Minimal detection of cerebrospinal fluid escape after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in acute HIV-1 infection.

Despite suppression of HIV-1 replication in the periphery by antiretroviral therapy (ART), up to 10% of treated individuals have quantifiable HIV-1 in the CSF, termed CSF escape. CSF escape may be asymptomatic but has also been linked to progressive neurological disease, and may indicate persistence of HIV in the central nervous system (CNS). CSF escape has not yet been assessed after initiation of ART during acute HIV-1 infection (AHI). Prospective cohort study. Major voluntary counseling and testing site in Bangkok, Thailand. Participants identified and initiated on ART during AHI who received an optional study lumbar puncture at pre-ART baseline or after 24 or 96 weeks of ART. Paired levels of CSF and plasma HIV-1 RNA, with CSF greater than plasma HIV-1 RNA defined as CSF escape. Two hundred and four participants had paired blood and CSF sampling in at least one visit at baseline, week 24, or week 96. Twenty-nine participants had CSF sampling at all three visits. CSF escape was detected in 1/90 at week 24 (CSF HIV-1 RNA 2.50 log10 copies/ml, plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/ml), and 0/55 at week 96. Although levels of CSF HIV-1 RNA in untreated AHI are high, initiating treatment during AHI results in a very low rate of CSF escape in the first 2 years of treatment. Early treatment may improve control of HIV-1 within the CNS compared with treatment during chronic infection, which may have implications for long-term neurological outcomes and CNS HIV-1 persistence. Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Ryan Handoko, Phillip Chan, Linda Jagodzinski, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Nittaya Phanuphak, Carlo Sacdalan, Eugene Kroon, Netsiri Dumrongpisutikul, Robert Paul, Victor Valcour, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sandhya Vasan, Serena Spudich, SEARCH010/RV254 Study Team. Minimal detection of cerebrospinal fluid escape after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in acute HIV-1 infection. AIDS (London, England). 2021 Apr 01;35(5):777-782

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