1. Rilpivirine in HIV-1-positive women initiating pregnancy: to switch or not to switch?
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Jérôme Le Chenadec, Anrs Epf Co, Pierre Frange, Ana Canestri, Roland Tubiana, Laurent Mandelbrot, Josiane Warszawski, Cécile Brunet-Cartier, Laurent Cotte, Jeanne Sibiude, Jacques Reynes, Cédric Arvieux, and Centre for Reproductive Medicine - Gynaecology
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,safety ,medicine.medical_specialty ,RFC ,Anti-HIV Agents ,HIV Infections ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Obstetrics and Gynaecology ,medicine ,Emtricitabine ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pharmacology ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Rilpivirine ,Infant, Newborn ,Gestational age ,Viral Load ,medicine.disease ,030112 virology ,3. Good health ,HIV-1-positive ,Regimen ,Infectious Diseases ,chemistry ,Cohort ,HIV-1 ,Gestation ,Ritonavir ,Female ,women ,business ,Viral load ,medicine.drug - Abstract
BackgroundSafety data about rilpivirine use during pregnancy remain scarce, and rilpivirine plasma concentrations are reduced during second/third trimesters, with a potential risk of viral breakthroughs. Thus, French guidelines recommend switching to rilpivirine-free combinations (RFCs) during pregnancy.ObjectivesTo describe the characteristics of women initiating pregnancy while on rilpivirine and to compare the outcomes for virologically suppressed subjects continuing rilpivirine until delivery versus switching to an RFC.MethodsIn the ANRS-EPF French Perinatal cohort, we included women on rilpivirine at conception in 2010–18. Pregnancy outcomes were compared between patients continuing versus interrupting rilpivirine. In women with documented viral suppression (ResultsAmong 247 women included, 88.7% had viral suppression at the beginning of pregnancy. Overall, 184 women (74.5%) switched to an RFC (mostly PI/ritonavir-based regimens) at a median gestational age of 8.0 WG. Plasma HIV-1 RNA nearest delivery was ConclusionsIn virologically suppressed women initiating pregnancy, continuing rilpivirine was associated with better virological outcome than changing regimen. We did not observe a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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- 2019