While some countries have already shifted to less intensive monitoring requirements for PrEP users, a Dutch study has now provided evidence that it’s OK to test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) every six months, to have clinic appointments at the same rhythm and for services to be delivered online. Simplified, less burdensome services had just as good outcomes as the standard of care. (In research terminology, they were ‘non-inferior’.)
The latest data were presented by Marije Groot Bruinderink of the Public Health Service of Amsterdam at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025) last week. The findings on testing for STIs were presented last summer at AIDS 2024 in Munich.
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