Background: In the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) 2010/VESTED study, pregnant women were randomized to initiate dolutegravir (DTG) + emtricitabine (FTC)/tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), DTG + FTC/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), or efavirenz (EFV)/FTC/TDF.

Methods: We assessed red blood cell (RBC) folate concentrations at maternal study entry and delivery, and infant birth. RBC folate outcomes were (1) maternal change entry to delivery (trajectory), (2) infant, and (3) ratio of infant-to-maternal delivery. Generalized estimating equation models for each log(folate) outcome were fit to estimate adjusted geometric mean ratio (Adj-GMR)/GMR trajectories (Adj-GMRTs) of each arm comparison in 340 mothers and 310 infants.

Results: Overall, 90% of mothers received folic acid supplements and 78% lived in Africa. At entry, median maternal age was 25 years, gestational age was 22 weeks, CD4 count was 482 cells/μL, and log10 HIV RNA was 3 copies/mL. Entry RBC folate was similar across arms. Adj-GMRT of maternal folate was 3% higher in the DTG + FTC/TAF versus EFV/FTC/TDF arm (1.03 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.00-1.06]). The DTG + FTC/TAF arm had an 8% lower infant-maternal folate ratio (0.92 [95% CI, .78-1.09]) versus EFV/FTC/TDF.

Conclusions: Results are consistent, with no clinically meaningful differences between arms for all RBC folate outcomes, and they suggest that cellular uptake of folate and folate transport to the infant do not differ in pregnant women starting DTG- versus EFV-based antiretroviral therapy.

Clinical Trials Registration: NCT03048422.

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