Mabel Toribio1, Kathleen V Fitch, Laura Sanchez, Tricia H Burdo, Kenneth C Williams, Craig A Sponseller, Mary McCurdy Pate, Judith A Aberg, Markella V Zanni, Steven K Grinspoon. 1. aMassachusetts General Hospital, Program in Nutrition and Metabolism and Harvard Medical School, Boston bDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts cDepartment of Neuroscience, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dMount Sinai Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York eKOWA Pharmaceuticals America Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Persistent immune activation is thought to contribute to increased cardiovascular disease risk in HIV and statins may help modulate systemic immune activation. We aimed to compare the effects of two key statins on markers of systemic immune activation and arterial inflammation in the HIV population. DESIGN: Double-blind, active-controlled, parallel-group comparative trial performed in 45 sites. METHODS:Two hundred and fifty-two antiretroviral therapy-treated HIV-infected participants with dyslipidemia were randomized (1 : 1) to pitavastatin 4 mg daily vs. pravastatin 40 mg daily in the HIV-infected patieNts and TREatment with PItavastatin vs. pravastatin for Dyslipidemia (INTREPID) trial. In this analysis of the INTREPID trial, we assessed markers of immune activation and arterial inflammation using a modified intent-to-treat population. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01301066). RESULTS:One hundred and twenty-six participants were randomized to receive pitavastatin and 126 to pravastatin. Ninety-nine participants in the pitavastatin group and 91 participants in thepravastatin group completed the study. Median age was 50 (45, 56) years [median (interquartile range)]. Baseline, low-density lipoprotein-cholestrol (LDL-C) was 153 (135, 171) mg/dl, log HIV-1 viral load was 1.1 ± 0.2 copies/ml, and CD4 cell count was 580 (439, 794) cells/μl. At week 52, the pitavastatin group had a significantly greater reduction (% change) compared with pravastatin in soluble CD14 (sCD14), (-10.0 vs. 0.6%, P = 0.02), oxidized LDL (oxLDL) (-26.9 vs. -17.5%, P = 0.02), and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase 2 (Lp-PLA2) (-26.6 vs. -15.5%, P = 0.005) (pitavastatin vs. pravastatin). CONCLUSION: Fifty-two weeks of pitavastatin 4 mg daily (vs. pravastatin 40 mg daily) led to a greater reduction in select markers of immune activation and arterial inflammation (sCD14, oxLDL, and LpPLA2) among HIV-infected participants. Further work is needed to assess whether immune-modulatory effects of pitavastatin reduce cardiovascular disease risk in HIV.
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OBJECTIVE: Persistent immune activation is thought to contribute to increased cardiovascular disease risk in HIV and statins may help modulate systemic immune activation. We aimed to compare the effects of two key statins on markers of systemic immune activation and arterial inflammation in the HIV population. DESIGN: Double-blind, active-controlled, parallel-group comparative trial performed in 45 sites. METHODS: Two hundred and fifty-two antiretroviral therapy-treated HIV-infectedparticipants with dyslipidemia were randomized (1 : 1) to pitavastatin 4 mg daily vs. pravastatin 40 mg daily in the HIV-infectedpatieNts and TREatment with PItavastatin vs. pravastatin for Dyslipidemia (INTREPID) trial. In this analysis of the INTREPID trial, we assessed markers of immune activation and arterial inflammation using a modified intent-to-treat population. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01301066). RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-six participants were randomized to receive pitavastatin and 126 to pravastatin. Ninety-nine participants in the pitavastatin group and 91 participants in the pravastatin group completed the study. Median age was 50 (45, 56) years [median (interquartile range)]. Baseline, low-density lipoprotein-cholestrol (LDL-C) was 153 (135, 171) mg/dl, log HIV-1 viral load was 1.1 ± 0.2 copies/ml, and CD4 cell count was 580 (439, 794) cells/μl. At week 52, the pitavastatin group had a significantly greater reduction (% change) compared with pravastatin in soluble CD14 (sCD14), (-10.0 vs. 0.6%, P = 0.02), oxidized LDL (oxLDL) (-26.9 vs. -17.5%, P = 0.02), and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase 2 (Lp-PLA2) (-26.6 vs. -15.5%, P = 0.005) (pitavastatin vs. pravastatin). CONCLUSION: Fifty-two weeks of pitavastatin 4 mg daily (vs. pravastatin 40 mg daily) led to a greater reduction in select markers of immune activation and arterial inflammation (sCD14, oxLDL, and LpPLA2) among HIV-infectedparticipants. Further work is needed to assess whether immune-modulatory effects of pitavastatin reduce cardiovascular disease risk in HIV.
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