POwER
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Registration Number
- PACTR202001785886049
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
HIV positive adult, Male or Female, aged =18 years.
Receiving first-line ART
Latest viral load in the past 10 weeks =1000 copies/mL
Exclusion Criteria
Has already received enhanced adherence counselling
Requires hospital admission
Pregnant
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion of participants in each arm with viral load <50 copies/mL measured on laboratory reference assay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patients with viraemia at the study clinic who are successfully enrolled in the study ;Proportion of enrolled participants who attend the study exit visit;The proportion of point-of-care viral load tests that are communicated to participants on the same day<br>;The proportion of point-of-care viral load tests =1000 copies/mL that result in same day enhanced adherence counselling;The proportion of point-of-care viral load tests =1000 copies/mL that result in same day switch to second-line ART;To determine staff perspectives regarding implementation of point-of-care viral load testing in a routine clinic