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How to RESPOND to Modern Challenges for People Living with HIV: A Profile for a New Cohort Consortium

Neesgaard, B; Mocroft, A; Greenberg, L; Larsen, JF; Wandeler, G; Zangerle, R; Gunthard, H; ... Ryom, L; + view all (2020) How to RESPOND to Modern Challenges for People Living with HIV: A Profile for a New Cohort Consortium. Microorganisms , 8 (8) , Article 1164. 10.3390/microorganisms8081164. Green open access

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Abstract

Background: the International Cohort Consortium of Infectious Disease (RESPOND) is a collaboration dedicated to research on HIV and other infectious diseases. Methods: RESPOND is a flexible organization, with several independent substudies operating under one shared governance. HIV-related variables, including full antiretroviral therapy (ART) history, are collected annually for all participants and merged with substudy specific data into a shared data pool. Incident clinical events are reported using standardized forms. Prospective follow-up started 1/10/17 (enrolment) with retrospective data collected back to 01/01/12. Results: Overall, 17 cohorts from Europe and Australia provided data on 26,258 people living with HIV (PLWH). The majority (43.3%) of the population were white, with men-sex-with-men accounting for 43.3% of the risk for HIV acquisition. The median age was 48 years (IQR 40–56) and 5.2% and 25.5% were known to be co-infected with hepatitis B or C. While 5.3% were ART-naïve, the median duration on ART was 10.1 years (4.8–17.6), with 89.5% having a VL <200 copies/mL and the median CD4 count being 621 cells/µL (438–830). Malignancies (n = 361) and cardiovascular disease (n = 168) were the predominant reported clinical events. Conclusion: RESPOND’s large, diverse study population and standardized clinical endpoints puts the consortium in a unique position to respond to the diverse modern challenges for PLWH.

Type: Article
Title: How to RESPOND to Modern Challenges for People Living with HIV: A Profile for a New Cohort Consortium
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8081164
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081164
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: HIV; cohort; observational study; hepatitis; public health; tuberculosis; pharmacovigilance
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110516
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