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Objective:We aimed to determine whether urine tenofovir (TFV) and dried blood spot (DBS) tenofovir diphosphate (TFV-DP) concentrations are associated with concurrent HIV viraemia.Design:Cross-sectional study among people with HIV (PWH) receiving tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART).Methods:We used dual tandem liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to measure urine TFV and DBS TFV-DP concentrations, and evaluated their associations with concurrent viraemia at least 1000copies/ml using logistic regression models. In exploratory analyses, we used receiver operating curves (ROCs) to estimate optimal urine TFV and DBS TFV-DP thresholds to predict concurrent viraemia.Results:Among 124 participants, 68 (54.8%) were women, median age was 39years [interquartile range (IQR) 34-45] and 74 (59.7%) were receiving efavirenz versus 50 (40.3%) receiving dolutegravir. Higher concentrations of urine TFV [1000ng/ml increase, odds ratio (OR) 0.97 95% CI 0.94-0.99, P=0.005] and DBS TFV-DP (100fmol/punch increase, OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.67-0.86, P<0.001) were associated with lower odds of viraemia. There was evidence that these associations were stronger among people receiving dolutegravir than among people receiving efavirenz (urine TFV, P=0.072; DBS TFV-DP, P=0.003). Nagelkerke pseudo-R2for the DBS TFV-DP models was higher for the urine TFV models, demonstrating a stronger relationship between DBS TFV-DP and viraemia. Among people receiving dolutegravir, a DBS TFV-DP concentration of 483fmol/punch had 88% sensitivity and 85% specificity to predict concurrent viraemia ≥1000copies/ml.Conclusion:Among PWH receiving TDF-based ART, urine TFV concentrations, and in particular DBS TFV-DP concentrations, were strongly associated with concurrent viraemia, especially among people receiving dolutegravir.

Original publication

DOI

10.1097/QAD.0000000000003818

Type

Journal article

Journal

AIDS

Publication Date

01/04/2024

Volume

38

Pages

697 - 702