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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 Session P-Q1 Poster Session

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2:30 pm– 4:00 pm Inflammation: Biomarkers and Relationship to Outcomes 761 IL-6 Is a Stronger Predictor of Clinical Events Than hsCRP or D-Dimer in HIV Disease Álvaro H. Borges 1 ; Jemma L. O’Connor 2 ; Andrew N. Phillips 2 ; James D. Neaton 3 ; Birgit Grund 4 ; Jacqueline Neuhaus 3 ; MichaelVjecha 7 ; Alexandra Calmy 5 ; Kersten K. Koelsch 6 ; Jens D. Lundgren 1 INSIGHT SMART and ESPRIT Study Groups 1 Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2 University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US; 4 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US; 5 Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; 6 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; 7 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, US Background: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and D-dimer have been linked to risk of death and of many clinical outcomes during HIV infection. However, the strength of associations these biomarkers have with different types of clinical events is not well understood. Methods: Participants receiving standard of care in the control arms of 2 HIV trials (SMART and ESPRIT) with biomarkers measured at baseline were followed from study entry to ascertain all-cause death, non-AIDS death, progression to AIDS, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and non-AIDS-defining malignancies (NADM). Marginal Cox models were used to model multiple unordered events and to test for equal effects of biomarkers on different clinical endpoints. HRs (95% CIs) stratified by study of each endpoint for log 2 -transformed hsCRP, IL-6 and D-dimer levels (i.e., per 2 fold higher) were calculated using the following Cox models: (1) unadjusted; (2) adjusted for demographics, ART use, nadir and baseline CD4, HIV RNA, prior AIDS and CVD, diabetes and HBV/HCV. We then recalculated HRs for IL-6 and D-dimer using models (3) that included both biomarkers simultaneously and HRs for hsCRP using a model also adjusted for D-dimer. Results: There were 19000 person-years of follow-up among 4304 participants (median age 42y, median CD4 526, 77%men), including 157 all-cause deaths, 117 non-AIDS deaths, 101 progressions to AIDS, 121 CVD and 99 NADM (Table). In multivariable analyses, independent associations between IL-6 and clinical endpoints were strongest for non-AIDS death (1.71; 1.43-2.04) and similar for all-cause death (1.56; 1.33-1.84), CVD (1.35; 1.12-1.62) and NADM (1.30; 1.06-1.61). When compared to hsCRP, IL-6 was found to be more strongly associated with all outcomes investigated both in univariable and multivariable models. Likewise, IL-6 was a stronger predictor for most outcomes than D-dimer, except for progression to AIDS. We found evidence of heterogeneity in the predictive ability of IL-6 for different endpoints (p<0.001), but not of hsCRP (p=0.15) or D-dimer (p=0.20).

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Conclusions: The upstream inflammatory marker IL-6 is a stronger predictor of a variety of non-AIDS clinical events than the downstream inflammatory marker hsCRP or the hypercoagulation marker D-Dimer. IL-6 predicts fatal non-AIDS events more strongly than CVD or NADM. Evaluation of the clinical benefits from interventions able to reduce IL-6 levels in HIV is warranted. 762 Persistent Inflammation on ART Is AssociatedWith Poor Nutritional Recovery in Zambia George Praygod 2 ; Meridith Blevins 1 ; SusannahWoodd 3 ; Andrea Rehman 3 ; Jeremiah Kidola 2 ; Henrik Friis 4 ; Paul Kelly 5 ; Douglas Heimburger 1 ; Suzanne Filteau 3 ; John Koethe 1 1 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, US; 2 National Institute of Medical Research, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania; 3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; 4 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 5 University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia Background: Persistent, elevated systemic inflammation accelerates HIV-associated weight loss, but the effects of inflammation on nutritional rehabilitation after the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are not well understood. We assessed the relationships between serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and changes in lean body mass over the first 12 weeks of ART among malnourished adults in the completed Nutritional Support for Africans Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (NUSTART) trial. Methods: HIV-infected, ART-eligible Zambian and Tanzanian adults with body mass index < 18.5 kg/m 2 were randomized to receive a lipid-based nutritional supplement fortified with high-dose vitamins and minerals versus supplement alone from referral for ART to 6 weeks after starting treatment. Anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis

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