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JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25702
Keywords
antiretroviral therapy; Cohort; integrase strand transfer inhibitor; tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; tenofovir alafenamide; weight gain
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- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
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This study found that switching from TDF to TAF in PLWH was associated with significant weight gain immediately after the switch, regardless of core class or core agent, indicating an independent effect of TAF on weight gain.
Introduction Although weight gain has been reported with the use of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (InSTI), concurrent use of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) has been implicated in recent studies. This study examined weight changes in people living with HIV (PLWH) who switched from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) to TAF, to clarify the relative contribution to weight gain of core agents versus TDF to TAF switch. Methods Antiretroviral-experienced, virologically suppressed PLWH in the U.S. OPERA cohort were included if they switched from TDF to TAF (5NOV2015-28FEB2019) and either maintained all other antiretrovirals or switched from a non-InSTI to an InSTI. Linear mixed models were used to assess weight changes before/after the switch to TAF (restricted cubic splines on time) and rates of change over time (linear splines on time, based on the shape of the weight change curves). Changes in weight on TDF or TAF were assessed among those who maintained other antiretrovirals (overall, by core class), and those who maintained an InSTI or switched to an InSTI (by core agent). All models were adjusted for age, sex, race, (age-sex, race-sex interactions), BMI, CD4 cell count, endocrine disorders and concurrent medications that could affect weight. Results A total of 6908 PLWH were included, with 5479 maintaining all other antiretrovirals (boosted protease inhibitor: 746, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor: 1452, InSTI: 3281) and 1429 switching from a non-InSTI to an InSTI (elvitegravir/cobicistat: 1120, dolutegravir: 174, bictegravir: 129). In adjusted models, modest weight gain was observed over time on TDF for most (0.24 to 0.71 kg/year); raltegravir was the exception with weight loss. Switching to TAF was associated with early, pronounced weight gain for all (1.80 to 4.47 kg/year). This effect with TAF switch was observed both in PLWH maintaining other antiretrovirals and those switching to an InSTI, regardless of which InSTI agent was used. Weight gain tended to slow down or plateau approximately nine months after switch to TAF. Conclusions In this large, diverse U.S. cohort of PLWH, switching from TDF to TAF was associated with pronounced weight gain immediately after switch, regardless of the core class or core agent, suggesting an independent effect of TAF on weight gain.
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