Adolescent Retention and Adherence Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Registration Number
- PACTR201806003040425
- Lead Sponsor
- namdi Azikiwe University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
Hospitals that will be included will be those offering HIV adherence counselling and anti-retroviral treatment (ART) services and registered as such by National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA).
All patients with HIV aged 10 to 19 years irrespective of CD4 cell count
Patients initiated into HIV care and ART for a minimum of 6 month
Patients currently off ART despite multiple attempts to restart and/or with poor adherence (<95% adherence rate)
Patients willing to restart therapy and sign a patient agreement.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with AIDs defining disease
Patients that did not give consent or those that their parents/legal guardian did not give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference between groups in the proportion with HIV viral load (VL) suppression (less than 20 copies/mL)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Average change in CD4+ count;Average change in adherence to ART (measured using pill count);Average change in adherence to appointment with hospital for individual participants