Bictegravir/lenacapavir looks good in ART switch study — but how much stock can we put in a press release?

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Hot off the presses, we’ve got exciting new clinical trial data regarding bictegravir/lenacapavir, an experimental two-drug regimen for people with significant HIV treatment experience. But the data we’ve received are sparse—and they come from a brief press release, not a published, peer-reviewed manuscript.

What should we make of this potentially confusing scenario? From our standpoint, the initial news is encouraging—but there’s also reason for clinicians to take these results with a grain of salt until they can see a more robust presentation of the study’s construction and findings.

Read an expert analysis from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. at TheBodyPro.

 

Source : TheBodyPro

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