Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00238-8
Anne E P Frosch,Victor Musiime,Christopher Staley,Andrea L Conroy,Diana Rutebarika,Gilbert Ategeka,Sarah E Cusick
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of iron supplementation with 3 months of daily ferrous sulphate in children living with HIV and mild-to-moderate anaemia in Uganda: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.","authors":"Anne E P Frosch,Victor Musiime,Christopher Staley,Andrea L Conroy,Diana Rutebarika,Gilbert Ategeka,Sarah E Cusick","doi":"10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00238-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00238-8","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDIron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, but iron supplementation can increase risk of opportunistic infections, especially in children living with HIV. We aimed to assess the effect of supplemental iron on haemoglobin concentration in children living with HIV and mild-to-moderate anaemia in Uganda.METHODSWe did a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation in children aged 6 months to 12 years living with HIV at two sites (ie, Kampala and Fort Portal, Uganda). Inclusion criteria were confirmed diagnosis of HIV and stable treatment with antiretroviral therapy for at least 6 months. Exclusion criteria were already taking iron supplementation, acute illness, current opportunistic infection, fever, known sickle cell disease, severe undernutrition, or any chronic illness requiring medical attention. Children were randomly assigned (1:1) via simple randomisation to an 84-day course of either ferrous sulphate or identical placebo tablets once per day. Randomisation codes were computer-generated and stratified by age (ie, 6-23 months or 24 months and older) by the Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, the tablet manufacturer. Participants and all individuals giving the interventions, assessing outcomes, and analysing data were masked to group assignment. Children aged 6-23 months received tablets of 12·5 mg ferrous sulphate or identical placebo; children aged 24 months or older received tablets of 30·0 mg ferrous sulphate or identical placebo. Caregivers were instructed to give the supplement after a meal, preferably after an evening meal. The primary outcome was mean haemoglobin concentration at day 84. All analyses were intention to treat. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03596996).FINDINGSBetween May 5, 2018, and Nov 6, 2019, 973 children living with HIV were screened, of whom 200 (20%) met all inclusion criteria and were enrolled. 102 (51%) were randomly assigned to receive iron and 98 (49%) to receive placebo. In the iron group, 57 (56%) of 102 children were male and 45 (44%) were female. In the placebo group, 44 (45%) of 98 children were male and 54 (55%) were female. Iron supplementation was associated with improvement in haemoglobin in unadjusted analysis (p=0·029), but not adjusted analysis (p=0·10), and with improvement in ferritin and hepcidin in both adjusted (p=0·0046; p=0·0079) and unadjusted (p<0·0001; p<0·0001) analyses at day 84. There were four hospital admissions, all for children in the iron group; none were fatal: two children were admitted to hospital with pneumonia, one with severe malaria, and one with hepatitis. Frequency of admissions was not significantly different between groups (p=0·12).INTERPRETATIONIron could have haematological benefit and improve iron status in children living with HIV in Uganda. Future studies powered for morbidity outcomes with longer follow-up are needed, as are those that evaluate the effects of iron s","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":"230 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142439222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00267-4
Ajibola I Abioye,Wafaie W Fawzi
{"title":"Iron supplementation among children living with HIV.","authors":"Ajibola I Abioye,Wafaie W Fawzi","doi":"10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00267-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00267-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142439224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00235-2
Moses R Kamya,Laura B Balzer,James Ayieko,Jane Kabami,Elijah Kakande,Gabriel Chamie,Nicole Sutter,Helen Sunday,Janice Litunya,Joshua Schwab,John Schrom,Melanie Bacon,Catherine A Koss,Alex R Rinehart,Maya Petersen,Diane V Havlir,
{"title":"Dynamic choice HIV prevention with cabotegravir long-acting injectable in rural Uganda and Kenya: a randomised trial extension.","authors":"Moses R Kamya,Laura B Balzer,James Ayieko,Jane Kabami,Elijah Kakande,Gabriel Chamie,Nicole Sutter,Helen Sunday,Janice Litunya,Joshua Schwab,John Schrom,Melanie Bacon,Catherine A Koss,Alex R Rinehart,Maya Petersen,Diane V Havlir,","doi":"10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00235-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(24)00235-2","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDHIV infections are ongoing globally despite efficacious biomedical prevention options. We sought to determine whether an HIV prevention package providing choice of daily pills or long-acting injectable cabotegravir and opportunities to change prevention options could increase biomedical prevention coverage and reduce new HIV infections.METHODSThis study was an extension of three randomised trials that used SEARCH dynamic choice HIV prevention to recruit adults (aged ≥15 years) at risk for HIV from antenatal, outpatient, and community settings in rural Uganda and Kenya. In this 48-week open-label extension, participants maintained their original (1:1) randomisation group; the option to choose cabotegravir long-acting injectable was added for intervention participants. Inclusion criteria for the extension were previous enrolment in a SEARCH dynamic choice HIV prevention trial, negative HIV rapid test, and residence in study region. The intervention provided person-centred choice of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or post-exposure HIV prophylaxis (PEP) or cabotegravir long-acting injectable, with the option to switch according to participant preference. The control provided standard-of-care access to oral PrEP and PEP, but not cabotegravir long-acting injectable. Biomedical prevention coverage (proportion of follow-up covered by oral PrEP, PEP, or cabotegravir long-acting injectable; primary outcome) and HIV incidence (secondary outcome) were compared between groups using targeted minimum loss-based estimation. The trial (NCT05549726) is closed to recruitment.FINDINGSOf 1534 participants initially randomly assigned (from April 15, 2021 to Sept 29, 2022), 984 (487 in the intervention group and 497 in the standard-of-care group) reconsented to the extension (from Jan 2 to March 3, 2023). The mean proportion of follow-up covered by biomedical HIV prevention was 69·7% (95% CI 64·9-74·5) in the intervention group versus 13·3% (10·2-16·3) in the standard-of-care group, corresponding to an absolute difference of 56·4 percentage points (95% CI 50·8-62·1; p<0·0001). The intervention significantly improved coverage across prespecified subgroups (sex and age groups). During the study, 274 (56%) of 485 intervention participants used cabotegravir long-acting injectable, 255 (53%) used oral PrEP, and ten (2%) used PEP. Among cabotegravir long-acting injectable initiators, 118 (43%) of 274 were not previously using oral PrEP or PEP. There were seven incident HIV infections in 390 person-years of follow-up in the standard-of-care group and no infections in 400 person-years of follow-up in the intervention group (incidence rate difference per 100 person-years 1·8, 95% CI 0·4-3·2; p=0·014).INTERPRETATIONOffering people the choice of HIV biomedical prevention options including cabotegravir long-acting injectable in a flexible model can increase prevention coverage and reduce incident HIV infections. HIV programmes should support dynamic choice HIV preve","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142431133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00186-3
Collins C Iwuji, Celia McMichael, Euphemia Sibanda, Kingsley S Orievulu, Kelly Austin, Kristie L Ebi
{"title":"Extreme weather events and disruptions to HIV services: a systematic review.","authors":"Collins C Iwuji, Celia McMichael, Euphemia Sibanda, Kingsley S Orievulu, Kelly Austin, Kristie L Ebi","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00186-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00186-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Extreme weather events pose a risk to health and disproportionately affect vulnerable groups, such as people living with HIV. We aimed to investigate the effects of extreme weather events on HIV testing uptake, HIV treatment and care, and HIV transmission.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this systematic review, we searched PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO for peer-reviewed studies published between database inception and Aug 31, 2023. Eligible studies were English-language qualitative, quantitative observational (retrospective, prospective, cross-sectional, longitudinal, case-control, and cohort), and mixed-method studies, and randomised controlled trials related to HIV and extreme weather events. We excluded reviews, mathematical models, and case reports. After exporting the search results, two authors independently screened the titles and abstracts of identified articles, reviewing the full text of those that met the inclusion criteria. We used systems thinking to develop a framework linking extreme weather events and HIV and summarised the results using thematic narrative synthesis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Of the 6126 studies identified by the search, 27 met the inclusion criteria and were eligible for analysis, of which 19 were quantitative, six were qualitative, and two were mixed-method studies. We identified five main themes linking extreme weather events to HIV: economic and livelihood conditions (12 studies), psychosocial factors (19 studies), infrastructure damage and operational challenges (17 studies), migration and displacement (ten studies), and associated medical conditions and health-care needs (12 studies). We showed how these themes interact in complex ways, resulting in a reduction in uptake of HIV testing, interruption of HIV care and subsequent disease progression, altered risk behaviours, and an increased prevalence of HIV.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Extreme weather events are associated with disruptions to HIV services. Owing to the design of the included studies, we could not establish a causal relationship between extreme weather events and HIV incidence, highlighting a research gap. Appropriate adaptations and mitigation policies that protect the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV during and after extreme weather events are warranted. Such actions will be crucial to achieving the UNAIDS goal of ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030.</p><p><strong>Funding: </strong>None.</p>","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00231-5
Nathan Ford, Anne Hammill
{"title":"Measuring and adapting to climate change in HIV programmes.","authors":"Nathan Ford, Anne Hammill","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00231-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00231-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7616741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00214-5
Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Mark J Siedner
{"title":"Untangling the causal ties between antiretrovirals and obesity.","authors":"Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Mark J Siedner","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00214-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00214-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e650-e651"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00237-6
Gesine Meyer-Rath, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton
{"title":"Optimising HIV spending in eastern Europe and central Asia.","authors":"Gesine Meyer-Rath, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00237-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00237-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e654-e655"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142156437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00245-5
The Lancet Hiv
{"title":"Reflections on a decade of The Lancet HIV.","authors":"The Lancet Hiv","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00245-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00245-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":"11 10","pages":"e649"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}