Tag: Budigalimab
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Immunotherapy for HIV: Early PD-1 Treatment Shows Potential for Drug-Free Viral Control
Overview: A new immunotherapy approach in HIV Researchers report promising safety data from the first-in-human trial of an anti-PD-1 antibody, budigalimab, in people living with HIV. The study, published in Nature Medicine, explored whether a cancer immunotherapy could be used at low doses to augment the immune system’s ability to control HIV without daily antiretroviral…
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Immunotherapy Trial: PD-1 Inhibitor Budigalimab Shows Potential for Drug-Free HIV Control
New Immunotherapy Approach Sparks Hope for HIV Management Researchers have taken a bold step in the hunt for HIV strategies that could reduce or even eliminate the need for daily antiretroviral therapy (ART). A first-in-human, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1b trial published in Nature Medicine explored budigalimab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the PD-1 protein, a…
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Immunotherapy for HIV: Early Trials of Anti-PD1 Drug Budigalimab Suggest Drug-Free Viral Control
Immunotherapy Offers a New Avenue in HIV Management Researchers are cautiously optimistic about a novel immunotherapy approach that could one day reduce or even eliminate the need for daily HIV medications. In a first-in-human Phase 1b trial, budigalimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) pathway, was tested in people…