Lenacapavir drug resistance: rapid switching and the need for resistance testing

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Drugs resistance data from a phase 1b switch study of lenacapavir plus two bNAbs in people who were already suppressed on standard ART included high-level drug resistance in 3/30 participants with low-level viral rebound, with one developing treatment failure at week 26.

Genotypic and phenotypic analyses of proviral gag and envelope DNA were performed at baseline and viral failure and results are published in an open access paper in JID.

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