[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 91 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 26223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10094]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


CDC Draft 2021 Update to the HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Clinical 
Practice Guideline and Supplement; Webinars

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces 
webinars that will be held on two dates to receive comments on the 
draft 2021 update to the HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinical 
Practice Guideline and Providers Supplement. The webinars are an 
opportunity for all interested parties to ask questions and provide 
feedback, but are specifically directed toward clinicians, such as 
medical doctors, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, and 
pharmacists. CDC will consider comments made during the webinars prior 
to finalizing the draft HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Clinical Practice 
Guideline and Providers Supplement: 2021 Update for publication.

DATES: The webinars will be held on the following two dates: May 24, 
2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT, and May 25, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 
p.m. EDT. Registration is not required.

ADDRESSES: The webinars can be accessed at https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1602789792?pwd=NVhQbWpDMXcza1UrbE94TWJnbEJCZz09. Meeting ID: 160 278 
9792, Passcode: 7i@v%w29 or by phone at 1-551-285-1373.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn K. Smith, Medical Epidemiologist, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-US 
12-2, Atlanta, GA 30329, [email protected], 404-639-8000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDC's draft HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis 
Clinical Practice Guideline and Supplement: 2021 Update Webinars are a 
public presentation of draft updates to the CDC's 2017 HIV Preexposure 
Prophylaxis Guideline. The draft updates that will be discussed at the 
webinars include the addition of recommendations to: (1) Inform all 
sexually active patients about PrEP; (2) offer PrEP with daily oral 
tenofovir alafenamide/emtricitabine; and (3) provide PrEP with 
cabotegravir injections (conditioned on FDA approval). Other draft 
updates to the 2017 guideline that will be open for discussion during 
the webinars include: simplifying the determination of indications for 
PrEP; a revised recommended frequency of renal function testing for 
some PrEP patients; and adding sections on procedures for oral PrEP 
delivered by telemedicine, same day initiation of PrEP, and event-
driven PrEP for appropriate patients.
    Physicians and other health-care providers can use this guideline 
to assist in the prevention of HIV acquisition in their patients. 
Comments and questions on the draft changes may be made only during the 
webinars. There will be no written comment period.
    Please refer to the draft guideline documents that will be posted 
for ten days beginning on May 17, 2021 at https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/risk/prep/cdc-hiv-prep-guidelines-2021.pdf and https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/risk/prep-cdc-hiv-prep-provider-supplement-2021.pdf.
    A recording of each of the two webinars and accompanying 
transcripts will be available on the website listed in the paragraph 
above by June 15, 2021. In addition, CDC's responses to questions from 
the webinars will also be available June 30, 2021 at https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/programresources/planning.html. Comments will be 
received only during the webinars. There will be no written comment 
period.

    Dated: May 10, 2021.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-10094 Filed 5-12-21; 8:45 am]
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