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Coverage of IDWeek 2016

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of IDWeek 2016, held October 26-30 in New Orleans.

Conference highlights include experimental HIV therapies, PrEP and other biomedical HIV prevention, antibiotic resistance, and emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola virus and Zika virus.

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IDWeek website

11/4/16

HIV Glasgow: Dolutegravir and Central Nervous System Side-Effects -- Abacavir, Older Age Increase the Risk

Insomnia, dizziness, headache, and other central nervous system (CNS) side effects are occurring more frequently with everyday use of dolutegravir than clinical trials had suggested, and are most likely to occur among women, people over age 60, and people starting abacavir at the same time, a German research group reported at the International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV Glasgow) this week.

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Coverage of HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2016

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 2016 International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, held  October 23-26, 2016, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Conference highlights include new antiretroviral therapies and strategies, HIV prevention, HIV-related comorbidities, and expanding access to treatment.

Full listing of coverage by topic

HIV Drug Therapy 2016 website

11/4/16

IDWeek 2016: Ibalizumab Monoclonal Antibody Looks Promising for HIV Patients Left Behind

Ibalizumab, an experimental antiretroviral agent that works differently than existing HIV drugs, demonstrated promising safety and antiviral activity in a small Phase 3 study of people with highly drug-resistant virus, according to a report at the IDWeek conference this week in New Orleans. If confirmed in larger studies, this could be good news for HIV patients who cannot be successfully treated using available therapies.

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IDWeek 2016: Dolutegravir Regimen Works Better than Atazanavir in Clinical Trial for Women

A once-daily regimen containing the potent HIV integrase inhibitor dolutegravir worked better than an older atazanavir-containing regimen -- with higher rates of viral suppression both overall and across race subgroups -- in the ARIA trial, one of the few antiretroviral therapy studies to enroll only women, according to a presentation at IDWeek last week in New Orleans.

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HIV Glasgow: 2-Drug HIV Therapy Just as Effective as Standard 3-Drug Therapy

Simplification of antiretroviral treatment to a boosted protease inhibitor and the nucleoside analog lamivudine -- a dual regimen -- is highly effective for people switching from a stable 3-drug regimen, researchers reported this week at the International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV Glasgow).

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