Brief Report: Protease Inhibitors Versus Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors and the Risk of Cancer Among People With HIV

Sally B. Coburn, Noel Pimentel, Wendy Leyden, Mari M. Kitahata, Richard D. Moore, Keri N. Althoff, M. John Gill, Raynell Lang, Michael A. Horberg, Gypsy Amber D'Souza, Shehnaz K. Hussain, Robert Dubrow, Richard M. Novak, Charles S. Rabkin, Lesley S. Park, Timothy R. Sterling, Romain S. Neugebauer, Michael J. Silverberg, Constance A. Benson, Ronald J. BoschGregory D. Kirk, Vincent Marconi, Jonathan Colasanti, Kenneth H. Mayer, Chris Grasso, Robert S. Hogg, Viviane D. Lima, Zabrina Brumme, Julio S.G. Montaner, Paul Sereda, Jason Trigg, Kate Salters, Kate Buchacz, Jun Li, Kelly A. Gebo, Richard D. Moore, Richard D. Moore, Jeffrey Jacobson, Michael A. Horberg, Michael J. Silverberg, Jennifer E. Thorne, Todd Brown, Phyllis Tien, Gypsyamber D'Souza, Graham Smith, Mona Loutfy, Meenakshi Gupta, Marina B. Klein, Charles Rabkin, Abigail Kroch, Ann Burchell, Adrian Betts, Joanne Lindsay, Ank Nijhawan, Angel M. Mayor, Jeffrey N. Martin, Steven G. Deeks, Jun Li, John T. Brooks, Michael S. Saag, Michael J. Mugavero, Greer Burkholder, Laura Bamford, Maile Karris, Joseph J. Eron, Sonia Napravnik, Mari M. Kitahata, Heidi M. Crane, Timothy R. Sterling, David Haas, Peter Rebeiro, Megan Turner, Lesley Park, Kathleen McGinnis, Amy Justice, Richard D. Moore, Keri N. Althoff, Stephen J. Gange, Mari M. Kitahata, Jennifer S. Lee, Michael A. Horberg, Marina B. Klein, Rosemary G. McKaig, Aimee M. Freeman, Richard D. Moore, Keri N. Althoff, Aimee M. Freeman, Mari M. Kitahata, Stephen E. Van Rompaey, Heidi M. Crane, Liz Morton, Justin McReynolds, William B. Lober, Stephen J. Gange, Jennifer S. Lee, Brenna Hogan, Elizabeth Humes, Sally B. Coburn, Lucas Gerace

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Abstract

Background:The effect of initial antiretroviral therapy (ART) class on cancer risk in people with HIV (PWH) remains unclear.Setting:A cohort study of 36,322 PWH enrolled (1996-2014) in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design.Methods:We followed individuals from ART initiation (protease inhibitor [PI]-based, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor [NNRTI]-based, or integrase strand transfer inhibitor [INSTI]-based) until incident cancer, death, loss-to-follow-up, December 31, 2014, 85 months (intention-to-treat analyses [ITT]), or 30 months (per-protocol [PP] analyses). Cancers were grouped (nonmutually exclusive) as follows: any cancer, AIDS-defining cancers (ADC), non-AIDS-defining cancers (NADC), any infection-related cancer, and common individual cancer types. We estimated adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) comparing cancer risk by ART class using marginal structural models emulating ITT and PP trials.Results:We observed 17,004 PWH (954 cancers) with PI-based (median 6 years follow-up), 17,536 (770 cancers) with NNRTI-based (median 5 years follow-up), and 1782 (29 cancers) with INSTI-based ART (median 2 years follow-up). Analyses with 85-month follow-up indicated no cancer risk differences. In truncated analyses, the risk of ADCs (aHR 1.33; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.77 [PP analysis]) and NADCs (aHR 1.23; 95% CI: 1.00 to 1.51 [ITT analysis]) was higher comparing PIs vs. NNRTIs.Conclusions:Results with longer-term follow-up suggest being on a PI-based versus NNRTI-based ART regimen does not affect cancer risk. We observed shorter-term associations that should be interpreted cautiously and warrant further study. Further research with a longer duration of follow-up that can evaluate INSTIs, the current first-line recommended therapy, is needed to comprehensively characterize the association between ART class and cancer risk.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)393-398
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2024

Keywords

  • ART class
  • HIV
  • NNRTI
  • PI
  • cancer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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