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IT STARTS WITH

FINDING A REGIMEN THAT YOUR PATIENT PREFERS

How do your patients feel about their treatment?

For people living with HIV, choice could mean everything. It could mean the freedom to find a treatment that fits their lifestyle better and help them rise above their daily challenges. Let’s open the conversation up and find out what choice could mean to them.

Every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS was preferred by 9 out of 10 trial patients vs daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF1

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preferred every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS (secondary endpoint; n=382/425)*1

At Month 12, participants in the every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS arm of the SOLAR study (mITT-E population) responded to a questionnaire assessing their preference for HIV treatment.1

*Out of the 447 participants in the every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS arm, 425 responded; 90% preferred every-2-month VOCABRIA +
REKAMBYS; 5% preferred daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF; and 5% reported no preference.1

Top five reasons selected by those who preferred every-2-month vocabria + rekambys in the solar study (n=382):1

85%

I do not have to worry as much about remembering to take my HIV medication every day

83%

It is more convenient for me to receive injections every 2 months

75%

I do not have to carry my HIV medication with me

61%

I do not have to think about my HIV status every day

59%

I do not have to worry about others seeing or finding my HIV pills

Questions that could uncover challenges with daily oral hiv therapy:

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Do you hide your medication from those around you?

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Do you find it stressful to remember to take your treatment every day?

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How often do you think about your hiv?

BIC/FTC/TAF=bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide; HIV=human immunodeficiency virus; mITT-E=modified intention-to-treat exposed; PLHIV=people living with HIV.

References
  1. Ramgopal MN, Castagna A, Cazanave C, et al. Efficacy, safety and tolerability of switching to long-acting cabotegravir + rilpivirine versus continuing bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide in virologically suppressed adults with HIV, 12 month results (SOLAR): A randomised open-label, phase 3b non-inferiority trial. The Lancet HIV. 2023. Published Online 8th August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00136-4

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▼ These medicinal products are subject to additional monitoring. This will allow quick identification of new safety information. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions.

REKAMBYS (rilpivirine long acting), including the trademark, is owned by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and used under licence by the ViiV Healthcare group of companies.

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Date of preparation: October 2024