Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-12DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00306-0
Lisa M Noguchi, Maxensia Owor, Nyaradzo M Mgodi, Brenda Gati Mirembe, Sufia Dadabhai, Elizea Horne, Holly Gundacker, Barbra A Richardson, Katherine Bunge, Rachel Scheckter, Mei Song, Mark A Marzinke, Peter L Anderson, Edward Livant, Cindy Jacobson, Jeanna M Piper, Nahida Chakhtoura, Sharon L Hillier, Jennifer E Balkus
{"title":"Safety and drug quantification of the dapivirine vaginal ring and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in breastfeeding mother-infant pairs (MTN-043): a phase 3B, open-label, randomised trial.","authors":"Lisa M Noguchi, Maxensia Owor, Nyaradzo M Mgodi, Brenda Gati Mirembe, Sufia Dadabhai, Elizea Horne, Holly Gundacker, Barbra A Richardson, Katherine Bunge, Rachel Scheckter, Mei Song, Mark A Marzinke, Peter L Anderson, Edward Livant, Cindy Jacobson, Jeanna M Piper, Nahida Chakhtoura, Sharon L Hillier, Jennifer E Balkus","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00306-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00306-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2021, WHO recommended dapivirine vaginal rings (DVRs) for HIV prevention, but noted evidence gaps for breastfeeding populations. This trial aimed to describe safety profiles associated with DVRs and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use during breastfeeding and to summarise study-drug quantification and concentrations for mothers and infants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)-043 was a phase 3b, open-label, randomised trial in which mother-infant pairs were recruited from local health facilities and enrolled at four HIV clinical trial sites in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Eligible mothers (aged ≥18 years) were HIV-negative, exclusively breastfeeding one infant (aged 6-12 weeks, birthweight ≥2000 g), and had not been exposed to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in the previous 6 months. Mother-infant pairs were randomly assigned (3:1) via a computer-generated sequence to 12 weeks of 25 mg monthly DVR or daily oral PrEP (200 mg emtricitabine and 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), with stratification by site using a permuted block design. Participants and staff were aware of study product assignment. Primary outcomes were maternal and infant safety (all serious adverse events and grade 3 or worse adverse events) and drug concentrations, which were measured in maternal plasma, maternal blood, breastmilk, infant plasma, and infant blood. All mother-infant pairs who received at least one dose of study product were included in the primary safety analysis, and those with at least one post-enrolment drug concentration result were included in the drug quantification analysis. The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04140266).</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between Sept 24, 2020, and July 29, 2021, 197 mother-infant pairs enrolled (148 on DVR and 49 on PrEP), all of whom received at least one dose of study product and were included in the primary safety analysis. Two (1%) of 148 mothers in the DVR group had serious adverse events, and three (2%) in the DVR group and two (4%) in the oral PrEP group had a grade 3 or worse adverse event; four (3%) of 148 infants in the DVR group had a serious adverse event, and ten (7%) in the DVR group and one (2%) in the oral PrEP group had a grade 3 or worse adverse event. No mother or infant in the oral PrEP group had a serious adverse event. No HIV infections were detected. 144 participants in the DVR group and 48 in the oral PrEP group had at least one post-enrolment drug concentration result. Quantifiable median dapivirine concentrations ranged from 656·0 (IQR 407·0-878·0) pg/mL at week 1 to 558·5 (282·0-778·0) pg/mL at month 3, but were observed infrequently (5-15%) in specimens from infants, with median concentrations below the limit of quantification at all visits. Median tenofovir diphosphate concentrations ranged from 263·0 (193·0-363·0) fmol/punch at week 1 to 777·0 (381·0-1241·0) fmol/punch at month 3, but were not ob","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e180-e190"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00343-6
Monisha Sharma, Akash Malhotra
{"title":"Using life course events to target HIV services.","authors":"Monisha Sharma, Akash Malhotra","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00343-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00343-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e168-e170"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00155-3
Ellen White, Cissy Kityo, Moira J Spyer, Hilda A Mujuru, Immaculate Nankya, Adeodata R Kekitiinwa, Abbas Lugemwa, Elizabeth Kaudha, Afaaf Liberty, Haseena Cassim, Moherndran Archary, Mark F Cotton, Grace Miriam Ahimbisibwe, Tim R Cressey, Chaiwat Ngampiyaskul, Ussanee Srirompotong, Osee Behuhuma, Yacine Saidi, Alasdair Bamford, Robin Kobbe, Eleni Nastouli, Pablo Rojo, Carlo Giaquinto, Diana M Gibb, Deborah Ford, Anna Turkova
{"title":"Virological outcomes and genotypic resistance on dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard of care in children and adolescents: a secondary analysis of the ODYSSEY trial.","authors":"Ellen White, Cissy Kityo, Moira J Spyer, Hilda A Mujuru, Immaculate Nankya, Adeodata R Kekitiinwa, Abbas Lugemwa, Elizabeth Kaudha, Afaaf Liberty, Haseena Cassim, Moherndran Archary, Mark F Cotton, Grace Miriam Ahimbisibwe, Tim R Cressey, Chaiwat Ngampiyaskul, Ussanee Srirompotong, Osee Behuhuma, Yacine Saidi, Alasdair Bamford, Robin Kobbe, Eleni Nastouli, Pablo Rojo, Carlo Giaquinto, Diana M Gibb, Deborah Ford, Anna Turkova","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00155-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00155-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>ODYSSEY showed superior efficacy for dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) versus standard of care (SOC) in children living with HIV starting first-line or second-line ART aged 4 weeks or older. Here, we aim to compare virological outcomes and resistance in the dolutegravir group versus SOC for first-line and second-line ART up to 96 weeks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>ODYSSEY was an open-label, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial done in 29 centres in seven countries (Germany, Spain, South Africa, Thailand, the UK, Uganda, and Zimbabwe). ODYSSEY recruited children living with HIV aged at least 28 days and younger than 18 years, weighing at least 3 kg, starting first-line ART (ODYSSEY A), or switching to second-line therapy after treatment failure (ODYSSEY B). Children were randomly assigned (1:1) to dolutegravir plus two nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs; dolutegravir group) versus the SOC group (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor [NNRTI], boosted protease inhibitor, or non-dolutegravir integrase strand-transfer inhibitor, plus two NRTIs). Two randomised cohorts were combined in this exploratory analysis: children weighing at least 14 kg were enrolled between Sept 20, 2016, and June 22, 2018, and children weighing less than 14 kg were enrolled between July 5, 2018, and Aug 26, 2019. Virological failure was defined as an inadequate virological response at week 24 with an ART switch or confirmed HIV-1 RNA viral load of at least 400 copies per mL after week 36. Virological suppression was defined as two consecutive viral loads of less than 400 copies per mL and was compared between groups, including an ART switch and death as competing risks. Children with virological failure were tested for post-failure genotypic resistance, with baseline results used to identify emergent resistance. Development of emergent resistance was a secondary trial outcome and all other outcomes are exploratory. ODYSSEY was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02259127), EUDRACT (2014-002632-14), and ISRCTN (ISRCTN91737921).</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>In ODYSSEY at enrolment, 381 participants started first-line ART (ODYSSEY A: 189 in the dolutegravir group and 192 in the SOC group) and 407 participants started second-line ART (ODYSSEY B: 202 in the dolutegravir group and 205 in the SOC group). 72 participants in ODYSSEY A and 13 participants in ODYSSEY B weighed less than 14 kg. 401 (51%) of 788 participants were female and 387 (49%) were male. Virological suppression occurred significantly earlier in the dolutegravir group (adjusted [cause-specific] hazard ratio [HR] 1·57 [95% CI 1·35 to 1·83]; p<0·0001). Overall, 51 (13%) participants had virological failure by 96 weeks in the dolutegravir group versus 86 (22%) in the SOC group (including 18 [10%] vs 43 [22%] in ODYSSEY A and in 33 [16%] vs 43 [21%] in ODYSSEY B; adjusted HR 0·56 [0·40 to 0·79]; p=0·0011). Among ODY","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e201-e213"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-12DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00342-4
Katrina F Ortblad, Kenneth Ngure
{"title":"Safety of dapivirine vaginal rings during breastfeeding.","authors":"Katrina F Ortblad, Kenneth Ngure","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00342-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00342-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e164-e165"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-07DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00014-1
Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan
{"title":"Disruption of HIV care during conflict in Sudan: a growing crisis.","authors":"Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00014-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00014-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e173"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143392275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00181-4
Catherine Lucas
{"title":"All roads lead to Westminster: the infected blood scandal.","authors":"Catherine Lucas","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00181-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00181-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e179"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142047352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00033-5
George K Siberry, Theodore Ruel
{"title":"The treatment optimisation ODYSSEY for children with HIV.","authors":"George K Siberry, Theodore Ruel","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00033-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00033-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e166-e168"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet HivPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-12DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00038-4
The Lancet Hiv
{"title":"US exit would leave global HIV response with a void to fill.","authors":"The Lancet Hiv","doi":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00038-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00038-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48725,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Hiv","volume":" ","pages":"e163"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}