{"id":47235,"date":"2024-03-01T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=47235"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:54:52","slug":"croi-2024-studies-to-watch-for-at-this-upcoming-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/47235","title":{"rendered":"CROI 2024: studies to watch for at this upcoming conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"After last year’s success as a hybrid meeting, access to CROI 2024 this year is both in-person in Denver and online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bAlthough detailed news is embargoed until later in the conference, more than<\/span>\u00a01000 studies will cover basic, clinical and translational science relating to\u00a0HIV treatment and prevention. The programme includes state-of-the-art lectures and pre-meeting workshops that set the latest developments in context.<\/p>\n

Researchers are asked to highlight if their work was in specific populations, including around 100 or more studies each in adolescents, people who use drugs, and transgender men or women. More than 200 involve gay and bisexual men, and more than 250 are about women and girls.<\/p>\n

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Denver bear curious about news from CROI 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

Even though accepted for CROI, some studies will be much more important than others, many might only add a little new knowledge and others will have tentative data that is limited by the design or size of the study.<\/p>\n

Some of the main themes are outlined below, though with limited details as even abstract titles are embargoed. Like all conferences, the breadth and diversity of research is just as important\u00a0as the headline stories that will be rapidly reported, sometimes even before the results have been presented in detail.<\/p>\n

This year CROI has restricted the online programme to registered delegates until after the meeting. i-Base will still reference these studies and include the abstract URL, although the links might not become active until after the conference.<\/p>\n

CROI 2024 website and resources
\nhttps:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/croi-2024-resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Major themes and news to watch for<\/h2>\n

CROI will include presentations to move your heart and your brain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening talks include an overview of HIV vaccine research<\/strong> by Barney Graham and a call to end new cases of paediatric HIV<\/strong> by\u00a0Dorothy M\u2019bori-Ngacha.<\/p>\n

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Independent report detailing increase in LGBT+ assaults in Uganda last year [1]<\/p><\/div>Importantly, the community Martin Delaney Presentation will be given by Frank Mugisha, a Ugandan activist now living in the US, who is likely to set the political tone<\/strong>\u00a0for the conference.<\/p>\n

The LGBT+ hate law passed in Uganda last year has dismantled decades of the country’s pioneering responses to HIV. Instead, Uganda is now pioneering hatred and shame.<\/strong> Withdrawing rights from LGBT+ citizens has disconnected the country from international funding and international health programmes. The call for global activism has never been greater. [1, 2]<\/p>\n

Research into new drugs<\/h2>\n

Many studies will include early results on potential new drugs, with a clear emphasis on longer acting drugs.<\/p>\n