| Literature DB >> 29171817 |
M Kate Grabowski1, David M Serwadda1, Ronald H Gray1, Gertrude Nakigozi1, Godfrey Kigozi1, Joseph Kagaayi1, Robert Ssekubugu1, Fred Nalugoda1, Justin Lessler1, Thomas Lutalo1, Ronald M Galiwango1, Fred Makumbi1, Xiangrong Kong1, Donna Kabatesi1, Stella T Alamo1, Steven Wiersma1, Nelson K Sewankambo1, Aaron A R Tobian1, Oliver Laeyendecker1, Thomas C Quinn1, Steven J Reynolds1, Maria J Wawer1, Larry W Chang1.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To assess the effect of a combination strategy for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on the incidence of HIV infection, we analyzed the association between the incidence of HIV and the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and medical male circumcision in Rakai, Uganda. Changes in population-level viral-load suppression and sexual behaviors were also examined.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29171817 PMCID: PMC5627523 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1702150
Source DB: PubMed Journal: N Engl J Med ISSN: 0028-4793 Impact factor: 91.245
Summary of eligibility, participation and follow-up in the RCCS by survey round, 1999-2016
| Survey | Interview Date | Census Eligible | Eligible and present for survey | Percent eligible who participated in survey | Percent eligible and present who participated in survey | HIV-negative participants eligible for incidence cohort | Percent of eligible HIV-negative participants who outmigrated prior to the subsequent survey | Incidence cohort | Percent of age-eligible HIV-negative participants followed | Percent of age and resident eligible HIV-negative participants
followed | Years since prior survey visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (range) | no. | no. | Percent (no.) | Percent | no. | Percent (no.) | no. | Percent | Percent | median (IQR) | |
| 1 | Oct.1999 (Apr.1999-Feb.2000) | 9869 | 8125 | 61% (5992) | 74% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Oct.2000 (Feb. 2000-Feb.2001) | 10448 | 8567 | 64% (6732) | 79% | 5183 | 11% (546) | 3760 | 73% | 93% | 1.0 (1.0,1.0) |
| 3 | Jan.2002 (Apr.2001-May.2002) | 11316 | 9176 | 65% (7340) | 80% | 7277 | 23% (1677) | 4540 | 62% | 82% | 1.3 (1.1,1.3) |
| 4 | Apr.2003 (Jul.2002-Aug.2003) | 11436 | 8603 | 60% (6856) | 80% | 7905 | 27% (2167) | 4555 | 58% | 80% | 1.2 (1.2,1.3) |
| 5 | Jul.2004 (Sep.2003-Nov.2004) | 11860 | 8436 | 59% (7038) | 83% | 8014 | 28% (2206) | 4693 | 59% | 81% | 1.3 (1.2,1.3) |
| 6 | Jan.2006 (Feb.2005-Jun.2006) | 12528 | 9137 | 65% (8097) | 89% | 7768 | 28% (2159) | 4867 | 63% | 87% | 1.5 (1.4,1.6) |
| 7 | Oct.2007 (Aug.2006-Jun.2008) | 13636 | 9130 | 63% (8645) | 95% | 8624 | 30% (2585) | 5001 | 58% | 83% | 1.7 (1.6,1.8) |
| 8 | Jul.2009 (Jun.2008-Dec.2009) | 13293 | 9009 | 65% (8691) | 96% | 9679 | 30% (2952) | 5611 | 58% | 84% | 1.7 (1.6,1.8) |
| 9 | Jan.2011 (Jan.2010-Jun.2011) | 14629 | 9949 | 66% (9643) | 97% | 9686 | 30% (2894) | 5742 | 59% | 85% | 1.6 (1.6,1.6) |
| 10 | Jun.2012 (Aug.2011-May.2013) | 16007 | 10846 | 66% (10588) | 98% | 10300 | 29% (3032) | 6176 | 60% | 85% | 1.6 (1.5,1.7) |
| 11 | Jul.2014 (Jul.2013-Jan.2015) | 17477 | 11566 | 65% (11379) | 98% | 11419 | 34% (3875) | 6277 | 55% | 83% | 2.0 (1.9,2.1) |
| 12 | Jan.2016 (Jan.2015-Sep.2016) | 18065 | 12308 | 66% (12010) | 98% | 12908 | 31% (4017) | 7122 | 55% | 80% | 1.6 (1.4,2.0) |
Residents aged 15-19 in the census.
Eligible census population present at time of survey,
Eligible census population present and participated in survey.
Includes all age-eligible HIV-negative participants from prior survey and any HIV-negative participants from two surveys prior if participant was absent at the most recent survey.
Calculation excludes HIV-negative persons who out-migrated prior to survey.
Figure 1.Sexual Behaviors in the Rakai Community Cohort Study, 1999-2016.
Figure shows proportion of HIV-negative men and women by age-group and overall ages reporting the following sexual behaviors A-B) never initiating sex (i.e. delayed sexual debut), C-D) multiple sexual partnerships among sexually active persons, and E-F) consistent condom use among those reporting casual (i.e. non-marital) sexual partnerships. The most substantial changes in sexual behaviors occurred among adolescent men and women aged 15-19 years reporting never initiating sex and adolescent men reporting multiple partnerships.
Figure 2.Scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression in HIV-positive participants and male circumcision, 1999-2016.
2A shows scale-up of ART coverage measured by selfreport in men, women and all HIV-positive RCCS participants beginning in 2006. Figure 2B show the proportion of all HIV-positive persons by gender and overall virologically suppressed (<1000 HIV copies/ml) in 2009 and 2016. 2C shows scale-up of MC coverage in men irrespective of religion by HIV status and overall beginning in 2004. 2D shows community-level MC coverage vs. community-level ART coverage for all 30 communities at each survey during CHP scale-up. A smoothing-spline was fit to the smooth curve to assess trend. Scale-up of interventions occurred simultaneously and increased significantly in all communities.
Figure 3.HIV incidence and prevalence trends in the Rakai Community Cohort Study, 1996-2016.
Trends in HIV incidence and prevalence over the analysis period among all initially HIV-negative men and women in the incidence cohort (3A), women only (3B), men only (3C), and in men by circumcision status (3D). HIV incidence is only shown for circumcised men ginning in 2007 after the WHO recommendation for MC for HIV-negative men for HIV prevention. HIV prevalence is shown in red and HIV incidence and 95% CI for each visit interval are shown in blue (green for circumcised men). The ART and MC coverage plots are also included to show the temporal association between scale-up of CHP and declines in HIV incidence.
HIV incidence and unadjusted and adjusted incidence rate ratios comparing HIV incidence in each visit interval during combination HIV prevention (CHP) scale-up to mean HIV incidence in the entire period prior to scale-up.
IRR=Incidence Rate Ratio; adjIRR=Adjusted incidence rate ratio; Final adjusted model included age, gender (full cohort only), marital status, level of education, number of sexual partners in past year, sex with partners outside community, self-reported genital ulcer disease, condom use with casual partners, community residence type (trading, agrarian), and community HIV prevalence.
| HIV incidence Cohort (N=17,780) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey(s) | Incident HIV cases | person-years | HIV incidence per 100 py (95%CI) | IRR (95%CI) | p-value | adjIRR (95% CI) | p-value |
| Pre-CHP (2-5) | 254 | 21765 | 1.17 (1.03,1.32) | Ref. | - | Ref. | - |
| Jan.2006 (6) | 86 | 7773 | 1.11 (0.89,1.36) | 0.95 (0.74,1.21) | 0.66 | 0.94 (0.73,1.2) | 0.61 |
| Oct.2007 (7) | 105 | 8769 | 1.2 (0.98,1.44) | 1.02 (0.82,1.29) | 0.84 | 1.00 (0.79,1.26) | 0.99 |
| Jul.2009 (8) | 125 | 10201 | 1.23 (1.02,1.45) | 1.05 (0.85,1.3) | 0.67 | 0.95 (0.76,1.18) | 0.62 |
| Jan.2011 (9) | 105 | 9815 | 1.07 (0.88,1.29) | 0.91 (0.73,1.15) | 0.44 | 0.94 (0.74,1.19) | 0.60 |
| Jun.2012 (10) | 86 | 10352 | 0.83 (0.67,1.02) | 0.71 (0.55,0.91) | 0.006 | 0.72 (0.56,0.93) | 0.012 |
| Jul.2014 (11) | 87 | 13159 | 0.66 (0.53,0.81) | 0.56 (0.44,0.72) | <0.001 | 0.60 (0.47,0.78) | <0.001 |
| Jan.2016 (12) | 83 | 12593 | 0.66 (0.53,0.81) | 0.56 (0.44,0.72) | <0.001 | 0.58 (0.45,0.76) | <0.001 |