High Efficacy Halts ViiV HIV Prevention Study Early

ViiV Hopes Faster Cabotegravir Approval Will Be The Result

Prospects have improved for ViiV’s long-acting, injectable cabotegravir to be approved early for HIV prevention after a Phase III trial was stopped early due to efficacy.

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HPTN 083 compared injectable long-acting cabotegravir with daily Truvada pills. • Source: Shutterstock

ViiV Healthcare plans to enter talks with the US Food and Drug Administration and other agencies to see if the data from a Phase III trial that has just been stopped early because of high efficacy will be enough for a regulatory submission of its long-acting, injectable investigational therapy, cabotegravir, as a preventative treatment for HIV.

Cabotegravir is yet to be approved for the treatment or prevention of HIV as a single agent by regulatory authorities...

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