Development and Validation of the Personalized Sexual Health Promotion (SexPro) HIV Risk Prediction Model for Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

Hyman Scott, Eric Vittinghoff, Risha Irvin, Albert Liu, La Ron Nelson, Carlos Del Rio, Manya Magnus, Sharon Mannheimer, Sheldon Fields, Hong Van Tieu, Irene Kuo, Steve Shoptaw, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Jorge Sanchez, Steven Wakefield, Jonathan D. Fuchs, Darrell Wheeler, Kenneth H. Mayer, Beryl A. Koblin, Susan Buchbinder

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Abstract

Accurate HIV risk assessment among men who have sex with men (MSM) is important to help providers assess risk, and target HIV prevention interventions. We sought to develop an evidence-based HIV risk assessment tool for US MSM that is inclusive of Black MSM. Data from four large longitudinal cohorts of MSM were used to develop (EXPLORE), and validate (VAX004, HPTN061, and HVTN505). These data included visits in which participants self-reported HIV risk behavior and underwent HIV testing. We developed a pooled logistic model for incident HIV infection based on self-reported risk behaviors during the 6 months before each study visit. A total of 4069 MSM were used for the development cohort, and 8047 MSM in the three validation cohorts through 2013. The final model includes age (< 35, ≥ 35); Black race and Latino ethnicity; numbers of HIV-negative anal sex partners; number of insertive or receptive anal intercourse episodes; having 1 HIV-negative partner only; self-reported substance use; and bacterial sexually transmitted infection diagnosis. The model showed good discrimination in internal validation (C-statistic = 79.5). The external validation cohorts also showed good discrimination, with C-statistics of 73.1, 71.0, 71.9 in VAX004, HPTN061, and HVTN505 respectively, and acceptable calibration. We developed and validated an HIV risk assessment tool for MSM, which showed good predictive ability, including among the largest cohort of HIV-uninfected Black MSM in the US. This tool is available online (mysexpro.org) and can be used by providers to support targeting of HIV prevention interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis for MSM.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)274-283
Number of pages10
JournalAIDS and behavior
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

  • HIV prevention
  • HIV risk assessment
  • MSM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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