PrEP

How 1 provider is training medical peers to offer PrEP education and prescribe it.

Bias against injection drug users can inhibit them from receiving potentially lifesaving care, such as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Community-based responses like syringe service programs help combat this stigma.

Fenway Health’s Pride in Our Health podcast is an example of new voices being heard, and an alternative means of getting health information to the general public.

Adding genotypic resistance testing (GRT) to routine care did not improve HIV virologic outcomes for patients for whom first-line ART failed, the study authors wrote.

Long-acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine worked with or without a lead-in for ART-naïve HIV patients.

Social factors, such as stigma or support, strongly impacted adolescent girls and young women deciding to use HIV PrEP in Kenya and South Africa.

A new study looks at this population and what factors affect outcomes, including diagnosis. This is significant not only for pandemic response, but also preparedness for vulnerable patient populations.

People who inject drugs (PWID) remain at risk of HIV infection, according to a recent report by the CDC, which found HIV infection and HIV-associated behaviors remained steady between 2015 and 2018.

Suzan Walters, PhD, discusses her research on the PrEP care continuum among people who inject drugs in rural versus urban settings.

29% of cisgender men who have sex with men acquired HIV despite being designated as “low risk.”

Healthcare providers are less likely to prescribe HIV PrEP to Black women, largely due to behavioral stereotyping.

The increasing presence of multiple non-AIDS comorbidities in women and others living with HIV challenges clinicians to steer away from the approach of optimizing individual chronic conditions but to think more holistically.

Merck recently announced results looking at their islatravir implant studied for HIV prevention for 3 months. The long-term goal is to have the implant last 12 months following administration.

Children living with HIV have a new once-daily treatment option to maintain virologic suppression.

Comparing 2020 to 2019, investigators saw a reduction in the number of HIV tests, the number of in-person consultations, and new enrollments in care, due to the disruption in HIV care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are MSM who are indicated for PrEP use that don’t use it, and vice versa, the study authors found.

This promising class of therapy is an expanding treatment option for people who are looking for HIV prevention offerings.

People who inject drugs in rural areas had a less accurate understanding of HIV PrEP, largely due to stigma surrounding sexual orientation and drug use.

A recent study by the CDC found that HIV PrEP awareness and referrals are lower among Hispanic persons than non-Hispanic white persons.

The TakeMeHome program, a public-private partnership to distribute HIV self-test home kits to at-risk populations, is reaching at-risk individuals who weren’t otherwise accessing testing.

The HIV In-hospital Mortality Prediction (HIV-IMP) risk score showed good discrimination and calibration and may be useful in guiding clinical decision-making.

A recent study measured premature deaths among people with HIV by sex, race, and HIV risk factor.

This investigational therapy could be the first implantable form of PrEP.

People who inject drugs are at high-risk for HIV infection, but very few are interested in PrEP prescriptions.

If the company gets approval it would be the first dispersible single tablet regimen containing dolutegravir.

As more agents expand the capability and variety of PrEP options, investigators consider what questions remain about the drug class.

A conversation in consideration of the high-risk psychosocial comorbidities the aging HIV population may face through COVID-19.

An expert reviews cabotegravir, islatravir, lenacapavir, and what other promising agents that could redefine long-term HIV prevention.

Mortality rates of children with HIV may be underreported due to lack of patient follow-up and the usage of routine program data.

Cabotegravir has a target date of January 24, 2022 and would become the first long-acting HIV PrEP therapy approved.