The Effect of Protease Inhibitor Therapy on Growth and Body Composition in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Children

Author:

Miller Tracie L.12,Mawn Barbara E.3,Orav E. John4,Wilk David1,Weinberg Geoffrey A.5,Nicchitta Jeanne1,Furuta Lauren2,Cutroni Roseann2,McIntosh Kenneth6,Burchett Sandra K.6,Gorbach Sherwood L.7

Affiliation:

1. From the Divisions Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and

2. Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,

3. University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts.

4. Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard, Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;

5. Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York;

6. Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;

7. Department of Infectious and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and the

Abstract

Objective. To determine the effect of protease inhibitors (PIs) on growth and body composition in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Background. HIV-1-infected children have chronic problems with both linear growth and weight gain. Viral load may directly influence growth and nutritional status of HIV-1-infected children with reduction of viral load improving the nutritional condition. Design/Methods. Data from 67 patients who initiated PI therapy between 1996 and 1999 and who were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study of growth and nutrition in HIV-1-infected children were analyzed. Outcomes included pre-PI versus post-PI measures of height, weight, weight-for-height, triceps skinfold thickness, and arm muscle circumference. Predictor covariates included age, race, gender, Tanner stage, CD4 z score, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stage, route of infection, plasma HIV-1 RNA, other antiretroviral therapy, recommended daily allowances for calories, treatment with megestrol acetate, and PI therapy. Results. Sixty-seven children were followed for a median of 2.4 years with a total of 362 visits (median: 5 visits; range: 1–12). During follow-up, they received PIs for a median of 5 months. Fifty-one percent were girls, 54% black, 15% Hispanic, and 25% white. The mean age at first visit was 6.8 years. In a univariate analysis, weight z score (−0.67 to −0.35) and weight/height z score (0.25–0.76) improved on PI therapy. Using repeated-measures regression analysis, controlling for the above named covariates, PI treatment showed a significant effect on weight z score (increase in z score by 0.46), weight/height z score (increase inz score by 0.49), and arm muscle circumference (increase in percentile by 11.5). A borderline effect was found for heightz score (increase in z score by 0.17) and no effect was found for triceps skinfold thickness. In a separate analysis, PI therapy increased CD4 counts twofold and reduced plasma HIV-1 RNA copies by 79%. Conclusion. In addition to a significant reduction in viral load, PI therapy in children has a positive effect on several growth parameters, including weight, weight/height, and muscle mass.

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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