HIV-1-related Hodgkin lymphoma in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: incidence and evolution of CD4⁺ T-cell lymphocytes

Julia Bohlius, Kurt Schmidlin, François Boué, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Margaret May, Ana Maria Caro-Murillo, Amanda Mocroft, Fabrice Bonnet, Gary Clifford, Vassilios Paparizos, Jose M Miro, Niels Obel, Maria Prins, Geneviève Chêne, Matthias Egger, Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe

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    Abstract

    The risk of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is increased in patients infected with HIV-1. We studied the incidence and outcomes of HL, and compared CD4+ T-cell trajectories in HL patients and controls matched for duration of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). A total of 40 168 adult HIV-1- infected patients (median age, 36 years; 70% male; median CD4 cell count, 234 cells/ μL) from 16 European cohorts were observed during 159 133 person-years; 78 patients developed HL. The incidence was 49.0 (95% confidence interval [CI], 39.3-61.2) per 100 000 person-years, and similar on cART and not on cART (P = .96). The risk of HL declined as the most recent (timeupdated) CD4 count increased: the adjusted hazard ratio comparing more than 350 with less than 50 cells/μL was 0.27 (95% CI, 0.08-0.86). Sixty-one HL cases diagnosed on cART were matched to 1652 controls: during the year before diagnosis, cases lost 98 CD4 cells (95% CI, -159 to -36 cells), whereas controls gained 35 cells (95% CI, 24-46 cells; P < .0001). The incidence of HL is not reduced by cART, and patients whose CD4 cell counts decline despite suppression of HIV-1 replication on cART may harbor HL.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalBlood
    Volume117
    Issue number23
    Pages (from-to)6100-8
    Number of pages9
    ISSN0006-4971
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2011

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