Adolescent Retention and Adherence Trial

Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Maureen Anetoh, Stephen Okorafor Kalu, Prince Udegbunam Ele, Bolaji Emmanuel Egbewale et al. (6 authors)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications2022-09-1511 citations

10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100997

Cost-effectiveness and feasibility of conditional economic incentives and motivational interviewing to improve HIV health outcomes of adolescents living with HIV in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Ekwunife OI, Ofomata CJ, Okafor CE, Anetoh MU, Kalu SO, Ele PU, Eleje GU.

2021-07-119 citations

10.1186/s12913-021-06718-4

Conditional economic incentives and motivational interviewing to improve adolescents’ retention in HIV care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Southeast Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial

Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Maureen Anetoh, Stephen Okorafor Kalu, P U Ele, George Uchenna Eleje

Trials2018-12-0112 citations

10.1186/s13063-018-3095-4

Interventions

Conditional economic incentives and motivational interviewing

Usual care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria: Patients with AIDs defining disease Patients that did not give consent or those that their parents/legal guardian did not give consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference between groups in the proportion with HIV viral load (VL) suppression (less than 20 copies/mL)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
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	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactMaureen Anetoh

Lecturer & PhD Candidate / Nnamdi Azikiwe University

amupharm2006@yahoo.com08035530238

Outcome results

None listed