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A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF BONE LOSS IN
EMTRICITABINE/TENOFOVIR THERAPY FOR HIV PrEP
 
 
  CROI 2022 Feb 11-16

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Joseph C. Chang1, Duy Do2, Hector M. Delgado3, An Huynh4
1Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States, 3Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 4Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
 
Background:
 
FTC-TDF is FDA approved for the treatment of HIV infection and PrEP. It is known to cause bone loss in about 1-3% of HIV treated patients. However, a large meta-analysis on TDF in 2020 did not yield a significant bone loss result in PrEP patients. Long-term large randomized or retrospective studies address bone loss in FTC-TDF therapy for PrEP are also limited. Hence, this study aims to address the risk of osteopenia in a real life setting for patients on FTC-TDF for PrEP.
 
Methods:
 
In this retrospective study, patients on FTC-TDF for PrEP from 2012-2020 without any prior history of bone loss in the Southern California region (N=7,698) were studied for the following criteria: bone density during follow-up, medication adherence, age, sex, race, history of HepB/HepC/DM CVD/CKD/HTN, eGFR, and BMI. Data was extracted from the Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect System. Adherence was defined using the proportion of days covered (PDC) ratio. Patients were divided into groups based on their follow-up bone density, T-score ≤ -1 (osteopenia and osteoporosis) vs. > -1 (normal). Descriptive statistics was used to compare patient characteristics between these two groups. A Cox proportion proportional hazards model was used to estimate the relationship between patient characteristics and bone loss for up to 7 years following their most recent PrEP episode.
 
Results:
 
3% (217/7,698) were found to have osteopenia after the start of therapy.
 
High compliance rate, white race, Hep B, DM, CVD, CKD, HTN, and baseline eGFR<90 had a higher rate of osteopenia.
 
Significantly higher rate of bone loss was also observed in patients with higher PDC ratio, PDC 90-100% (90.8%) vs. PDC <90% (9.2%).

 
Kaplan-Meier curve showed event-free rate of osteopenia decreased with time (89.4% In 6.5yrs); PDC 90-100% group had greater reduction of event free rate (86.5 vs 96.3% in 6.5 yrs).
 
Survival analysis showed statistically significant hazard ratio (HR) in patients with PDC 90-100%, Hep B, CVD, CKD, HTN, and baseline eGFR<90. However, when adjusted for all variables, the adjusted HR only showed patients with PDC 90-100% to be at significant risk for osteopenia (5.36 [3.34, 8.61]).
 
Conclusion:
 
Our cohort showed a similar rate of osteopenia compared to HIV patients. Event-free rate is inversely proportional with time and intensity of exposure. High compliance rate and prolonged exposure may have higher risk of developing osteopenia. Hence routine check-up for osteopenia may be needed for these two groups of patients.

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