The potential benefits of long-acting injectable cabotegravir in pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants

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BACKGROUND: Pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) in sub-Saharan Africa have high HIV incidence rates and associated risk of vertical transmission to their infants. Oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and injectable PrEP (long-acting cabotegravir, or CAB-LA) can potentially reduce this HIV transmission, but population-level impacts are uncertain.

METHODS: We extended a previously developed model of HIV and PrEP in South Africa to allow for variable PrEP duration and preference in PBW. We considered three potential scenarios for PrEP provision to PBW: oral PrEP only, CAB-LA only, and allowing oral/CAB-LA choice, with uptake and retention assumptions informed by South African data, each compared with a 'base' scenario without PrEP for PBW.

RESULTS: Without PrEP for PBW, the model estimates 1.31 million new infections will occur between 2025 and 2035 in South African adults and children, including 100 000 in PBW, 16 800 in infants at/before birth, and 35 200 in children through breastmilk. In the oral PrEP-only scenario, these numbers would reduce by 1.2% (95% CI: 0.7-1.7%), 8.6% (4.8-12.9%), 4.0% (2.1-5.8%), and 5.3% (3.0-8.2%) respectively. In the CAB-LA-only scenario, the corresponding reductions would be 6.1% (2.9-9.6%), 41.2% (19.8-65.0%), 12.6% (6.0-19.4%), and 29.5% (13.9-46.8%), respectively, and in the oral/CAB-LA choice scenario, similar reductions would be achieved [5.6% (3.4-8.0%), 39% (23.4-55.9%), 12.4% (7.4-16.8%) and 27.6% (16.5-39.9%) respectively].

CONCLUSION: CAB-LA has the potential to be substantially more effective than oral PrEP in preventing HIV acquisition in PBW and vertical transmission, and can also modestly reduce HIV incidence at a population level.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

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AIDS (London, England) - 38(2024), 4 vom: 15. März, Seite 589-594

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Johnson, Leigh F [VerfasserIn]
Myer, Landon [VerfasserIn]
Jamieson, Lise [VerfasserIn]
Meyer-Rath, Gesine [VerfasserIn]
Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead [VerfasserIn]
Joseph Davey, Dvora [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-HIV Agents
Cabotegravir
Diketopiperazines
HMH0132Z1Q
Journal Article
Pyridones

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAD.0000000000003803

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NLM36507344X