BACKGROUND: The clinical impact of early antiretroviral multidrug therapy on the risk of early-onset severe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease has not been evaluated on a large scale. METHODS: We evaluated the risk of early-onset events associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), particularly the risk of encephalopathy, among infants in the French Perinatal Cohort, according to whether antiretroviral multidrug therapy was initiated before or after the age of 6 months. RESULTS: Of 83 HIV-infected infants born in 1996 (when HAART became available) or later, 40 received early treatment on or before the age of 6 months, and 43 received deferred multidrug therapy after the age of 6 months. In the group that received early multidrug therapy, no child developed an opportunistic infection or an encephalopathy during the first 24 months of life. In the deferred multidrug therapy group, 6 infants presented with a total of 7 AIDS-associated events (P=.01), 3 of which were encephalopathies (P=.08). The small number of events prevented the identification of clinical and biological markers that accurately predict progression of early-onset severe HIV disease. CONCLUSION: In this observational study, infants who received multidrug therapy before 6 months of age did not have the early-onset severe form of childhood HIV disease. Further studies are needed to find accurate early markers of disease progression in this age group.
BACKGROUND: The clinical impact of early antiretroviral multidrug therapy on the risk of early-onset severe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease has not been evaluated on a large scale. METHODS: We evaluated the risk of early-onset events associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), particularly the risk of encephalopathy, among infants in the French Perinatal Cohort, according to whether antiretroviral multidrug therapy was initiated before or after the age of 6 months. RESULTS: Of 83 HIV-infectedinfants born in 1996 (when HAART became available) or later, 40 received early treatment on or before the age of 6 months, and 43 received deferred multidrug therapy after the age of 6 months. In the group that received early multidrug therapy, no child developed an opportunistic infection or an encephalopathy during the first 24 months of life. In the deferred multidrug therapy group, 6 infants presented with a total of 7 AIDS-associated events (P=.01), 3 of which were encephalopathies (P=.08). The small number of events prevented the identification of clinical and biological markers that accurately predict progression of early-onset severe HIV disease. CONCLUSION: In this observational study, infants who received multidrug therapy before 6 months of age did not have the early-onset severe form of childhood HIV disease. Further studies are needed to find accurate early markers of disease progression in this age group.
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