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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2017 Nov 15;38(2):212–224. doi: 10.1177/0272989X17738753

Table 2.

CEPAC* model input parameters all time periods

Mean monthly CD4 count decrease (cells/μl), by HIV CD4 > 500 cells/μl CD4: 350 – 499 cells/μl CD4: 200 – 299 cells/μl CD4: 100 – 199 cells/μl CD4: 50 – 99 cells/μl CD4 < 50 cells/μl
RNA stratum, copies/mL
 >100,000 9.54 7.94 6.34 4.66 3.30 1.37
 30,000–100,000 9.54 7.94 6.34 4.66 3.30 1.37
 10,000–30,000 6.85 5.70 4.55 3.34 2.37 0.98
 3,000–10,000 5.87 4.88 3.90 2.87 2.03 0.84
 500–3,000 4.77 3.97 3.17 2.33 1.65 0.69
 20–500 2.45 2.03 1.63 1.19 0.85 0.35
 0–20 2.45 2.03 1.63 1.19 0.85 0.35

Monthly risk of opportunistic infections (OIs), per 10,000 CD4 > 500 cells/μl CD4: 350 – 499 cells/μl CD4: 200 – 299 cells/μl CD4: 100 – 199 cells/μl CD4: 50 – 99 cells/μl CD4 < 50 cells/μl
 Pneumocystis pneumonia 4.0 8.0 16.0 61.8 110.0 83.6
 Mycobacterium avium complex 1.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 26.0 46.9
 Toxoplasmosis 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 10.0 7.0
 Cytomegalovirus 1.0 3.0 7.0 13.0 31.0 81.7
 Fungal infections 1.0 3.0 3.0 15.0 25.0 31.9
 All other OIs 6.0 12.0 27.0 66.8 114.3 115.0

Monthly risk for acute OI-related death, among those with OI, % Pneumocystis pneumonia Mycobacterium avium complex Toxoplasmosis Cytomegalovirus Fungal infections All other OIs
3.5 4.5 18.2 4.8 3.6 4.3

Efficacy of antiretroviral therapy Viral suppression after 24 weeks, % Monthly risk of late failure after initial viral suppression, % On-treatment multiplier for OI incidence On-treatment multiplier for chronic AIDS-related mortality
86.0** 0.5** 1.0 1.0
*

CEPAC: Cost Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications model; OIs: opportunistic infections

Parameter values for original CEPAC model before calibration

**

Values represent mean risk; individual’s risk of viral suppression and late failure depends on probability of treatment response