Arsuffi Stefania, Mazzi Camilla, Calza Stefano, Colombo Fabio Riccardo, Minisci Davide, Fioretti Benedetta, Izzo Ilaria, Polesini Itala, Anzoni Claudia, Castelli Francesco, Quiros-Roldan Eugenia, Focà Emanuele
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili Hospital Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 2;15(1):28212. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-13805-7.
Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (LAI-ART) could increase adherence to therapy, while maintaining excellent viro-immunologic control, reduce the risk of toxicity and drug interactions, and improve the overall quality of life of people living with HIV. The purpose of this study is to assess knowledge and acceptability to this new therapeutic modality in PLWH and their readiness to change their current treatment regimen in favour of the injectable one. An anonymous, multiple-choice self-completion questionnaire was offered at the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of the ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia from June 2022 to June 2023 to every PLWH. We enrolled 500 subjects. Although just a few people are aware of the availability of LAI-ART (only 281 subjects, 56.2%), the acceptability toward this new therapeutic modality is quite good (432 subjects, 86.4%) and more than half of the study population have declared that they would like to replace oral therapy with intramuscular injections (320, 63%). Duration of HIV infection, gender and number of concomitant medications were not related to the cumulative propensity to LAI-ART, while age appeared to be an independent predictor (OR 0.97, 95%CI 0.95-0.98, p-value < 0.001). The selection of motivated patients seems critical to establish LAI-ART in clinical practice.
长效注射抗逆转录病毒疗法(LAI-ART)可提高治疗依从性,同时保持良好的病毒免疫控制,降低毒性和药物相互作用风险,并改善艾滋病毒感染者的整体生活质量。本研究的目的是评估艾滋病毒感染者对这种新治疗方式的了解程度和可接受性,以及他们是否愿意改变当前治疗方案转而采用注射疗法。2022年6月至2023年6月期间,在布雷西亚市立医院ASST传染病和热带病科向每位艾滋病毒感染者提供了一份匿名的多项选择自填式问卷。我们招募了500名受试者。尽管只有少数人知道有LAI-ART这种疗法(仅281名受试者,占56.2%),但对这种新治疗方式的可接受性相当不错(432名受试者,占86.4%),并且超过一半的研究人群表示愿意用肌肉注射替代口服疗法(320人,占63%)。艾滋病毒感染持续时间、性别和合并用药数量与LAI-ART的累积倾向无关,而年龄似乎是一个独立预测因素(比值比0.97,95%置信区间0.95 - 0.98,p值<0.001)。选择有积极性的患者对于在临床实践中确立LAI-ART似乎至关重要。