Adoption is not associated with immunological and virological outcomes in children with perinatally acquired HIV infection in the Netherlands.

Objectives To provide an overview of the demographics, treatment characteristics and long-term outcomes of children with perinatal HIV-1 infection (PHIV) living in the Netherlands (NL) and to specifically investigate whether outcomes differ by children's adoption status. Design A prospective population-based open cohort including children with PHIV in NL. Methods We included children with PHIV who had entered HIV care in NL since 2007, in view of a sharp increase in the number of adopted children with PHIV since that year. We compared the proportion with virologic suppression and CD4+T-cell co... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Malon Van Den Hof
Colette Smit
Annemarie M C Van Rossum
Pieter L A Fraaij
Tom F W Wolfs
Sibyl P M Geelen
Henriette J Scherpbier
Elisabeth H Schölvinck
Koen Van Aerde
Peter Reiss
Ferdinand W N M Wit
Dasja Pajkrt
ATHENA cohort study group
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 5, p e0284395 (2023)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Schlagwörter: Medicine / R / Science / Q
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29173081
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284395

Objectives To provide an overview of the demographics, treatment characteristics and long-term outcomes of children with perinatal HIV-1 infection (PHIV) living in the Netherlands (NL) and to specifically investigate whether outcomes differ by children's adoption status. Design A prospective population-based open cohort including children with PHIV in NL. Methods We included children with PHIV who had entered HIV care in NL since 2007, in view of a sharp increase in the number of adopted children with PHIV since that year. We compared the proportion with virologic suppression and CD4+T-cell count over time between the following groups of children with PHIV: adopted and born outside NL, non-adopted born in NL, and non-adopted born outside NL, using generalized estimating equations and linear mixed effects models, respectively. To account for the variation in cohort inclusion, we analyzed data of children exposed to at least one year of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Results We included 148 children (827.5 person-years of follow-up, 72% adopted, age at start care in NL 2.4 (0.5-5.3)). Under-18 mortality was zero. Over the years, a boosted PI-based regimen was most often prescribed. The use of integrase inhibitors increased since 2015. Non-adopted children born in NL were less likely to achieve virological suppression compared to adopted children (OR 0.66, 95%CI 0.51-0.86, p = 0.001), which disappeared after excluding one child with suspected treatment nonadherence (OR 0.85, 95%CI 0.57-1.25, p = 0.400). CD4+T-cell Z-score trajectories were not significantly different between groups. Conclusions Despite considerable and increasing diversity of the population of children with PHIV in NL, geographical origin and adoption status do not seem to pose important challenges in achieving good immunological and virological outcomes.