Potential Clinical and Economic Value of Long-Acting Preexposure Prophylaxis for South African Women at High-Risk for HIV Infection
Walensky RP, Jacobsen MM, Bekker LG, Parker RA, Wood R, Resch SC, Horstman NK, Freedberg KA, Paltiel AD. Potential Clinical and Economic Value of Long-Acting Preexposure Prophylaxis for South African Women at High-Risk for HIV Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 213: 1523-1531. PMID: 26681778, PMCID: PMC4837902, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard prepSouth African womenPreexposure prophylaxisHIV infectionHigh riskHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionEffective prevention optionsAfrican womenImmunodeficiency virus infectionCost-saving interventionHIV infection riskYoung South African womenLikely clinical benefitInjectable PrEPPrEP formulationsEligible womenClinical benefitPotential ClinicalVirus infectionOutcome measuresPrEP strategiesProgram costsPrevention optionsSurvival rateGreater adherenceThe Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy
Ross EL, Weinstein MC, Schackman BR, Sax PE, Paltiel AD, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA, Losina E. The Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1102-1110. PMID: 25583979, PMCID: PMC4366583, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDaily ART adherenceAnnual drug costsART adherenceLA-ARTAntiretroviral therapyDrug costsART-naive patientsDaily oral ARTHIV RNA suppressionSecond-line therapyFirst-line therapyFirst-line regimensHuman immunodeficiency virusDaily ARTOverall life expectancyHIV patientsAdherent patientsAvailable regimensART failureImmunodeficiency virusClinical rolePatientsRNA suppressionTherapyAnnual cost