New HIV drugs should be classed as inferior if they carry a higher risk of resistance

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New antiretroviral regimens should be considered inferior to older ones unless trials can demonstrate that their failure doesn’t lead to more drug resistance than standard treatment, Italian researchers argue in Lancet HIV.

They say that recently completed trials of injectable cabotegravir and rilpivirine raise concerns about the risk of developing resistance to two drug classes if the regimen fails.

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Source : Aidsmap

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