Sexual Behaviors After PrEP Discontinuation Among HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Kenya and Uganda. 2020

Randy Stalter, and Kenneth Mugwanya, and Katherine Thomas, and Deborah Donnell, and Andrew Mujugira, and Kenneth Ngure, and Connie Celum, and Lara Kidoguchi, and Elizabeth Bukusi, and Jared Baeten, and Renee Heffron, and
Departments of Global Health.

A strategy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) transitioning to treatment as prevention is highly efficacious and cost effective for prevention of HIV transmission within HIV serodiscordant couples. We assessed whether couples who adopted this strategy experienced changes in sexual behaviors after HIV-negative partners discontinued PrEP and transitioned to rely primarily on their partner's adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prevention. Kenya and Uganda. Data are from the Partners Demonstration Project, a prospective, open-label evaluation of PrEP and ART use for HIV prevention. Using zero-inflated negative binomial models, we assessed changes in the level (ie, intercept) and trend over time (ie, slope) in total and condomless sex acts reported after PrEP discontinuation by HIV-negative partners. We conducted subgroup analyses based on HIV-negative partners' age and sex. We included 567 couples where the HIV-negative partner discontinued PrEP because of their partner with HIV using ART for ≥6 months. HIV-negative partners were women in 32.6% of couples and had a median age of 30 years. We observed no change in the level or trend over time in total sex acts [level adjusted rate ratio (aRR) = 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.87 to 1.04; trend aRR = 1.00, 95% CI: 0.99 to 1.01] or condomless sex acts (level aRR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.81 to 1.17; trend aRR = 1.00, 95% CI: 0.98 to 1.03) reported after PrEP discontinuation versus prediscontinuation. No significant changes in behaviors were observed in age and sex subgroups. PrEP discontinuation seems to result in no significant changes in couples' sexual behaviors. These data further support a strategy of time-limited PrEP use by serodiscordant couples.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007630 Kenya A republic in eastern Africa, south of ETHIOPIA, west of SOMALIA with TANZANIA to its south, and coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Nairobi. Republic of Kenya
D008297 Male Males
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D003362 Cost-Benefit Analysis A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. In contrast a cost effectiveness in general compares cost with qualitative outcomes. Cost and Benefit,Cost-Benefit Data,Benefits and Costs,Cost Benefit,Cost Benefit Analysis,Cost-Utility Analysis,Costs and Benefits,Economic Evaluation,Marginal Analysis,Analyses, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Utility,Analysis, Marginal,Benefit and Cost,Cost Benefit Analyses,Cost Benefit Data,Cost Utility Analysis,Cost-Benefit Analyses,Cost-Utility Analyses,Data, Cost-Benefit,Economic Evaluations,Evaluation, Economic,Marginal Analyses
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012725 Sexual Behavior Sexual activities of humans. Anal Sex,Oral Sex,Sexual Activity,Sexual Orientation,Premarital Sex Behavior,Sex Behavior,Sex Orientation,Sexual Activities,Activities, Sexual,Activity, Sexual,Behavior, Premarital Sex,Behavior, Sex,Behavior, Sexual,Orientation, Sexual,Sex, Anal,Sex, Oral
D015658 HIV Infections Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HTLV-III Infections,HTLV-III-LAV Infections,T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human,HIV Coinfection,Coinfection, HIV,Coinfections, HIV,HIV Coinfections,HIV Infection,HTLV III Infections,HTLV III LAV Infections,HTLV-III Infection,HTLV-III-LAV Infection,Infection, HIV,Infection, HTLV-III,Infection, HTLV-III-LAV,Infections, HIV,Infections, HTLV-III,Infections, HTLV-III-LAV,T Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human
D047568 Unsafe Sex Sexual behaviors which are high-risk for contracting SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or for producing PREGNANCY. Condomless Sex,High-Risk Sex,Unprotected Intercourse,Unprotected Sex,High Risk Sex,Intercourse, Unprotected,Sex, Condomless,Sex, High-Risk,Sex, Unprotected,Sex, Unsafe

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