Empirical treatment with valganciclovir in infants living with HIV and hospitalised with severe pneumonia in Africa: a multicentre, open-label, factorial, randomised, controlled, superiority trial.

Mortality among infants with severe HIV-associated pneumonia remains high.

Mortality among infants with severe HIV-associated pneumonia remains high. This trial (EMPIRICAL) tested whether empirical valganciclovir treatment for cytomegalovirus improves survival in infants in Africa. This multicentre, open-label, group-sequential designed, 2 × 2…