Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in HIV-positive individuals presenting with symptoms of tuberculosis: Protocol for an open-label randomized non-inferiority trial in Lesotho and Malawi.
Felix GerberRobina SemphereBlaise LukauPalesa MahlatsiTimeo MtengaTristan LeeMaurus KohlerTracy Renée GlassAlain AmstutzMamello MolatellePeter MacPhersonNthuseng Bridgett MarakeMarriott NliwasaIrene AyakakaRachael BurkeNiklaus LabhardtPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The trial has been registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05452616; July 11 2022).
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- phase iii
- phase ii
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- open label
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- south africa
- double blind
- hiv infected
- randomized controlled trial
- placebo controlled
- hiv aids
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- human immunodeficiency virus
- emergency department
- depressive symptoms
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- sleep quality
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- physical activity
- electronic health record