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Simplifying Treatment and Monitoring for HIV (STREAM HIV)
Sponsor: University of Washington
Summary
This study seeks to determine the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of implementing an integrated model for HIV monitoring using point of care (POC) tenofovir (TFV) adherence testing and POC viral load (VL) monitoring in improving ART adherence, maintaining durable VL suppression, and improving retention in care among HIV-positive individuals initiating first-line tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based ART in South Africa.
Official title: Simplifying Treatment and Monitoring for HIV (STREAM HIV): Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Adherence and Viral Load Testing to Improve HIV Outcomes in South Africa
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
16 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
539
Start Date
2021-02-04
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2026-02-19
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Point-of-care viral load testing and tenofovir adherence testing
Point-of-care testing of HIV viral load and tenofovir, and providing same day results to participants
Locations (1)
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa