As of June 25, 2020, the Options Lab received federal funding for a COVID-19 clinical trial which aims to investigate if a 14 day course of oral Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir), which is currently used as one strategy for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), is effective as COVID-19 PEP. More information can be found here.
CATIE Interview: Darrell Talks PrEP and nPEP Guidelines
Darrell sat down with the folks at CATIE to discuss PrEP and the publication of Canada’s first PrEP and nPEP Guidelines in CMAJ.
Globe and Mail: Higher-risk groups should get greater access to HIV drugs, new guidelines say
Darrell spoke with the Globe and Mail about the PrEP and nPEP guidelines and the importance of educating more providers about PrEP to support scale-up. “Because PrEP is so effective in treating HIV, the goal is that by increasing uptake, we could actually move Canada towards a reduction in the rate of HIV infections every […]
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