ReviewDrugs2020
Lamivudine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate is an Appropriate PrEP Regimen.
Review in Drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cost-Effectiveness of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating Vaginal Microbiome Effects on Antiretroviral Exposure in the Female Genital Tract Using Pharmacometric and Machine Learning Approaches.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Article
- Identification of a Prognostic Gene Signature for Chemoresistance Prediction in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Screening Mitochondrial Metabolism Gene Sets.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Novel liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous detection of three anti-HIV drugs tenofovir, lamivudine, and dolutegravir in plasma.Journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2025Article
- Effect of in vitro exposure of first-line antiretrovirals on healthy human spermatozoa on kinematics and motility.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Psychological and Behavioural Within-participant Predictors of Adherence to Oral HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- Health Care Worker Perspectives of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Service Delivery in Central Uganda.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) co-formulated with emtricitabine (FTC) or lamivudine (3TC) is recommended as an additional prevention option for persons at substantial risk of HIV infection by both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The WHO and PEPFAR consider 3TC clinically interchangeable with FTC for PrEP given comparable pharmacologic equivalence, resistance and toxicity patterns, and indirect clinical trial evidence from TDF-containing studies. Globally, FTC/TDF has been widely used in clinical trials, open-label extension studies and demonstration projects. Thus, most PrEP efficacy and safety data are based on FTC/TDF use in heterosexual women and men, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs. However, generic 3TC/TDF is less expensive than FTC/TDF, is already available in supply chains for HIV drugs, and has 60-70% of the global adult market share, making it particularly appealing in settings with limited availability or affordability of FTC/TDF. Compelling indirect evidence suggests that scaling up use of 3TC/TDF is potentially cost saving for HIV programs in settings where restricting drug choice to FTC/TDF would delay PrEP implementation. Guideline committees and public health decision-makers in countries should encourage flexibility in PrEP drug selection, support off-label use of 3TC/TDF, and approve use of generic formulations to decrease the cost of PrEP medications and accelerate PrEP delivery through the public and private sectors.
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