Community versus Clinic-based Adherence Clubs
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Registration Number
- PACTR201602001460157
- Lead Sponsor
- Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 800
Inclusion Criteria
Age greater than or equal to 18 years
No change in antiretroviral regimen in the previous year
Virally suppressed for at least 12 months (patients are considered virogically suppressed if their two most recent viral load results were less than 400 copies/ml, with no more than one result between 50 and 400 copies.)
Exclusion Criteria
Currently on D4T containing regimen
Currently pregnant, or intending to become pregnant within 6 months at the formation of the club
Current comorbidity or chronic illness (diabetes, epilepsy, active TB, cancer, mental illness, or other disease which requires routine and frequent clinical management).
Hypertension which requires treatment with on more than one antihypertensive drug
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patients retained in adherence club care and having HIV viral suppression
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patients who choose to stop adherence club participation and return to standard of care clinic based services;Proportion of patients with contra-indications for continuation of adherence club participation;Proportion of patients identified with new or previously undiagnosed medical conditions at their annual clinic-based medical visit;Uptake of routine services including family planning, cervical cancer screening and antenatal care;Acceptability of adherence clubs;All-cause mortality