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ReviewJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

The Promise of Improved Adherence With Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy: What Are the Data?

Kimberly K Scarsi, Susan Swindells

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05835635 (Level of Satisfaction and Quality of Life in People Living With HIV in Chile, Who Switch From Oral Therapy to Long-acting Injectable Cabotegravir + Rilpivirine), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05835635 not yet recruitingnot on this map

Level of Satisfaction and Quality of Life in People Living With HIV in Chile, Who Switch From Oral Therapy to Long-acting Injectable Cabotegravir + Rilpivirine

TypeobservationalSponsorPontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileRan2025 to 2026Enrolled50ConditionsPatient Satisfaction, Patient Preference, Quality of Life, Acceptability of Health Care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Long-Acting Injectable HIV Therapy Outcomes Among Persons With HIV Who Have Adherence Challenges to Oral Antiretroviral Therapy.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kimberly K ScarsiAntiviral Pharmacology Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, 12284University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Susan SwindellsDepartment of Internal Medicine, 12284University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5826-6037
University of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

The Long-Acting/Extended Release Antiretroviral Resource Program (LEAP)R24AI118397 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Charles W. Flexner · 2015 to 2026
$9.4M
Pharmacological Strategies to use the Levonorgestrel Implant in HIV-infected WomenR01HD085887 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCARSI, KIMBERLY K. · 2015 to 2020
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI118397NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD085887
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As with other chronic conditions, adherence to daily medications remains a challenge for many individuals living with HIV due to structural, behavioral, and social barriers. Unfortunately, high levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy are required to maintain virologic suppression. Alternative approaches are being explored to decrease the burden of daily pill administration, including long-acting injectable, oral, and implantable products. Phase 3 data support the efficacy of nanoformulated injectable cabotegravir and rilpivirine for HIV treatment in patients with undetectable viremia, but we have yet to learn how this strategy may benefit those with medication adherence challenges. Despite this, the affected community and HIV providers are very interested in exploring the role of long-acting therapies to address some types of barriers to medication adherence. This review summarizes available information about the potential for long-acting therapy to improve adherence for some patients and outlines associated opportunities and challenges with the implementation of long-acting therapy for the treatment and prevention of HIV.

Indexed as

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveMedication AdherenceAnti-HIV AgentsDrug CombinationsHIV InfectionsHumansRilpivirineViral LoadAnti-HIV Agentscabotegravir, rilpivirine drug combinationDrug CombinationsRilpivirineadherenceantiretroviral therapycabotegravirHIVlong-actingrilpivirine

Identifiers

PMID33902356
PMCPMC8082990
OpenAlexW3157916043

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