Publications by authors named "Leslie Cottle"

HPTN 069/ACTG 5305 was designed to evaluate potential new PrEP regimens that included maraviroc, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and/or emtricitabine. The current analyses assessed antiretroviral (ARV) plasma concentrations in relation to sexual behavior in 224 cisgender men who have sex with men and 2 transgender women at risk for HIV. Poisson generalized estimating equations (GEE) regression were used to test for associations between self-reported sexual behavior, sociodemographic, behavioral variables, and study drug levels The median (IQR) age was 30 [25, 37] years old; 48.

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Background: Safe and effective long-acting injectable agents for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are needed to increase the options for preventing HIV infection.

Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, noninferiority trial to compare long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA, an integrase strand-transfer inhibitor [INSTI]) at a dose of 600 mg, given intramuscularly every 8 weeks, with daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine (TDF-FTC) for the prevention of HIV infection in at-risk cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM) and in at-risk transgender women who have sex with men. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive one of the two regimens and were followed for 153 weeks.

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Cabotegravir (CAB) is an integrase strand-transfer inhibitor of HIV that has proven effective for HIV treatment and prevention in a long-acting injectable formulation, typically preceded by an oral formulation lead-in phase. Previous studies have demonstrated that CAB is primarily metabolized via glucuronidation by uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 and 1A9. In this study, we performed next-generation sequencing of genomic DNA isolated from the HPTN 077 participants to explore the variants within and .

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Article Synopsis
  • Long-acting injectable cabotegravir is a new HIV prevention and treatment method being tested for safety and effectiveness in the HPTN 077 trial involving participants from multiple countries.
  • The trial included HIV-uninfected participants aged 18-65, who were randomly assigned to receive either the injectable cabotegravir or a placebo, with follow-ups lasting up to 76 weeks after their final injection.
  • Results focused on assessing safety (by tracking adverse events) and pharmacokinetics (how the drug behaves in the body), with findings from the trial registered under ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02178800).
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Objectives: To evaluate whether hormonal contraceptive use among cisgender women is associated with differences in pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of a long-acting injectable formulation of the integrase strand transfer inhibitor, cabotegravir (CAB-LA).

Setting: This is a secondary analysis of 85 cisgender women enrolled in HPTN 077, a phase 2a multicenter study that enrolled HIV-uninfected, low-risk individuals in Malawi, Brazil, South Africa, and the United States.

Methods: Participants received 4-week daily oral cabotegravir lead-in, followed by CAB-LA 800 mg injection every 12 weeks (cohort 1) or 600 mg every 8 weeks (after 4-week initial interval between injections, cohort 2), over 41 weeks.

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Long-acting injectable PrEP could offer an alternative to daily oral PrEP, improve adherence and protection, if found acceptable, safe and effective. HPTN 077 evaluated injectable cabotegravir safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics among HIV-uninfected males and females in sequentially-enrolled cohorts of two dosing strategies. We compared acceptability of product attributes, prevention preferences and future interest in injectable PrEP (FIIP) by region, sex-at-birth, arm and cohort and used multivariable analysis to identify FIIP determinants.

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  • Cabotegravir (CAB) is a new drug being tested for HIV treatment and prevention, available in both daily oral tablets and long-acting injectable forms.
  • The HPTN 077 study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that involved healthy adults aged 18-65 at low risk for HIV, who received either CAB or a placebo to evaluate the drug's safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics.
  • Results from the study included data from 110 participants in the first group and 89 in the second, with the majority being women, providing insight into the drug's effectiveness and safety across diverse demographics.
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Tenofovir (TFV) disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (FTC) are used in combination for HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). TFV disoproxil fumarate is a prodrug that undergoes diester hydrolysis to TFV. FTC and TFV are nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors that upon phosphorylation to nucleotide triphosphate analogs competitively inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase.

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Background: Maraviroc (MVC) is a candidate drug for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Objective: To assess the safety and tolerability of MVC-containing PrEP over 48 weeks in U.S.

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Background: An interim analysis of data from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 trial showed that antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevented more than 96% of genetically linked infections caused by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples. ART was then offered to all patients with HIV-1 infection (index participants). The study included more than 5 years of follow-up to assess the durability of such therapy for the prevention of HIV-1 transmission.

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