Luiz Eduardo Osorio1, Maria Ines Boechat, Mark Mirochnick, Newton Kumwenda, Regis Kreitchmann, Lynda Emel, Jorge Pinto, Esau Joao, Breno Santos, Molly Swenson, Kathleen George, Paul Sato, Lynne Mofenson, Karin Nielsen-Saines. 1. From the *Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; †Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡Department of Medicine, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi; §Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Casa de Misericordia, Porto Alegre, Brazil; ¶SCHARP Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; ‖Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; **Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ††Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Conceicao, Porto Alegre, Brazil; ‡‡Family Health International, Durham, North Carolina; §§National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and ¶¶Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) use during pregnancy has been increasing, and studies linking bone toxicity with exposure to TDF have raised concern for its use in infants. METHODS: Hand/wrist and spine radiographs were obtained at 3 days and 12 weeks of age in infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 057 pharmacokinetic study of TDF conducted in Malawi and Brazil assigned to 3 TDF dosing cohorts. In cohort 1, mothers received 600 mg of TDF during labor. In cohort 2, infants received 4 mg/kg dose on days 0, 3 and 5. In cohort 3, a 900 mg maternal dose was given during labor, followed by a 6 mg/kg infant dose on days 0, 3 and 5 of life. RESULTS: Across all 3 cohorts, 89 infants had radiographs performed at either time point, and 85 had radiographs performed at both time points. Metaphyseal lucency was present in 1 case in Brazil and 2 in Malawi. Fifteen percent of infants from Brazil and 9% of infants from Malawi presented bone age discrepancies. No other abnormalities were identified in Brazil, whereas in Malawi, there were 7 more cases of wrist osteopenia, 2 of spine osteopenia and 3 other abnormalities. CONCLUSION: Bone abnormalities were not uncommon in the overall cohort of HIV-exposed infants. Because of very limited study drug exposure at the time of birth, it is unlikely that TDF was associated with these findings. Untreated maternal HIV disease and/or maternal nutritional status could potentially be related to fetal bone development. This association should be explored in future cohort studies.
BACKGROUND:Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) use during pregnancy has been increasing, and studies linking bone toxicity with exposure to TDF have raised concern for its use in infants. METHODS: Hand/wrist and spine radiographs were obtained at 3 days and 12 weeks of age in infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 057 pharmacokinetic study of TDF conducted in Malawi and Brazil assigned to 3 TDF dosing cohorts. In cohort 1, mothers received 600 mg of TDF during labor. In cohort 2, infants received 4 mg/kg dose on days 0, 3 and 5. In cohort 3, a 900 mg maternal dose was given during labor, followed by a 6 mg/kg infant dose on days 0, 3 and 5 of life. RESULTS: Across all 3 cohorts, 89 infants had radiographs performed at either time point, and 85 had radiographs performed at both time points. Metaphyseal lucency was present in 1 case in Brazil and 2 in Malawi. Fifteen percent of infants from Brazil and 9% of infants from Malawi presented bone age discrepancies. No other abnormalities were identified in Brazil, whereas in Malawi, there were 7 more cases of wrist osteopenia, 2 of spine osteopenia and 3 other abnormalities. CONCLUSION:Bone abnormalities were not uncommon in the overall cohort of HIV-exposed infants. Because of very limited study drug exposure at the time of birth, it is unlikely that TDF was associated with these findings. Untreated maternal HIV disease and/or maternal nutritional status could potentially be related to fetal bone development. This association should be explored in future cohort studies.
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