Drugs / Dolutegravir/Lamivudine
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Dolutegravir/Lamivudine

Developed for
HIV infectious disease
Investigated by
Saint Michael's Medical Center · ViiV Healthcare

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 1 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Filed EU (EMA) Dovato HIV infectious disease 2026-05-11

“European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the company’s marketing application seeking approval to extend the use of Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC))” viivhealthcare.com ↗

“DTG/3TC as a complete, once-daily, single-tablet, two-drug regimen for HIV-1 therapy is currently under review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)” viivhealthcare.com ↗

Trials 1

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 4 NCT04826562 Sep 2021 → Oct 2023 HIV infectious disease Saint Michael's Medical Center Unknown No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 17

DateIssuerRelease
2026-07-27 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE’S 2-DRUG REGIMEN DOVATO IS AS EFFECTIVE AS 3-DRUG REGIMEN BIKTARVY IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HEAD-TO-HEAD STUDY IN TREATMENT-NAÏVE ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV viivhealthcare.com ↗
Data show that Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC)) demonstrated non-inferior efficacy to Biktarvy (bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF)) in treatment-naïve adults living with HIV, including people with high viral loads or a low CD4+ cell count.
2026-02-23 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES DATA SHOWING SWITCHING TO DOVATO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER PROPORTION OF STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE VERSUS BIKTARVY FOR HIV-1 TREATMENT viivhealthcare.com ↗
Steatotic liver disease, an increasingly recognised comorbidity in people living with HIV, was reported in 49% (n=26/53) of participants switching to BIC/FTC/TAF versus 29% (n=17/58) switching to DTG/3TC
2025-07-14 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE DATA SHOW 89% OF TREATMENT-NAÏVE PEOPLE WITH HIV CHOOSE TO SWITCH TO LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS FROM DAILY PILLS AFTER ACHIEVING RAPID VIRAL SUPPRESSION viivhealthcare.com ↗
Multiple real-world studies show consistent high effectiveness of Vocabria + Rekambys (cabotegravir + rilpivirine LA (CAB+RPV LA)) across a broad range of populations
2025-07-08 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE PRESENTS NEW DATA DEMONSTRATING POSITIVE REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF ITS INNOVATIVE LONG-ACTING INJECTABLES FOR HIV AT IAS 2025 viivhealthcare.com ↗
Real-world and implementation data describe effectiveness of long-acting Vocabria + Rekambys (cabotegravir + rilpivirine LA (CAB + RPV LA)) for HIV treatment and assess experiences of using Apretude (cabotegravir long-acting (CAB LA) for PrEP) in range of populations
2024-11-07 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE EXPANDS ON REAL-WORLD DATA SUPPORTING USE OF LONG-ACTING THERAPIES IN DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATIONS AT HIV GLASGOW viivhealthcare.com ↗
RUMBA’s week 144 results confirm reassuring metabolic outcomes in both DTG/3TC and B/FTC/TAF
2024-10-10 ViiV Healthcare Results GSK AND ViiV HEALTHCARE TO SHOWCASE ADVANCES ACROSS INDUSTRY-LEADING INFECTIOUS DISEASE PORTFOLIO AT IDWEEK 2024 viivhealthcare.com ↗
People with HIV in the US switching to cabotegravir + rilpivirine long-acting (CAB+RPV LA) from oral antiretroviral therapy (ART) have numerous real-world benefits, including high adherence and treatment satisfaction
2024-07-23 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES POSITIVE DATA DEMONSTRATING 2-DRUG REGIMEN DOVATO IS AS EFFECTIVE AS 3-DRUG REGIMEN BIKTARVY FOR MAINTENANCE THERAPY OF HIV-1 viivhealthcare.com ↗
Findings showed that switching to DTG/3TC in virologically suppressed adults living with HIV demonstrated non-inferior efficacy in maintaining viral suppression compared with switching to BIC/FTC/TAF.
2022-07-25 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE TO PRESENT NEW DATA FROM INNOVATIVE HIV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION PORTFOLIO AT AIDS 2022 viivhealthcare.com ↗
Findings to be presented feature the most common reason for initiating dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) and an analysis of real-world results among treatment-naïve people living with HIV initiating a DTG/3TC regimen and people living with HIV switching to a DTG/3TC regimen.
2022-02-07 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE TO PRESENT NEW LONG-TERM FINDINGS FROM ITS INNOVATIVE 2-DRUG AND LONG-ACTING HIV MEDICINES PORTFOLIO AT CROI 2022 viivhealthcare.com ↗
Long-acting cabotegravir + rilpivirine every 2 months: ATLAS-2M week 152 weeks
2021-09-29 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV Healthcare presents three-year switch data for Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine) confirming long-term, non-inferior efficacy with no virologic failure versus continuation of TAF-based regimens of at least three drugs viivhealthcare.com ↗
At three years, no participants on dolutegravir/lamivudine (0% [0/369]) met confirmed protocol-defined virologic failure, versus three participants (<1% [3/372]) on the TAF-based regimen.
2020-10-08 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE PRESENTS LONG-TERM SWITCH DATA FOR DOVATO DEMONSTRATING NON-INFERIOR EFFICACY IN ADULTS WITH HIV-1 AND ZERO CASES OF VIROLOGIC FAILURE VERSUS CONTINUATION OF A 3-DRUG TAF-BASED REGIMEN viivhealthcare.com ↗
Data from the study revealed that no participants on Dovato (0/369, 0%) and three participants (3/372, <1%) on the TAF-based regimen met protocol-defined virologic failure, and no participants developed resistance mutations upon failure.
2020-10-05 ViiV Healthcare Results ViiV HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES DOLUTEGRAVIR PLUS LAMIVUDINE THREE-YEAR DATA CONFIRMING LONG-TERM VIRAL SUPPRESSION NON-INFERIOR TO A 3-DRUG REGIMEN FOR TREATMENT-NAÏVE ADULTS WITH HIV-1 viivhealthcare.com ↗
The percentage of individuals with protocol-defined confirmed virologic withdrawal (CVW) was 1.7% (12/716) in the dolutegravir plus lamivudine arm and 1.3% (9/717) in the dolutegravir plus TDF/FTC arm.

All press releases naming this drug 24 releases

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Evidence & citations 1 cited value

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Known as Dolutegravir/Lamivudine ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT04826562 ↗