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ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2025

Estimated impact of long-acting injectable PrEP in South Africa: a model comparison analysis.

Sarah E Stansfield, Mia Moore, Lise Jamieson, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Leigh F Johnson, David Kaftan, Anna Bershteyn, Jennifer Smith, Valentina Cambiano, Loveleen Bansi-Matharu and 7 more

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Article in Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Sarah E StansfieldFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3251-8501
Mia MooreFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-7075
Lise JamiesonHealth Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-4580
Gesine Meyer-RathHealth Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0439-381X
Leigh F JohnsonUniversity of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2717-011X
David KaftanNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Anna BershteynNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-7093
Jennifer SmithUniversity College London, London, UK.
Valentina CambianoUniversity College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0700-105X
Loveleen Bansi-MatharuUniversity College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0233-7622
Andrew PhillipsUniversity College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-4807
Jesse HeitnerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5349-8311
Ruanne V BarnabasDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brett HanscomFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Deborah J DonnellFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Marie-Claude BoilyMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Dobromir DimitrovFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-5436

Funding

SDMC: HPTN 084 Pregnancy SupplementUM1AI068617 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Elizabeth Renata Brown, Deborah J Donnell · 2011 to 2026
$204.9M
Drug concentration measurement for HIV prevention targets: toward a population-based HIV impact assessment (PHIA) for PrEPR01AI179417 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Anna Bershteyn, Dobromir Dimitrov · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 019496Gates Foundation INV-007145Global Health EDCTP3 Joint UndertakingMedical Research Council MR/T042796/1MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis MR/X020258/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI179417NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068617the NIH NIAID UM1 068617UK Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLong-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) demonstrated superiority to daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in two clinical trials. This analysis projects the impact of expanding PrEP coverage with CAB-LA in South Africa between 2022 and 2042.

methodsThree independently calibrated models of HIV transmission in South Africa (Synthesis, EMOD-HIV, Thembisa) projected HIV acquisitions and effective coverage (average PrEP coverage across exposure groups, weighted by HIV incidence in the absence of PrEP in each group) over 20 years under multiple scenarios of PrEP expansion compared to no PrEP expansion. PrEP expansion scenarios differed in targeted overall coverage, speed of expansion, coverage of high-exposure groups, and relative coverage of women and men.

resultsAchieving 5% PrEP coverage with CAB-LA by 2032 prioritizing high-exposure groups resulted in 49% (Synthesis), 18% (EMOD-HIV), and 8% (Thembisa) effective coverage and averted a median of 43%, 29% and 10% of new HIV acquisitions, respectively. Similar expansion with TDF/FTC resulted in lower impact by 19 percentage points (pp), 18pp and 3pp, respectively. Increasing CAB-LA coverage to 15% led to an additional 7pp, 12pp and 16pp, respectively, of HIV acquisitions averted. Achieving 5% CAB-LA coverage expanding to women only resulted in a lower impact by 16pp (Synthesis) and 13pp (EMOD-HIV), and a higher impact by 2pp (Thembisa). Scenarios with similar effective coverage resulted in comparable impact estimates across models.

conclusionsOffering CAB-LA in South Africa may substantially impact the HIV epidemic based on these projections. Effective coverage proved to be a good predictor of intervention effectiveness.

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Anti-HIV AgentsHIV InfectionsPre-Exposure ProphylaxisPyridonesAdultDiketopiperazinesEmtricitabineFemaleHumansInjectionsMaleSouth AfricaTenofovirAnti-HIV AgentscabotegravirDiketopiperazinesEmtricitabinePyridonesTenofoviradherenceCAB‐LAHIV preventionmodellingpre‐exposure prophylaxisSouth Africa

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PMID40600502
PMCPMC12215805

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