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PROVEN EFFICACY IN >6,000 PLHIV

PROVEN VIROLOGICAL CONTROL ACROSS DIVERSE PATIENT GROUPS

UP TO 144 WEEKS OF CLINICAL TRIAL DATA[1,2] + UP TO 5 YEARS IN A REAL-WORLD SETTING[3]

GEMINI-1 & GEMINI-2
DURABLE SUPPRESSION

1,433 treatment-naïve patients
DOVATO (n=716; pooled)
144 weeks[1]

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STAT
EFFECTIVE IN A TEST-AND-TREAT SETTING

131 newly diagnosed patients
48 Weeks[4]

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TANGO
NON-INFERIORITY ITT–E AND SUPERIOR PP EFFICACY vs TAF-CONTAINING REGIMENS

741 virologically suppressed patients
DOVATO (n=369)
3 Years[2]

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SALSA
PROVEN EFFICACY IN A DIVERSE POPULATION

493 virologically suppressed patients
DOVATO (n=246)
48 Weeks[5]

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Real-world data
EFFICACY CONFIRMED IN THE REAL WORLD

>5,000 real-life treatment-naïve and switch patients*[3,6-26]

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DTG 50 mg + 3TC 300 mg used in the GEMINI and most real-world studies.
ITT–E=intent-to-treat–exposed; PP=per protocol.
*From a literature search, up to July 2021.

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DURABLE AND ROBUST[2,3]

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KEEPING LONG-TERM HEALTH IN MIND

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WITHOUT TDF, TAF AND ABC

DOVATO IS RECOMMENDED IN TREATMENT GUIDELINES

BHIVA Guidelines 2022

Recommended as an initial treatment for most people living with HIV in naïve and switch settings.[27]

Eligibility guidance:

  • No baseline lamivudine resistance
  • Baseline viral load less than 500,000 copies/mL
  • Baseline CD4 count greater than 200 cells/mm3
  • No active Hepatitis B infection and if at risk of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B virus immune

Exceptions (not suitable for those):

  • In the context of transmitted drug resistance
  • With documented/archived/suspected M184IV mutation
  • HIV-related cognitive impairment
  • Diagnosed during pregnancy
  • Consider with caution with patients with PHI, opportunistic diseases, or renal impairment

EACS Guidelines 2021

Recommended as an initial regimen for treatment-naïve patients and as a switch strategy for virologically suppressed patients[28]

Requirements for treatment-naïve patients:

  • HBsAg negative
  • HIV viral load <500,000 copies/mL
  • Not recommended after PrEP failure

Requirements for switch patients:

  • No historical resistance
  • HBV immunity, or if non-immune, concomitant HBV vaccination

DHHS Guidelines 2022

Recommended as an initial regimen for most PLHIV (AI)* and as a good option for virologically suppressed patients who have no evidence of resistance to either drug[29]

Exclusions for treatment-naïve patients:

  • HIV viral load >500,000 copies/mL
  • HBV co-infection
  • Where ART is to be started before the results of HIV genotype resistance testing for reverse transcriptase or HBV testing are available

*Rating of recommendations: A=strong; B=moderate; C=optional. Rating of evidence: I=data from randomised controlled trials; II=data from well-designed non-randomised trials, observational cohort studies with long-term clinical outcomes, relative bioavailability/bioequivalence studies or regimen comparisons from randomised switch studies; III=expert opinion.[29]

IAS Guidelines 2020

Recommended as an initial regimen for most people with HIV and as an appropriate switch strategy for virologically suppressed patients (AIa)*[30]

Not recommended in:

  • Rapid start, because baseline laboratory evaluation results must be reviewed before initiation
  • Chronic hepatitis B
  • HIV-1 RNA >500,000 copies/mL, and perhaps a CD4+ T-cell count <200 cells/mm3, although the latter is unclear
  • Patients being treated for an active opportunistic infection

Guidelines state close monitoring for adherence and virological response is needed.

*AIa-Strong panel support with evidence from ≥1 RCTs published in the peer-reviewed literature.[30]

References:

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  2. Osiyemi O, De Wit S, Ajana F, et al. Efficacy and safety of switching to dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) versus continuing a tenofovir alafenamide-based 3- or 4-drug regimen for maintenance of virologic suppression in adults living with HIV-1: results through week 144 from the phase 3, non-inferiority TANGO randomized trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;ciac036. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac036
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