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When to Start ART in Africa — An Urgent Research Priority

We believe that a randomized, controlled trial should be undertaken immediately to determine when to initiate ART in Africa for maximal individual health benefit. It is feasible to conduct a large, simple trial to assess the risks and benefits of immediate ART versus deferral until a CD4+ count of 350 cells per cubic millimeter is reached.

Published
23 February 2013
From
New England Journal of Medicine
Starting treatment
Why no one is helped by dumbing down the “when to start” debate: a response to Dr Myron Cohen

This article was prompted by contributions to the “when to start” debate that avoid both it’s complexity and the lack of evidence for benefits at higher CD4 counts. This issue has broad concern for HIV positive people, doctors and health workers, and public health policy.

Published
23 February 2013
From
HIV i-Base
Treatment guidelines
Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Include Stronger Recommendation for Acute Infection

Among the key changes are additional information about the most recently approved antiretroviral agents and a recommendation that newly infected people with HIV should be offered combination ART. The guidelines continue to recommend treatment for all people with HIV, both to reduce the risk of disease progressionand for the prevention of HIV transmission.

Published
15 February 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Treatment guidelines
Updated U.S. DHHS guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents

New recommendations on drug-resistance testing, genotypic tropism assays, starting treatment, acute infection, pregnancy and interactions.

Published
15 February 2013
From
AIDSinfo
Starting treatment
HIV Treatment During Primary Infection Raises CD4s - and Further Questions

Two new studies, each published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), suggest that treating HIV with antiretrovirals (ARVs) within four to six months after infection helps raise CD4 counts, but neither study was able to make an overwhelming argument for starting therapy so early.

Published
23 January 2013
From
AIDSMeds
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
BHIVA and EAGA position statement on the use of antiretroviral therapy to reduce HIV transmission: January 2013

The UK Department of Health, in collaboration with the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS and the British HIV Association, has issued a definitive statement on the potential of antiretroviral therapy to reduce HIV infectiousness and transmission. It says that the risk of transmission from a person with a fully-suppressed viral load in the absence of STIs is "extremely low" and advises physicians to discuss this with all patients.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Department of Health
Starting treatment
Early HIV drugs 'slow virus down'

Giving a patient HIV drugs as soon as they are diagnosed could be the future of treatment, say researchers.

Published
17 January 2013
From
BBC Health
New and experimental HIV treatments
FDA approves prescribing information update for EDURANT® (rilpivirine)

On December 7, 2012, FDA approved changes to the Edurant (rilpivirine) package insert. The major changes include restricting the indication to treatment-naïve adult patients with HIV-1 RNA less than or equal to 100,000 copies/mL, updating the package insert with the 96 week results from the Phase 3 trials and adding a new Warning and Precaution for hepatotoxicity.

Published
11 December 2012
From
Janssen press release
Malnutrition
Antiretroviral treatment for HIV reduces food insecurity, study finds

Can treatment with modern anti-HIV drugs help fight hunger for HIV-infected patients in Africa? Starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV reduces "food insecurity" among patients in Uganda, suggests a new study.

Published
06 December 2012
From
Science Daily
Starting treatment
South Africa: HIV Patients to Take One ARV Tablet Daily

As from April next year, patients who are on ARV treatment will no longer have to take three tablets but only need one tablet per day.

Published
30 November 2012
From
AllAfrica
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