Emtricitabine is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) indicated for the treatment of HIV infection in adults or combined with tenofovir alafenamide for the prevention of HIV-1 infection in high risk adolescents and adults. Emtricitabine is a cytidine analogue. The drug works by inhibiting HIV reverse transcriptase, preventing transcription of HIV RNA to DNA.
Emtricitabine was granted FDA approval on 2 July 2003.
Emtricitabine is indicated in combination with other medications for the treatment of HIV-1 infections; treatment of HIV-1 infections in pediatric patients 25-35kg, treatment of HIV-1 infections in adult patients ≥35kg, for pre exposure prophylaxis of HIV-1 in adolescent and adult patients excluding those who have receptive vaginal sex; treatment of HIV-1 infections in pediatric and adult patients ≥17kg, pre exposure prophylaxis in adolescents and adults ≥35kg; treatment of HIV-1 in patients ≥12 years and ≥35kg; treatment of HIV-1 in patients weighing ≥35kg; treatment of HIV-1 in patients weighing ≥25kg; and treatment of HIV-1 in patients weighing ≥40kg.
GSK Investigational Site, London, United Kingdom
Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Botswana, Gaborone, South Africa
Old Naledi Clinic, Botswana, Gaborone, South Africa
Mogoditshane Clinic KDC, Botswana, Gaborone, South Africa
Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Colorado- Anschutz Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Eastern Virginia Medical School Clinical Research Center, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Profamilia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
SEARCH, the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
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