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Lung HIV Study Overview
 
Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications (RFA: HL07-008) Overview of Projects by Clinical Center
 
Clinical Center 1   Johns Hopkins University - Medicine
Study (PI) Longitudinal Evaluation of Lung Health in a Soweto cohort of HIV-infected adults (PI, Richard Chaisson, Co-PI, Neil Martinson)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Establish a database and tissue repository from a clinical cohort of HIV-infected South Africans.
  2. Assess the epidemiology, natural history and clinical course of AIDS-associated lung diseases longitudinally.
Enrollment Sites South Africa
Affiliated Cohort Study HIV Wellness Cohort, Soweto; Novel TB preventive Therapy Study Cohort (1, 2)
Patient Population 1000 HIV+ adults from Soweto, South Africa.
500 from previous RCT of TB preventive therapy regimens,
500 from HIV Wellness Clinic.
 
Clinical Center 2   Johns Hopkins University – Bloomberg School of Public Health
Study (PI) Study of HIV Infection in the Etiology of Lung Disease (SHIELD) (PI, Gregory Kirk)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Investigate the prevalence or incidence, and risk factors for non-infectious lung disease, including COPD, lung cancer and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Enrollment Sites USA
Affiliated Cohort Study Three affiliated HIV cohort studies in Baltimore: AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE), Johns Hopkins HIV Clinical Cohort (JHHCC), Study to Help the AIDS Research Effort (SHARE)(3-5)
Patient Population Approximately 3500 HIV+ outpatients enrolled in parent cohort studies; 450 of these are enrolled in focused COPD and 750 in PAH studies.
 
Clinical Center 3   New York University School of Medicine
Study (PI) Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia (PI, William Rom)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Follow 400 HIV+ subjects for bacterial pneumonia.
  2. Evaluate BAL and peripheral blood specimens for differences in cytokines, cell surface molecules, and HIV replication and mutations.
Enrollment Sites USA and South Africa
Affiliated Cohort Study N/A
Patient Population 400 HIV+ subjects enrolled. Bacterial Pneumonia diagnosed in ~36 patients at each site lavaged for mechanistic studies focused on HIV and bacterial pneumonia. Two control HIV+ patients lavaged at the same time for studies on lung HIV, neutrophils and alveolar macrophages.
 
Clinical Center 4   Ohio State University
Study (PI) Smoking cessation and the natural history of HIV-associated emphysema (PI, Philip Diaz)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Examine the effects of smoking cessation on respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function and alveolar macrophage biology in a cohort of HIV+ smokers.
Enrollment Sites USA
Affiliated Cohort Study N/A
Patient Population 365 HIV+ current smokers
 
Clinical Center 5   University of California – San Francisco
Study (PI) International HIV-associated Opportunistic Pneumonias (IHOP) Study (PI, Laurence Huang)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Determine the frequency and mortality of HIV-associated opportunistic pneumonias.
  2. Evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of molecular tools for PCP and pulmonary TB diagnosis.
  3. Determine the frequency of Pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene mutations and study putative mechanisms for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole drug resistance.
Enrollment Sites USA, Uganda
Affiliated Cohort Study N/A
Patient Population 2400-3000 HIV+ inpatients with suspected pneumonia
 
Clinical Center 6   University of Colorado Health Science Center
Study (PI) Longitudinal studies of HIV-1 Nef in Pulmonary Hypertension (PI, Sonia Flores)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Determine if particular HIV Nef signature sequences are associated with and predict HIV-related pulmonary hypertension.
Enrollment Sites France, USA
Affiliated Cohort Study N/A
Patient Population 80 HIV+ patients with PAH and 60 HIV+ patients without PAH
 
Clinical Center 7   University of Pittsburgh
Study (PI) Prevalence & Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Disease in a Large Multicenter HIV Cohort (PI, Alison Morris)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Describe epidemiology and risk factors for pulmonary disease in the current era.
  2. Determine if COPD is more prevalent and progresses more quickly in those with HIV infection compared to controls.
  3. Evaluate the role of infections in HIV-associated COPD.
Enrollment Sites USA
Affiliated Cohort Study Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) cohorts(5, 6)
Patient Population 4000 HIV+ and HIV- outpatients enrolled in MACS and WIHS, with 600 of these enrolled in emphysema studies.
 
Clinical Center 8   University of Washington
Study (PI) Investigations in HIV Associated Lung Events (INHALE) and Examinations of HIV Associated Lung Emphysema (EXHALE) Studies (PI, Kristina Crothers)
Goal/Intervention
  1. Understand the epidemiology of lung diseases in HIV, and smoking as a risk factor.
  2. Compare clinical and pathophysiologic differences in COPD and decline in pulmonary function between HIV+ and HIV- patients.
Enrollment Sites USA
Affiliated Cohort Study Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)(7)
Patient Population Approximately 3500 HIV+ and 3500 HIV- veterans enrolled in VACS for INHALE; with 180 HIV+ and 180 HIV-participants with or at risk for COPD prospectively enrolled in EXHALE; those with lung diseases other than COPD are excluded from EXHALE.
 
 
Major domains included in baseline patient surveys in the Lung HIV Common Database
 
Domain Source (References)
Demographics  
   Age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, employment, socioeconomic status  
HIV history and Antiretroviral medications  
   HIV risk factor(s)  
   Antiretroviral therapy use  
Respiratory symptoms  
   Usual cough, phlegm, wheeze American Thoracic Society Division of Lung Diseases (ATS-DLD) survey(8)
   Dyspnea Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea scale(9)
History of lung diseases ATS-DLD survey(8) and National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)(10)
   Opportunistic pneumonia (e.g., BP, PCP, TB)  
   Non-infections complications (e.g., COPD, asthma, PAH)  
Smoking, alcohol and substance use  
   Smoking status and pack years (NHIS)(10)
   Nicotine dependence Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence(11)
   Cessation attempts  
   Cigar and pipe smoking NHIS(10)
   Hazardous alcohol use Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)(12, 13)
   Illicit drug use AIDS-Link to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE)(3)
Occupational and environmental exposures  
   Vapors, gases, dusts, fumes Occupational burden of COPD(14)
   Indoor mold ATS-DLD(8)
   Second-hand smoke ATS-DLD(8)
Family history ATS-DLD(8)
Health-related quality of life Short-form (SF)-8(15)
 
Abbreviations:
BAL – bronchoalveolar lavage
BP – bacterial pneumonia
COPD – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
HIV+ - HIV-infected
PAH – pulmonary arterial hypertension
PCP – Pneumocystis pneumonia
RCT – Randomized controlled trial
TB – tuberculosis
 
 
Common Data Elements collected at Clinical Centers that comprise the Lung HIV Common Database
 
  Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7 Site 8
Demographics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Surveys (see Table 2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pulmonary diagnoses Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes Yes
Laboratory values Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pulmonary function testing Yes Yes Yes Yes     Yes Yes
Chest CT scans   Yes   Yes     Yes Yes
Peripheral blood collection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bronchoscopy   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 
 
References
 
  1. Golub JE, Pronyk P, Mohapi L, Thsabangu N, Moshabela M, Struthers H, Gray GE, McIntyre JA, Chaisson RE, Martinson NA. Isoniazid preventive therapy, haart and tuberculosis risk in hiv-infected adults in south africa: A prospective cohort. AIDS 2009;23:631-636.
  2. Hanrahan CF, Golub JE, Mohapi L, Tshabangu N, Modisenyane T, Chaisson RE, Gray GE, McIntyre JA, Martinson NA. Bmi and risk of tuberculosis and death: A prospective cohort of hiv-infected adults from south africa. AIDS 2010.
  3. Vlahov D, Anthony JC, Munoz A, Margolick J, Nelson KE, Celentano DD, Solomon L, Polk BF. The alive study, a longitudinal study of hiv-1 infection in intravenous drug users: Description of methods and characteristics of participants. NIDA Res Monogr 1991;109:75-100.
  4. Moore RD. Understanding the clinical and economic outcomes of hiv therapy: The johns hopkins HIV clinical practice cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1998;17 Suppl 1:S38-41.
  5. Kaslow RA, Ostrow DG, Detels R, Phair JP, Polk BF, Rinaldo CR, Jr. The multicenter aids cohort study: Rationale, organization, and selected characteristics of the participants. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:310-318.
  6. Barkan SE, Melnick SL, Preston-Martin S, Weber K, Kalish LA, Miotti P, Young M, Greenblatt R, Sacks H, Feldman J. The women's interagency hiv study. Wihs collaborative study group. Epidemiology 1998;9:117-125.
  7. Justice AC, Dombrowski E, Conigliaro J, Fultz SL, Gibson D, Madenwald T, Goulet J, Simberkoff M, Butt AA, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert CL, Oursler KA, Brown S, Leaf DA, Goetz MB, Bryant K. Veterans aging cohort study (vacs): Overview and description. Med Care 2006;44:S13-24.
  8. Ferris BG. Epidemiology standardization project (american thoracic society). Am Rev Respir Dis 1978;118:1-120.
  9. Bestall JC, Paul EA, Garrod R, Garnham R, Jones PW, Wedzicha JA. Usefulness of the medical research council (mrc) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 1999;54:581-586.
  10. 2004 national health interview survey (nhis). Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2005.
  11. Heatherton TF, Kozlowski LT, Frecker RC, Fagerstrom KO. The fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence: A revision of the fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire. Br J Addict 1991;86:1119-1127.
  12. Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF, de la Fuente JR, Grant M. Development of the alcohol use disorders identification test (audit): Who collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption--ii. Addiction 1993;88:791-804.
  13. Shah M, Variava E, Holmes CB, Coppin A, Golub JE, McCallum J, Wong M, Luke B, Martin DJ, Chaisson RE, Dorman SE, Martinson NA. Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in a high hiv prevalence setting. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009;52:145-151.
  14. Trupin L, Earnest G, San Pedro M, Balmes JR, Eisner MD, Yelin E, Katz PP, Blanc PD. The occupational burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 2003;22:462-469.
  15. Lefante JJ, Jr., Harmon GN, Ashby KM, Barnard D, Webber LS. Use of the sf-8 to assess health-related quality of life for a chronically ill, low-income population participating in the central louisiana medication access program (cmap). Qual Life Res 2005;14:665-673.
  16. Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An asia-pacific perspective. Respirology 2005;10:9-17.
 
 
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