Older people with HIV (PWH) may benefit from long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine (LA-CAB/RPV), a population underrepresented in trials and observational cohorts. In the GEPPO cohort, 135 PWH >65 years of age received bimonthly LA-CAB/RPV. After 17.4 months, virological suppression (HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL) was maintained in all, while 15 participants discontinued them (11.1%, 10% in the first 12 months): 1 participant with isolated HbCAb at baseline showed a late HBV reactivation (19.4 months after starting). These findings support LA-CAB/RPV's efficacy and tolerability in older PWH.

Bimonthly Administered Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine Are Highly Effective and Well-Tolerated in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Above 65 Years / Calcagno, Andrea; Candela, Caterina; Riva, Agostino; Calza, Stefano; Fioretti, Benedetta; Gardini, Samuele; Milic, Jovana; Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio; Orofino, Giancarlo; De Vito, Andrea; De Socio, Giuseppe Vittorio; Cossu, Maria Vittoria; Barrera, Federica; Mazzitelli, Maria; Nozza, Silvia; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Focà, Emanuele; Null, Null; Arsuffi, Stefania; Azzolino, Domenico; Baroni, Marta; Bellelli, Giuseppe; Bonaffini, Luca; Bonfanti, Paolo; Calcagno, Andrea; Calza, Stefano; Cattelan, Annamaria; Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio; Coin, Alessandra; De Socio, Giuseppe; Di Perri, Giovanni; Ferrara, Micol; Fioretti, Benedetta; Focà, Emanuele; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Italiani, Francesca; Lazzaro, Alessandro; Lucchi, Tiziano; Maddalone, Maria Grazia; Madeddu, Giordano; Marengoni, Alessandra; Mastroianni, Claudio; Milić, Jovana; Mussi, Chiara; Nozza, Silvia; Orofino, Giancarlo; Patetta, Lavinia; Piazzoli, Andrea; Piconi, Stefania; Pignata, Paola; Pontiggia, Silvia; Riva, Agostino; Spolti, Anna. - In: OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 2328-8957. - 13:1(2026). [10.1093/ofid/ofaf817]

Bimonthly Administered Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine Are Highly Effective and Well-Tolerated in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Above 65 Years

De Vito, Andrea;Madeddu, Giordano;
2026-01-01

Abstract

Older people with HIV (PWH) may benefit from long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine (LA-CAB/RPV), a population underrepresented in trials and observational cohorts. In the GEPPO cohort, 135 PWH >65 years of age received bimonthly LA-CAB/RPV. After 17.4 months, virological suppression (HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL) was maintained in all, while 15 participants discontinued them (11.1%, 10% in the first 12 months): 1 participant with isolated HbCAb at baseline showed a late HBV reactivation (19.4 months after starting). These findings support LA-CAB/RPV's efficacy and tolerability in older PWH.
2026
Bimonthly Administered Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine Are Highly Effective and Well-Tolerated in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Above 65 Years / Calcagno, Andrea; Candela, Caterina; Riva, Agostino; Calza, Stefano; Fioretti, Benedetta; Gardini, Samuele; Milic, Jovana; Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio; Orofino, Giancarlo; De Vito, Andrea; De Socio, Giuseppe Vittorio; Cossu, Maria Vittoria; Barrera, Federica; Mazzitelli, Maria; Nozza, Silvia; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Focà, Emanuele; Null, Null; Arsuffi, Stefania; Azzolino, Domenico; Baroni, Marta; Bellelli, Giuseppe; Bonaffini, Luca; Bonfanti, Paolo; Calcagno, Andrea; Calza, Stefano; Cattelan, Annamaria; Celesia, Benedetto Maurizio; Coin, Alessandra; De Socio, Giuseppe; Di Perri, Giovanni; Ferrara, Micol; Fioretti, Benedetta; Focà, Emanuele; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Italiani, Francesca; Lazzaro, Alessandro; Lucchi, Tiziano; Maddalone, Maria Grazia; Madeddu, Giordano; Marengoni, Alessandra; Mastroianni, Claudio; Milić, Jovana; Mussi, Chiara; Nozza, Silvia; Orofino, Giancarlo; Patetta, Lavinia; Piazzoli, Andrea; Piconi, Stefania; Pignata, Paola; Pontiggia, Silvia; Riva, Agostino; Spolti, Anna. - In: OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 2328-8957. - 13:1(2026). [10.1093/ofid/ofaf817]
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