Carlos Iniesta , Victoria Hernando , Inma Jarrín , Santiago Pérez de la Cámara , Javier De la Torre-Lima , Vicent Villanueva , Mª Isabel Mayorga , Josefina Belda , Maribel Soteras , Álvaro Torres Lana , Aitziber Echeverria , Olga Monteagudo-Piqueras , Henar Marcos , Wafa Ben Cheikh , Julián-Alexander Portocarrero-Núñez , Débora Álvarez-del Arco , Asunción Diaz , Julia del Amo , SIPrEP
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Abstract
Objectives
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been available in Spain since November 2019 and implemented nationally in 2021. Monitoring the implementation process is essential to optimize the strategy. This manuscript describes the Spanish PrEP Programme Information System (SIPrEP), its methodology, and characteristics of PrEP users from November 2019 to May 2024.
Methods
Nationwide open cohort that collects data on persons ≥16 years who were prescribed PrEP in Spain. The study included participants with public program PrEP prescriptions since November 1, 2019. The project was piloted and fully implemented in July 2020.
Results
By May 2024, 28,798 people received public program PrEP in Spain, and 4159 users were included in SIPrEP. Most were men (99%, n = 4117), primarily gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) (97%, n = 4005), with a median age of 36 years (IQR: 30–43). Most were born in Spain (74%, n = 3075), and 36% (n = 1503) had university education. Referrals came from STI centers (19%, n = 805) and primary care (20%, n = 820). At entry, 8% (n = 348) had syphilis, 7% chlamydia (n = 270) and 7% (n = 300) had gonococcal infection. Among users, 15% (n = 642) discontinued PrEP, and 34% (n = 216) of them restarted later. There were four HIV seroconversions (incidence 0.12/100 person-years [95% CI: 0.05–0.33]).
Conclusions
SIPrEP provides valuable real-world data for optimizing interventions but requires improved national coverage.
期刊介绍:
Hoy está universalmente reconocida la renovada y creciente importancia de la patología infecciosa: aparición de nuevos agentes patógenos, de cepas resistentes, de procesos con expresión clínica hasta ahora desconocida, de cuadros de una gran complejidad. Paralelamente, la Microbiología y la Infectología Clínicas han experimentado un gran desarrollo como respuesta al reto planteado por la actual patología infecciosa. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica es la Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española SEIMC. Cumple con la garantía científica de esta Sociedad, la doble función de difundir trabajos de investigación, tanto clínicos como microbiológicos, referidos a la patología infecciosa, y contribuye a la formación continuada de los interesados en aquella patología mediante artículos orientados a ese fin y elaborados por autores de la mayor calificación invitados por la revista.