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The PROUD Study: Examining the impact on gay men of using Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

March 11 2013

PrEPis a way of reducing the risk of HIV transmission. It involves HIV negative people taking a daily tablet (Truvada) that contains drugs commonly used to treat HIV (tenofovir and emtricitabine). Previous studies with gay men found that using PrEPalmost …

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Start Timing Is Everything

The START Study

March 11 2013

The Strategic Timing of Anti-Retroviral Treatment or START study compares the risks and benefits of starting HIV medicines at CD4+ cell counts over 500/mm3 compared to waiting until CD4+ cell counts drop to 350/mm3 in people who are well. We …

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