Cohort of Young Adults Infected With HIV Since Birth or During Childhood

Methods: A national multicenter cohort of young adults, infected with HIV since birth or during childhood, including a common module and a physiopathological module (metabolic,, cardiovascular and immunological). A control group of HIV-uninfected young adults is included for comparison in the latter module. Patients aged between 18 and 25 years of age, whose HIV diagnosis was made before the age of 13 are eligible for ANRS CO19 COVERTE. This cohort is an extension of the EPF cohort (ANRS CO10), in which follow-up stops at the age 18, with an extension to adults with a HIV diagnosis established before the age of 13. Questionnaires are filled out by physicians once a year. Self-administered questionnaires are also carried out. Blood sampling and specific biological exams are collected and a biobank constituted. In the physiopathological module, specific exams are carried out at inclusion and after 3 years of follow-up: metabolic and immunological exams, OGTT, CT-scan and DXA-scan, and cardiovascular explorations (carotid intima-media thickness, pulse wave velocity …). An estimated 400 enrolments during the first 3 years is expected in the common module and an estimated 200 HIV-infected subjects and 75 uninfected controls is expected in the physiopathological module.

Expected results: The follow-up of young adults in this cohort will bring new data on the long term efficacy of antiretroviral treatment and their adverse events, from the metabolic, cardiovascular and immunological, point of view, be they linked or not to HIV infection per se. This analysis will take into account the characteristics of this population, as compared to adults infected during adulthood: an early exposure to HIV and antiretroviral treatment, a different social context, difficulties in care, and a different exposure to risk factors for adverse events and complications. We will evaluate the impact of the transition to adulthood and of the transition from paediatrics to adult departments, on clinical prognosis, adherence, professional and schooling integration, sexuality, social life.

Group of HIV Infection

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 and < 25 years
• Able to give written consent
• Covered by French Social Security
• diagnosis of HIV-1 et/ou-2 documented before age 13

Exclusion criteria

(for physiopathological module only)

• Under protection(saving) of justice

Control Group

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 25 years
• Able to give written consent
• Covered by French Social Security
• With a brother or sister, cousin, father or mother HIV infected, inbred or adopted
• With a negative serology for HIV infection, HBV, HCV
• Without diabetes mellitus
• able to go to Clinical Investigation Center of Necker and to Hospital St. Antoine for the recruitment and monitoring

Exclusion criteria

• Under protection(saving) of justice