Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Long-Acting HIV Treatment Benefits Adults with Barriers to Daily Pill Taking and Adolescents with Suppressed HIV

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Long-Acting HIV Treatment Benefits Adults with Barriers to Daily Pill Taking and Adolescents with Suppressed HIV

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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of two HIV-1 virus particles (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an H9 T cell (teal). Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID

Long-acting, injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) with cabotegravir and rilpivirine suppressed HIV replication better than oral ART in people who had previously experienced challenges taking daily oral regimens and was found safe in adolescents with HIV viral suppression, according to two NIAID-sponsored studies presented today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). These studies provide evidence on the drug regimen in populations for whom limited data exist. 

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