[HTML][HTML] Advancing research and development of anti-infectives for children with a focus on antiretroviral therapy: A clinical development perspective

AM Buchanan, A Bekker, H Chandasana… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The HIV treatment landscape for adults has progressed dramatically in recent decades;
however, paediatric populations continue to experience delayed and limited access to …

Preventing perinatal HIV acquisition; current gaps and future perspectives

B Cockbain, S Fidler, H Lyall - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Emerging clinical studies should prioritize pregnant/lactating people and infants to ensure
such therapies are well tolerated and efficacious. Alongside therapeutic innovation …

Potential of long-acting products to transform the treatment and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in infants, children, and adolescents

EJ Abrams, E Capparelli, T Ruel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Long-acting antiretroviral products have the potential to transform human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) prevention and treatment approaches in pediatric populations. Broadly …

Twice-Daily Dosing of Dolutegravir in Infants on Rifampicin Treatment: A Pharmacokinetic Substudy of the EMPIRICAL Trial

TG Jacobs, V Mumbiro, U Cassia… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background We evaluated dolutegravir pharmacokinetics in infants with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receiving dolutegravir twice daily (BID) with rifampicin-based …

Abacavir safety and effectiveness in young infants with HIV in South African observational cohorts

R de Waal, H Rabie, KG Technau, B Eley… - Antiviral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background WHO guidelines recommend abacavir in first-line antiretroviral treatment for
children and neonates. However, there is no approved dose< 3 months of age, and data in …

Lamivudine and emtricitabine dosing proposal for children with HIV and chronic kidney disease, supported by physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling

TG Jacobs, MA de Hoop-Sommen, T Nieuwenstein… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dose recommendations for lamivudine or emtricitabine in children with HIV and chronic
kidney disease (CKD) are absent or not supported by clinical data. Physiologically based …

Increase in Cases of Perinatal HIV Transmission in Maryland in 2022

DC Griffith, M Grant, WLA Koay, N Rakhmanina… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
The perinatal transmission of HIV is preventable through a regimen that includes testing of
all pregnant individuals, antiretroviral treatment (ART) for the pregnant individual …

Insights on COVID-19 mortality and HIV from South Africa

JE Justman, TF Abularrage - The Lancet HIV, 2024 - thelancet.com
As of Dec 13, 2023, there have been approximately 772 million confirmed COVID-19 cases
globally and it is estimated that 1% of cases, or 7 million, have resulted in COVID-19-related …

The urgency of now to end HIV vertical transmission for pregnant and breastfeeding women and their children in Asia and the Pacific

A Kelly-Hanku, WN Songtaweesin… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
The global strategy to# EndAIDS is underpinned by a call to end all inequities and to ensure
no-one is left behind; but inequities continue, and people are still being left behind. Despite …

Availability and stock‐outs of paediatric antiretroviral treatment formulations at health facilities in Kenya and Uganda

TG Jacobs, D Okemo, A Ssebagereka… - HIV …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The large number of deaths among children with HIV is driven by poor
antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage among this cohort. The aim of the study was to …