Conference reports

Low dose boosted atazanavir is non-inferior to standard dose in Thai treatment optimisation study: LASA

HPTN 052: no HIV transmissions on effective ART but only limited data on viral failure and drug resistance

Dispersible tablet formulation of dolutegravir is bioequivalent to the granule formulation

New case of remission in a perinatally infected teenager

IAS 2015: accessing webcasts and abstracts online

IAS Towards an HIV Cure symposium, 18 – 19 July 2015, Vancouver, Canada

Plenary talks at IAS Cure Workshop

21st Annual BHIVA Conference, 21-24 April 2015, Brighton

BHIVA pregnancy audit 2013 to 2014

Transmitted drug resistance in HIV positive pregnant women

Primary HIV infection and early use of ART

Rectal STIs and viral load in HIV positive men on and off ART

Impact of age and HIV on use of non-HIV meds: early results on health care use in the POPPY study

Other short reports from BHIVA:

2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 23-26 February 2015, Seattle

Elvitegravir in children and adolescents

PK of ARVs in pregnancy: rilpivirine, etravirine and raltegravir

HIV and cardiovascular disease

5th International Workshop on HIV & Women
, 21-22 February 2015, Seattle, Washington

Pharmacokinetics in pregnancy: darunavir/r and etravirine

Low prolactin and high 20alpha-HSD might contribute to ART-associated progesterone deficits in pregnancy

Pregnancy rates among women using ART and hormonal contraceptives in Kenya

Adolescents at increased risk of vertical transmission and poor pregnancy outcome in South Africa

Gender difference in virological response to ART

2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 23-26 February 2015, Seattle

Pre-CROI meetings and workshops

CROI webcasts online

Pipeline ART: tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)

Pipeline ART: maturation inhibitors and an attachment inhibitor

No HIV transmissions between gay couples when viral load is undetectable: preliminary results from “Opposites Attract” study in Australia, Thailand and Brazil

PrEP reduced HIV risk by at least 86% in PROUD: no transmissions likely from people taking meds

Q&A on the PROUD study and PrEP results from CROI

“On demand” PrEP dosing in IPERGAY: 86% reduced risk of HIV, no transmissions with active drug use

Other HIV PrEP studies at CROI 2015: implementation of oral PrEP and problems with tenofovir gel

Early HIV treatment and isoniazid prophylaxis: why TEMPRANO results do not yet support universal ART at CD4 counts >500

Unintended pregnancies with levonorgestrel implant due to drug interactions with efavirenz-based ART

Three drug ART best for preventing vertical transmission to infants: results from the PROMISE study

3 in 5 breastfeeding women with viral load >1,000 copies/mL are undiagnosed in Kenya, Malawi and South Africa

Point of care HIV PCR test for infant diagnosis: good performance but poorer results in youngest age group

Weekend-off ART is non-inferior to continuous ART in young people taking efavirenz-based regimens: results from BREATHER study

Increased cardiovascular risks in HIV positive children in Uganda and Zambia partially reversed by ART

Lopinavir/ritonavir superior to nevirapine in children <3 years old: IMPAACT P1060 five year results

Long-term safety and efficacy of tenofovir in children

UK case of HIV remission: ten years off-ART in patient with prior progression and treated during seroconversion

XXIV International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop
, 21-22 February 2015, Seattle, Washington

Prevalence of transmitted drug resistance globally: highest in Australia, US and some European countries but between-country differences in all regions

Higher rates of K65R in non-B subtype in large UK cohort and implications of tenofovir resistance in resource-limited settings

Drug resistance and integrase inhibitors: potential impact of HIV subtype

Drug resistance in children after PMTCT and early treatment

Five Nations Conference on HIV and Hepatitis – 8-9 December 2014, London

Summary of the pre-conference clinical course

Hepatitis C drug access: Europe is the new Africa

45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, 28 October – 1 November 2014, Barcelona, Spain

Good outcomes within the National Bedaquiline Clinical Access programme in South Africa

Pharmacokinetics and safety of moxifloxacin in children

TB in the ARROW trial of children on ART

Problems giving current second line TB drugs to children

12th Glasgow Congress on HIV Therapy, 2-6 November 2014, Glasgow

Savings to the NHS predicted from switching to generic antiretrovirals

Lower dose efavirenz effective in two studies

Should tenofovir dose be 200 – 250 mg when used with protease inhibitors?

3TC inferior to FTC in Dutch cohort but interchangeable in other studies

Suicide not associated with efavirenz use in the D:A:D cohort study

Gender differences in use of cardiovascular disease-related interventions: D:A:D study

Efavirenz decreases exposure to hormonal contraceptive implant

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