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LONG-TERM PROTECTION FROM ISONIAZID PREVENTIVE THERAPY FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN A MEDIUM-BURDEN TUBERCULOSIS SETTING: THE TB/HIV IN RIO (THRIO) STUDY
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Presidência. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Department of International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Presidência. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Department of International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract
Background. The duration of protection against tuberculosis provided by isoniazid preventive therapy is not known for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals living in settings of medium tuberculosis incidence. Methods. We conducted an individual-level analysis of participants in a cluster-randomized, phased-implementation trial of isoniazid preventive therapy. HIV-infected patients who had positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) were followed until tuberculosis diagnosis, death, or administrative censoring. Nelson–Aalen cumulative hazard plots were generated and hazards were compared using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards models were fitted to investigate factors associated with tuberculosis diagnosis. Results. Between 2003 and 2009, 1954 patients with a positive TST were studied. Among these, 1601 (82%) initiated isoniazid. Overall tuberculosis incidence was 1.39 per 100 person-years (PY); 0.53 per 100 PY in those who initiated isoniazid and 6.52 per 100 PY for those who did not (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], .11–.25). Receiving antiretroviral therapy at time of a positive TST was associated with a reduced risk of
tuberculosis (aHR, 0.69; 95% CI, .48–1.00). Nelson–Aalen plots of tuberculosis incidence showed a constant risk, with no acceleration in 7 years of follow-up for those initiating isoniazid preventive therapy. Conclusions. Isoniazid preventive therapy significantly reduced tuberculosis risk among HIV-infected patients with a positive TST. In a medium-prevalence setting, 6 months of isoniazid in HIV-infected patients with positive TST reduces tuberculosis risk over 7 years of follow-up, in contrast to results of studies in higher-burden settings in Africa.
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