Estimated Impact of Targeted Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Strategies for Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DavidA. Wohl¹  RichardA. Elion²  AnneC. Beaubrun³  Mina Kabiri⁴  FrederickL. Altice⁵  KennethH. Mayer⁶  Joshua Cohen⁷ 

[1] Chapel Hill School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA;George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20009, USA;Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA 94404, USA;Precision Health Economics, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA;Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA;The Fenway Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA;Tufts University Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA;

关键词: pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP);    men who have sex with men (MSM);    agent-based model;    simulation;    human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);    number needed to treat;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph16091592

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectively reduces human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. We aimed to estimate the impact of different PrEP prioritization strategies among Black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, populations most disproportionately affected by HIV. We developed an agent-based simulation to model the HIV epidemic among MSM. Individuals were assigned an HIV incidence risk index (HIRI-MSM) based on their sexual behavior. Prioritization strategies included PrEP use for individuals with HIRI-MSM ≥10 among all MSM, all Black MSM, young (≤25 years) Black MSM, Latino MSM, and young Latino MSM. We estimated the number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one HIV infection, reductions in prevalence and incidence, and subsequent infections in non-PrEP users avoided under these strategies over 5 years (2016−2020). Young Black MSM eligible for PrEP had the lowest NNT (NNT = 10) followed by all Black MSM (NNT = 33) and young Latino MSM (NNT = 35). All Latino MSM and all MSM had NNT values of 63 and 70, respectively. Secondary infection reduction with PrEP was the highest among young Latino MSM (53.2%) followed by young Black MSM (37.8%). Targeting all MSM had the greatest reduction in prevalence (14.7% versus 2.9%−3.9% in other strategies) and incidence (49.4% versus 9.4%−13.9% in other groups). Using data representative of the United States MSM population, we found that a strategy of universal PrEP use by MSM was most effective in reducing HIV prevalence and incidence of MSM. Targeted use of PrEP by Black and Latino MSM, however, especially those ≤25 years, had the greatest impact on HIV prevention.

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