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Relationships between the use of second-generation antipsychotics and changes in total cholesterol levels in children and adolescents perinatally infected with HIV
Authors Kapetanovic S, Aaron L, Williams PL, Farley J, Sirois PA, Garvie PA, Pearson DA, Oleske JM, Montepiedra G
Published 4 August 2010 Volume 2010:2 Pages 39—48
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NBHIV.S12517
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Suad Kapetanovic1, Lisa Aaron2, Paige L Williams2, John Farley3, Patricia A Sirois4, Patricia A Garvie5, Deborah A Pearson6, James M Oleske7, Grace Montepiedra2, for the IMPAACT/PACTG 219C Team
1University of Southern California/Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA; 2Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 3University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 4Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 5St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; 6University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; 7UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Purpose: Perinatally HIV-infected children, who are increasingly aging into adolescence and early adulthood, have significant rates of psychiatric co-morbidities, some of which are treated with second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). SGAs have been associated with elevated total cholesterol (TC) in youth, but no studies have examined this association in perinatally HIV-infected youth. This study examined changes in TC levels of youth with perinatally acquired HIV infection and co-morbid psychiatric conditions treated with SGAs.
Patients and methods: Long-term changes in TC levels were examined using data from the US multisite prospective Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group 219C cohort study. The change in TC levels from baseline to 12 months after initiating SGA use was compared between 52 SGA-exposed and 148 matched SGA-unexposed perinatally HIV-infected youth, using generalized estimating equation models adjusting for other covariates. The prevalence and time to incident hypercholesterolemia were also compared between these 2 groups.
Results: After adjustment for confounders, 52 youth with prescriptions for SGAs had a larger increase in TC levels than 148 matched youth without antipsychotic prescriptions (mean difference = 9 mg/dL, z = 1.96, df = 1, P = 0.0496). Among youth with TC below 220 mg/dL at baseline, 27% of SGA-exposed youth developed hypercholesterolemia (defined as two consecutive TC measurements ≥220 mg/dL), compared with 13% of SGA-unexposed patients (Fisher’s exact test, P = 0.046).
Conclusions: Caution should be used in prescribing SGAs to perinatally HIV-infected youth with psychiatric co-morbidities due to increased risk of hypercholesterolemia. Patients should be monitored, and alternative evidence-based treatments considered when available.
Keywords: HIV-infected youth with psychiatric co-morbidities, second-generation antipsychotics in youth, cholesterol in youth
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