IDWeek 2016

aidsmap news from ID Week 2016

• Co-morbidities are common and rising among people with HIV in the US

  Health problems
  Liz Highleyman | 19 December 2016

  People living with HIV are increasingly experiencing a range of non-AIDS-related co-morbidities as the population ages, including cardiovascular disease, kidney impairment and bone loss leading to fractures, according to research presented at the ...

• Tenofovir alafenamide works well and improves kidney and bone markers in older people living with HIV

  Changing treatment
  Liz Highleyman | 10 November 2016

  A co-formulation of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) plus emtricitabine, used with a third antiretroviral drug, maintained viral suppression as well as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) plus emtricitabine in older individuals, and was associated with ...

• Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce triglycerides and improve inflammation in people with HIV

  Cardiovascular disease
  Liz Highleyman | 09 November 2016

  Long-term use of omega-3 fatty acid supplements was associated with reduced levels of triglycerides and the inflammation biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP) in HIV-positive people with suppressed viral load, according to research presented last ...

• Dolutegravir regimen highly effective in clinical trial for women

  Treatment for women
  Liz Highleyman | 07 November 2016

  A once-daily regimen containing the potent HIV integrase inhibitor dolutegravir worked better than an older atazanavir-containing regimen – with higher rates of viral suppression both overall and across race subgroups – in the ...

• Ibalizumab monoclonal antibody looks promising for people with drug-resistant HIV

  New and experimental HIV treatments
  Liz Highleyman | 04 November 2016

  Ibalizumab, an experimental monoclonal antibody with a unique mechanism of action, demonstrated good safety and promising efficacy in a small phase 3 study of people with extensive drug resistance who cannot be successfully ...

• Men with HIV and men on PrEP in Boston see large increase in sexually transmitted infections

  Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology
  Liz Highleyman | 03 November 2016

  Rates of gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia have risen steeply at Fenway Health in Boston since 2011, according to a presentation last week at IDWeek in New Orleans. Being HIV-positive men and using ...

• Do people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load need to wear condoms?

  Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
  Liz Highleyman | 02 November 2016

  In the face of extensive research showing that people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with stable undetectable viral load have an extremely low likelihood of transmitting the virus, a ...

• Electronic health records can help select candidates for HIV PrEP

  PrEP
  Liz Highleyman | 01 November 2016

  A machine learning algorithm used to analyse electronic health records (EHRs) identified high-risk individuals who could potentially benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a report presented this week at IDWeek 2016 ...

• Only a small proportion of gay men with HIV receive anal cancer screening

  Cancer
  Liz Highleyman | 31 October 2016

  In the absence of national screening guidelines, only 11% of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in the US received anal pap smears to detect anal cancer or precancerous cell changes between 2009 ...