Among adults with HIV-1 and prior hepatitis B virus (HBV) exposure, treatment with dolutegravir plus lamivudine (DTG/3TC) is associated with high rates of virologic suppression without evidence of HBV reactivation, according to study findings published in HIV Medicine.
To better characterize the safety of tenofovir-sparing antiretroviral therapy regimens in patients at risk for HBV reactivation and to evaluate virologic suppression outcomes in those with isolated reactive hepatitis B core antibodies (anti-HBc), investigators conducted a secondary pooled analysis of data from 5 phase 3/3b studies: GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2, STAT, TANGO, and SALSA.
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