Lead researcher Raphael Landovitz, from the University of California centre for clinical research and education, said oral treatment regimens were hard to maintain and a safe injection every two months “is an appealing alternative”.
A total of 52 HIV infections occurred during follow-up, with only 13 infections in the injectable arm, representing an incidence rate of 0.4%. About 39 or 1.22% of infections were in the tablet arm. This equals three times the number of HIV infections in the pill arm compared to the injection arm.
“As we celebrate this exciting new data, we also must ensure that the companion HPTN 084 study of the same product in cisgender women finishes as quickly as possible, and simultaneously work to ensure broader access and support for daily oral PrEP in communities where it is needed now. To tackle this problem, in 2017 SA became the first African country to offer young women and adolescent girls an antiretroviral, Truvada, after research showed it was safe and effective to prevent HIV. However, stigma and name-calling, including women labelled as “sluts”, has resulted in many not using this pill.
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