{"id":1070368,"date":"2022-04-29T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/29\/health-experts-hail-a-victory-as-us-authorises-first-condom-for-use-in-anal-sex\/"},"modified":"2022-04-29T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T00:20:00","slug":"health-experts-hail-a-victory-as-us-authorises-first-condom-for-use-in-anal-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/29\/health-experts-hail-a-victory-as-us-authorises-first-condom-for-use-in-anal-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Health experts hail a victory as US authorises first condom for use in anal sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Washington \u2013 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorised the first condom for use during anal intercourse, in what was hailed as a victory for sexual health by experts.<\/p>\n

Although people already use condoms for anal sex \u2013 as is recommended by health agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u2013 regulators across the world had only previously allowed companies to officially market their products as \u201csafe and effective\u201d for vaginal use.<\/p>\n

Sexual health advocates considered this an unmet public health need since unprotected anal intercourse carries the greatest risk of HIV transmission via sexual exposure, with one study finding that 69 percent of men who have sex with men would use condoms more frequently if they were FDA-indicated.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s authorization of Global Protection Corp\u2019s One Male Condom follows a clinical trial involving more than 500 people, carried out by Emory University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDA\u2019s authorisation of a condom that is specifically indicated, evaluated and labelled for anal intercourse may improve the likelihood of condom use during anal intercourse,\u201d said agency scientist Courtney Lias in a statement.<\/p>\n

The condom is also indicated to prevent sexually transmitted infections \u2013 and as a contraceptive \u2013 during vaginal sex.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to have lots of sex \u2013 but we also want them to be empowered and informed,\u201d said Davin Wedel, president of Global Protection, which makes the condom brand that is available in 54 sizes, and incorporates a paper template to help each user find the right size.<\/p>\n

The clinical trial involved 252 men who have sex with men and 252 men who have sex with women, aged between 18 and 54.<\/p>\n

The FDA had said it would accept a five percent failure rate, which previous trials had failed to accomplish. The limit was easily surpassed in the new study, with the failure rate 0.68 percent for anal and 1.89 percent for vaginal intercourse.<\/p>\n

The researchers behind the study, which was published in The Lancet\u2019s eClinicalMedicine, said one of the reasons the trial succeeded where others failed in the past was likely due to the provision of lubricant and inclusion of instructions on how to use the product.<\/p>\n

Lubricant reduces friction, which in turn causes condom failure from slippage and breakage.<\/p>\n

Another reason could be that participants were asked to keep mobile phone-based daily diaries, whereas past trials had asked volunteers to recall failure events up to several months later.<\/p>\n

Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease doctor and medical director of an HIV clinic in San Francisco, welcomed the finding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important thing about condoms is they don\u2019t just prevent HIV, but they prevent gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis,\u201d she told AFP, adding it was surprising that such an authorization had taken so long to achieve.<\/p>\n

In its statement, the FDA said the green light could pave the way for more makers to apply for similar authorisation if they show equivalent results.<\/p>\n

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