, 39% of women with HIV were receiving antiretroviral therapy, and 30% were virologically suppressed. A 2014 analysis of 33 US jurisdictions reported durable viral suppression in 44% of women living with diagnosed HIV. There’s really not much difference in terms of the cascade of care between men and women. Clearly, women are having the same issues as men with HIV.
eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; GT, genotype; MS, multiple sclerosis; WT, wild type.
Our first case is a 61-year-old woman who presents with a flare of her multiple sclerosis. She’s in the emergency department and her clinician notes that she has leukopenia and suggests an HIV screen. This is an actual patient in my practice, and I was impressed that the emergency department clinician was so astute. As you can see in the upper-right table, this woman has acute HIV infection.
In terms of her past medical history, she’s treated with glatiramer, which is a polymer of up to 100 residues with random sequences of 4 amino acids used to decrease the risk of relapses for patients with multiple sclerosis. There are no drug–drug interactions that we need to worry about. In terms of social history, she’s married but has had no sexual relations for several years with her husband, who’s very ill. She has 2 sexual partners and she states that she didn’t think she needed to use condoms because there is no risk of pregnancy at her age.
Her baseline labs are shown on this slide. She has a wild-type HIV genotype and is HLA-B*5701 negative. Her hemoglobin is 11.0 g/dL, her creatinine is 1.2 mg/dL, and her estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is 64 mL/min.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; COBI, cobicistat; DTG, dolutegravir; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RAL, raltegravir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; WT, wild type.
She requests an antiretroviral regimen with as few pills as possible. Which of the following regimens do you recommend?
As you can see in the summary box at the bottom of the slide, her eGFR is 64 mL/min, so the combination of EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF is off the table because her creatinine clearance is less than 70 mL/min. It would be reasonable to avoid using combinations that include TDF/FTC because she is an older woman at risk of osteoporosis and with existing renal impairment. Ultimately, several of these regimens are reasonable to consider for this patient.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; DRV, darunavir; EFV, efavirenz; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FTC, emtricitabine; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; IAS-USA, International Antiviral Society-USA; RAL, raltegravir; RPV, rilpivirine; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
These are the recommended regimens for initial antiretroviral therapy. The text beneath the table addresses individualizing care and emphasizes that recommendations do not differ by sex.
I would like to point out that the IAS-USA guidelines include an actual discussion about not using TDF regimens in postmenopausal women. In the DHHS guidelines, there is a separate discussion about women, and some of the considerations that we’ll be discussing are outlined in the DHHS guidelines, as well.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; d/c, discontinue; DRV, darunavir; EFV, efavirenz; FTC, emtricitabine; IAS-USA, International Antiviral Society-USA; RAL, raltegravir; RPV, rilpivirine; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
Here are recommendations for initial antiretroviral therapy for individuals with renal impairment. There’s not anything specifically different about women as opposed to men.
This slide frames the discussion covered in the next several slides, which present the most recent studies on antiretroviral therapy in women. We need to consider the interactions of antiretroviral therapy with steroid hormone contraception, safety of antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy, and differences between men and women in physiology, weight distribution, pharmacodynamics, body dysmorphia—all of these with regards to particular drugs.
Additional considerations include the differences in the pharmacokinetics of drugs between men and women, but in general, this factor has not led to major differences in efficacy and has only had minor differences in safety.
Women constituted only 19.2% of participants in a systematic review of antiretroviral trials. Obviously, that motivates conducting women-specific studies. Finally, we will discuss the phase III data emerging from studies of modern ART regimens in women, specifically the GRACE, WAVES, and ARIA studies.
ITT, intent to treat; Tx, treatment.
The GRACE study is a few years old now, but to date, this has been the only study that was powered to look at safety and efficacy differences between men and women. The important distinction here is that this study was done in treatment-experienced patients, as opposed to the treatment-naive patients in the next few studies we’re going to discuss. GRACE was conducted in North America, and it was an open-label phase IIIb trial evaluating sex-based differences in efficacy and safety.
The important thing to point out is that 67% of the patients were women and 84% were black or Hispanic, which really reflected the demographics of HIV infection among women at the time that this study started. All of the patients received boosted DRV plus an optimized background regimen, which could include etravirine.
Regarding virologic outcome by ITT analysis, there was a trend that men were doing better than women. But if you excluded patients who withdrew for non–virologic failure reasons, there was no difference in outcome between the 2 patient populations, and what really drove the difference in the ITT analysis was the higher rate of discontinuations among women. The higher rate of discontinuations did reach statistical significance.
I want to emphasize that specific measures are needed to retain HIV-positive women in clinical trials. We did surveys from these studies and published the results looking at some of the barriers and what you might need to do in terms of keeping women in clinical trials, and that spills over into clinical care, as well.
AE, adverse event; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; Tx, treatment; VF, virologic failure.
The next few slides cover the most recent INSTI-based clinical trials in women. The first one is WAVES. In this study, the coformulation of EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF was compared to boosted ATV plus FTC/TDF in treatment-naive women. WAVES was an international, randomized, controlled, double-blind phase III study.
For those of you who might ask, why was ATV chosen as the standard of care arm, it was chosen because when the study was started—and this applies to the ARIA study coming up next, too—there was a feeling among the study investigators that if women became pregnant on these trials, we’d like to maintain them on these regimens to gather data about the use of newer agents in HIV-infected women. Furthermore, boosted ATV was the preferred PI in terms of the pregnancy guidelines at the time. So that’s why ATV was chosen.
The study enrolled treatment-naive women with HIV-1 RNA levels of at least 500 copies/mL and an eGFR of at least 70 mL/min. The patients were randomized to receive either the EVG/COBI-based coformulation or the boosted ATV regimen. The primary endpoint was the proportion who achieved an HIV-1 RNA level below 50 copies/mL at Week 48, and the EVG/COBI arm was found to be superior to the boosted ATV arm.
There were fewer discontinuations for adverse events (AEs) with the EVG/COBI arm vs the ATV arm—5 vs 19, respectively. In terms of patients with virologic failure and resistance data, there were 3 who developed resistance mutations to study drugs in the ATV arm vs 0 in the EVG arm.
AE, adverse event; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
The next slide shows the safety data. The important thing to note here is that there was a higher rate of drug-related AEs that led to discontinuation in patients who were on the boosted ATV arm, and specifically what drove the difference was bilirubin-type issues (eg, icterus, jaundice/cholestasis). The difference in AE discontinuation rates underlies the superior efficacy outcome of the EVG arm.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; AE, adverse event; ATV, atazanavir; DTG, dolutegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; Tx, treatment; VF, virologic failure.
This is the ARIA study, which compared a coformulation of DTG/ABC/3TC vs the standard-of-care arm, which was boosted ATV plus FTC/TDF. This, again, was an international and randomized trial, although ARIA was an open-label trial as opposed to WAVES, which was a double-blind study.
The study enrolled treatment-naive women. At Week 48, 82% of patients achieved virologic suppression in the DTG arm vs 71% in the boosted ATV arm. And, again, the difference here is statistically superior, meaning that the DTG regimen was superior to the boosted ATV regimen.
There were fewer discontinuations for AEs with DTG. Among patients with virologic failure and resistance data, 1 developed a resistance mutation to study drugs in the ATV arm vs 0 in the DTG arm.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; AE, adverse event; ATV, atazanavir; DTG, dolutegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
This is looking at the safety data. There was a similar theme to what was seen in the WAVES trial, with a higher discontinuation rate for AEs on the boosted ATV arm. And if you look at what drove that higher discontinuation rate, there were higher rates of drug-related AEs for ocular icterus, jaundice, and so forth in the ATV arm. That’s kind of the same theme that we saw in WAVES.
With these trials, we have outcomes data in a large set of women using these 2 INSTIs.
BMD, bone mineral density; COBI, cobicistat; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; Tx, treatment.
This slide presents a gender analysis of studies 104 and 111, which were the registrational trials for EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF vs EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF as initial ART. The bar graph on the left side shows virologic outcomes among women and men who were randomized to either the TAF-based or the TDF-based coformulation. Women on the TAF arm had higher rates of virologic suppression vs women on the TDF arm—95% vs 87%, respectively. If you look at the treatment difference, you can see that it favors TAF.
Now, this is a post hoc analysis of trials that had modest numbers of women enrolled, but at least this analysis shows that the TAF coformulation performed well in women who were in these registrational trials.
In women at Week 48, the TAF arm was associated with numerically less spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD) loss, significantly less decline in eGFR, and a numerically greater decline in proteinuria.
ATV, atazanavir; BMD, bone mineral density; COBI, cobicistat; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; HDL, high density lipoprotein; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TC; total cholesterol; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
This slide depicts a second randomization phase in the WAVES trial. Women who were on the boosted ATV arm were switched to either EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF vs continuing on the original boosted ATV plus FTC/TDF. For bone and renal outcomes, women receiving TAF had improved lumbar and total hip BMD and improved renal safety markers.
RCT, randomized controlled trial.
This is a meta-analysis done by the FDA, and it’s the largest study that we have really comparing efficacy and safety outcomes between men and women. These are all the registrational studies that the FDA had up to the time that they published these data, so it’s a few years old now and does not include the studies that I just reviewed.
Regardless of whether the patients were treatment naive or treatment experienced, you can see that overall there’s no statically significant difference between efficacy outcomes for men vs women.
However, there are some safety differences for some of the older drugs. For instance, with PIs, we know that women are less likely to have some of the gastrointestinal adverse effects than are men.
ABC, abacavir; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DRV, darunavir; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
When deciding on first-line antiretroviral regimens for older women with HIV, the considerations include thinking about her baseline renal issues and cardiovascular disease risk as well as considering regimens associated with lower BMD loss.
DRV, darunavir; FTC, emtricitabine; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
This case specifically involves thinking about drug–drug interactions between contraceptives and ART. A 25-year-old woman presents with a 3-year history of HIV infection. Her current antiretroviral regimen is boosted DRV plus FTC/TDF. Her past medical history includes cervical dysplasia and vaginal candidiasis. In terms of her social history, she has a new boyfriend who is also HIV positive but is virally suppressed on antiretroviral therapy. They are currently monogamous and using condoms, but her boyfriend would like to consider other contraceptive options.
Now you could argue that they should be using condoms, and you can have that discussion with them. But this is kind of a real-world scenario, so if they’re not going to be using condoms but they don’t want to get pregnant, what are their options?
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; COBI, cobicistat; DRV, darunavir; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; RPV, rilpivirine; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
The patient chooses to start oral contraception with low-dose estrogen. Which of the following strategies do you recommend regarding her antiretroviral regimen? She’s on a boosted DRV regimen, so this question revolves around do you think it’s okay to continue that, given that you’re going to give her an oral hormonal contraceptive?
The key issue here is what do we know about drug–drug interactions. Keeping her on the boosted DRV is not going to be good because there are potential drug–drug interactions with her oral contraceptive. That is the case also for both EVG/COBI-containing regimens. However, the switch to DTG/ABC/3TC would be safe.
There are no significant drug–drug interactions between any of the NRTIs and any of the oral contraceptives, so you could likewise switch her ART to DTG plus FTC/(TAF or TDF). With RPV, there aren’t significant drug–drug interactions, so that’s another possible choice. In this scenario, there’s not necessarily one right answer; it’s just understanding what might be the wrong answers.
AE, adverse event; COBI, cobicistat; EFV, efavirenz; EVG, elvitegravir.
This slide outlines what we know about drug–drug interactions.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; d4T, stavudine; ddI, didanosine; DRV, darunavir; DTG, dolutegravir; EFV, efavirenz; ETR, etravirine; EVG, elvitegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; LPV, lopinavir; NVP, nevirapine; RAL, raltegravir; RPV, rilpivirine; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; ZDV, zidovudine.
This slide shows a table summarizing drug–drug interactions between hormonal contraception and ART. Green shading indicates no clinically significant interaction or interaction unlikely. Yellow means you have to think about possible interactions. You can see for the NRTIs, it’s green all the way down. PIs and NNRTIs are problematic, except for RPV where you see that green column. No problem for the INSTIs DTG and RAL, but there are possible interactions with EVG coformulated with COBI.
HPV, human papillomavirus.
The recommendations on cervical cancer screening for HIV-infected women have been changing in concert with developments in cervical cancer screening for women in general.
When approaching a patient, the guidelines split for women less than 30 years of age vs women at least 30 years of age. Then, there is guidance on whether you’re doing Pap test only or Pap and HPV cotesting because there are some subtle differences in management depending on which modality you’re using.
For HIV-negative women, more providers are now switching to Pap/HPV cotesting. There are fewer data for the use of Pap/HPV cotesting in HIV-infected women, so the guidelines do not indicate that everybody should be switching over to cotesting. That’s why there’s a lot more Pap-only testing in the setting of HIV infection.
The big change here is that once HIV-infected women have had 3 consecutive tests with normal results, you can switch to screening every 3 years. This is important to point out to your colleagues.
ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; HPV, human papillomavirus; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.
Most HIV-infected women are still only receiving Pap tests. In my experience, we’ve only been doing Pap/HPV cotesting for the past year. Here you see the guidance on follow-up for HIV-infected women who have a normal Pap, an abnormal ASCUS Pap, or an abnormal Pap with at least a low-grade squamous intraepithelial. All of those women need to go for colposcopy. For the ASCUS Pap, you can do HPV testing, and if the HPV test is negative, then the patient can be followed without having a colposcopy.
HPV, human papillomavirus.
This is guidance for the Pap and HPV cotesting if that is available to you.
NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; STI, sexually transmitting infection.
This slide covers STI screening recommendations for HIV-infected women. I thought we should address this because all of us think about young gay men and what we should be doing and how often we should be testing them. Obviously, it is important to remind everyone that women are getting STIs as well. They can have asymptomatic STIs just like we have observed in young gay men, so we should be doing annual screening for syphilis serology and urogenital nucleic acid amplification testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia. For the latter, depending on sexual practices, consider pharyngeal and anal screening. Up to about 36% of women have engaged in heterosexual anal intercourse over their lifetime, so that’s important to know and to screen for these particular STIs as appropriate. A vaginal trichomoniasis test can be used if bacterial vaginosis is suspected to look for clue cells on wet mount.
This information is particularly important for practitioners who have incorporated gynecologic care into their HIV clinic.
HPV, human papillomavirus.
As a reminder, HPV vaccination is indicated for all HIV-infected individuals who are in the affected age groups.
HBV, hepatitis B virus; NVP, nevirapine; UTI, urinary tract infection; WBC, white blood cell.
Our third case is a 30-year-old Kenyan woman who presents with a urinary tract infection in her third trimester of pregnancy. She’s at 33 weeks’ gestation. Regarding her past medical history, she received single-dose nevirapine during her first pregnancy, which was more than 5 years ago, and she has received no prenatal care during this pregnancy.
The table shows her baseline lab values. She has a high baseline HIV-1 RNA level of 560,000 copies/mL. Her CD4+ cell count is 230 cells/mm3, WBC is 4400 cells/mm3, hemoglobin is 11.0 g/dL, creatinine 0.6 mg/dL, and she is HBV negative and HLA-B*5701 negative.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; DRV, darunavir; DTG, dolutegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; NVP, nevirapine; RAL, raltegravir; RTV, ritonavir; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
The perinatal guidelines recommend immediate ART initiation. Which of the following regimens do you recommend for this patient?
There are several ways that you can approach this case. Certainly, you could use regimens in the preferred category, but in this specific instance where she presents so late in pregnancy, there is a discussion in the perinatal guidelines about using more intense regimens to bring down that viral load as quickly as possible. This is because for women who do not achieve a viral load of less than 1000 copies/mL by the 36th to 37th week of gestation, you would consider an elective C-section. So there is some immediacy to trying to get that viral load down, if possible, before she gets into the delivery window. Furthermore, this late in pregnancy, you should definitely not wait until the resistance test comes back before initiating ART.
Returning to our consideration of these regimens, certainly option A, DRV/RTV plus FTC/TDF, would be a regimen that you could recommend. All of those components are in the preferred column in the pregnancy guidelines, as are the components of option B, RAL plus FTC/TDF.
The next 2 options are getting at whether you want to do a more intense regimen so that you can lower viral load more quickly. For option C, DTG is not one of the agents that’s in the preferred column, whereas for option D, DRV/RTV plus FTC/TDF plus RAL, this would be a reasonable regimen to use if you’re going to stick to agents preferred in pregnancy. With RAL, there are several studies in nonpregnant adults and case series in pregnant women who initiated antiretroviral therapy that have reported that RAL brings down viral load very rapidly, and there’s a discussion about that in the pregnancy guidelines. For answer E, again, DTG is not in one of the preferred agents. Ultimately, either answer A, B, or D would be reasonable.
3TC, lamivudine; ABC, abacavir; ATV, atazanavir; COBI, cobicistat; DRV, darunavir; DTG, dolutegravir; EFV, efavirenz; EVG, elvitegravir; FPV, fosamprenavir; FTC, emtricitabine; LPV, lopinavir; RAL, raltegravir; RPV, rilpivirine; RTV, ritonavir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; ZDV, zidovudine.
The slide shows the DHHS guidelines for ART initiation in pregnancy and categorizes agents in terms of guideline status. For preferred agents, we’re really down to 2 RTV-boosted PI regimens, 1 INSTI—RAL—and then the NRTIs. The NRTI coformulation of FTC/TAF is not in the preferred status category because there are insufficient data on the use of TAF in pregnancy. All of the other drugs that we use in first-line regimens are not listed as preferred regimens in the setting of pregnancy.
ATV, atazanavir; LPV, lopinavir; PMTCT, prevention of mother to child transmission; RTV, ritonavir.
This is the PROMISE study, and we have new data specifically looking at an issue that we see among HIV-infected pregnant women—that many of them stop their antiretroviral therapy in the postpartum period. The most recent surveys indicate that a considerable proportion of women stop antiretroviral therapy, potentially because they have too many conflicting priorities in that postpartum period. We do have data indicating that is not the best thing to do.
This part of the PROMISE study is looking at a group of women who are on antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy. Specifically, they’re on either an LPV/RTV or ATV/RTV regimen. The patients are randomized to continue antiretroviral therapy or to stop antiretroviral therapy. When the study was started, it was at a time where antiretroviral therapy was guided by CD4+ cell count thresholds, which we do not do any more. Furthermore, nobody is recommending that patients stop therapy after pregnancy now.
Gr, grade; PY, patient-year.
This slide shows the interesting part of the PROMISE study. There is no statistical difference between the arms for the estimated probability of an AIDS-defining/serious non-AIDS event or any-cause death, as shown in the Kaplan-Meier graphs. But if you look at the secondary endpoints shown in the table, continued antiretroviral therapy is associated with significantly lower HIV event rates assessed as a composite or as WHO stage 2 or 3 events only.
I think this study helps inform your discussions with women about continuing antiretroviral therapy, and the importance of having that discussion before they deliver and really emphasizing that they need to continue antiretroviral therapy for their own health.
PK, pharmacokinetic.
We are more frequently seeing women who are becoming pregnant on antiretroviral therapy. This is the most common scenario in my practice. The DHHS pregnancy guidelines do have a specific discussion about this issue.
The guidelines recommend that, in general, pregnant women receiving antiretroviral therapy who present during the first trimester should continue treatment during pregnancy if the regimen is tolerated and effective at suppressing viral replication.
But how to manage care when women become pregnant while they’re receiving these newer antiretroviral drugs, that is, they’re on drugs that are not in that preferred category? The take-home message is that if a woman has successful virologic suppression and is tolerating the regimen well, you would inform her about what is known or not known about the use of those particular agents during pregnancy and suggest that she stay on it. This is because the risks for switching her to something else are that she’s not going to tolerate the drug, she’s going to stop taking them, or that she’s going to have return of viral load or seroconversion, and in that setting, the risk of transmission is very high.
F/U, follow-up; PY, patient-year.
These are the well-known data from the HPTN 052 study showing that no linked HIV transmissions were observed when the index patient in a serodiscordant couple was stably suppressed on antiretroviral therapy.
IDU, injection drug use; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; PY, person-years.
This reviews the WHO guidance on PrEP and HIV risk in women in terms of who should be considered for PrEP. This includes anybody at a substantial risk of HIV infection, based on individual assessment and local evidence. This is just to point out that, yes, we should really be thinking about PrEP in our female patients.
The discussion in the United States has been framed around young gay men, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But we really do need to think about the issue of PrEP for women, as well, and this slide provides some data supporting that point.
PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
These are the CDC PrEP guidelines for heterosexually active adults at ongoing, very high risk. The substantial risk categories include having an HIV-positive sexual partner, along with other categories which we certainly see in women as well.
FTC, emtricitabine; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
PrEP is effective among women, and adherence is key. In a meta-analysis of 18 studies, adherence was a significant moderator of PrEP effectiveness. Age and sex specifically did not moderate PrEP effectiveness—basically, for people who take PrEP, it is effective.
In the FEM-PrEP trial, FTC/TDF was not effective in heterosexual women, but an assessment of drug levels showed very low adherence. Some subsequent studies have surveyed the participants to understand why they didn’t take their drugs. But the point is if patients take it, it works.
The studies establishing PrEP effectiveness included substantial numbers of women. In TDF2, 45.7% of the participants were women. In a VOICE subgroup analysis, women with detectable plasma tenofovir had a 47% risk reduction for HIV infection, and in the Partners PrEP subgroup analysis of women younger than 30 years of age, TDF was 77% effective and the coformulation of FTC/TDF was 72% protective. We do know that PrEP, as defined by TDF and FTC, is effective in women if they adhere to the agents.
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FTC, emtricitabine; PBO, placebo; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
This is looking at the Partners PrEP study of oral PrEP in serodiscordant heterosexual couples. The bar graph shows the HIV incidence for patients who were on the placebo arm, then a 67% reduction in the incidence of HIV infection for patients on TDF, and then a 75% reduction among the patients on the coformulation of FTC/TDF. The table presents the efficacy of PrEP for all women in the study and then by various categories. The message is that for women who take these agents, they are effective.
LA, long acting; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.
Other modalities are being looked at for emerging PrEP strategies. There is particular interest in the injectable antiretrovirals for PrEP. The first row in the table reviews what we know about the use of cabotegravir in men who were at low risk for HIV infection—the population in the ÉCLAIR study—and that this strategy is now being studied in both men and women.
The dapivirine vaginal ring has been studied in 2 phase III trials: the ASPIRE trial and the IPM-027 trial. The second row in the table shows the ring’s overall protective efficacy and the fact that higher prevention efficacy was observed among women older than 21 years of age—it actually didn’t confer protection in women younger than 21 years of age in the ASPIRE trial. It looked like that was because there were low rates of adherence for use of the ring or keeping it in all the time. Studies are looking into why that might have been the case.
The take-home message here is that researchers are looking at other strategies for protection against the acquisition of HIV in women.