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Ahead of the midterms, the White House is dangling a carrot. If these ideas are actually put in place, and not just floated, they could change the landscape for buyers and homeowners looking to refinance. What’s being proposed: Lower rates on VA and USDA loans. Proactive mortgage insurance cancellation. Lenders would notify borrowers when they’re eligible to drop mortgage insurance, so they don’t keep paying it longer than they need to.

Islatravir once monthly (qm), a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor with a long half-life, was evaluated for safety and tolerability in cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men and are at increased likelihood of HIV-1 (HIV) exposure.MethodsIMPOWER-24 (NCT04652700) was a double-blind, Phase 3 study. Participants were randomized 2:1 to islatravir 60 mg oral qm or emtricitabine (FTC; 200 mg) coformulated with either tenofovir disoproxil (245 mg) or tenofovir alafenamide (TAF; 25 mg) once daily (qd). After ∼9 months, blinded islatravir was discontinued due to lymphocyte reductions; participants were offered open-label comparator for 20 months.ResultsIn total, 494 participants were enrolled (328 islatravir; 166 comparator): 91.5% were cisgender men, 41.7% were White, and median age was 27 years. Mean blinded dosing duration was 4.7 months (islatravir) versus 4.3 months (comparator). Overall, 211 participants (64.3%) in the islatravir group and 128 (77.1%) in the comparator group had ≥1 adverse event (AE). Most AEs were mild or moderate, with 1 AE leading to product discontinuation (islatravir; gastroesophageal reflux). Serious AEs occurred in <2%; none were related to study product. Change in total lymphocytes in the islatravir group at Month 3 was −7.4%; a trend toward recovery was observed after islatravir was stopped. Mean total lymphocytes remained within normal range. No HIV infections occurred in either group during the double-blind phase.ConclusionsIslatravir qm was generally well tolerated; decreases in total lymphocytes were observed with islatravir. Original primary efficacy objectives were not assessed due to early study stoppage.

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