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ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2025

The impact of adherence counseling incorporating a point of care urine tenofovir assay on virologic suppression among individuals failing tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir: A pre-post intervention study.

Leonard Bikinesi, Matthew A Spinelli, Ntombizodwa Nyoni, Daniella Mouton, Assegid Mengistu, Jacques Kamangu, Iyaloo Konstantinus, Pearl Kalimugogo, Gram Mutandi, Fekir Negussie and 8 more

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Article in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Drug-Level Feedback Counseling Improves Long-Term Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Adherence for US Men Who Have Sex With Men in Pilot RCT.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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  2. A Real-Time Urine Tenofovir Assay Improves Drug Adherence Among People With HIV With Prior Virologic Failure in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Leonard BikinesiMinistry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
Matthew A SpinelliDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA.
Ntombizodwa NyoniUniversity of California San Francisco Global Programs for Research and Training, Windhoek, Namibia. Electronic address: Ntombizodwa.Makurira@ucglobalprograms.org.
Daniella MoutonNamibia Institute of Pathology Limited, Windhoek, Namibia.
Assegid MengistuMinistry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
Jacques KamanguMinistry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
Iyaloo KonstantinusNamibia Institute of Pathology Limited, Windhoek, Namibia.
Pearl KalimugogoCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DGHT), Windhoek, Namibia.
Gram MutandiCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fekir NegussieUniversity of California San Francisco Global Programs for Research and Training, Windhoek, Namibia.
Guohong WangAbbott Toxicology Unit, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, USA.
Susie WeltyDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, USA.
Willi McFarlandDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, USA.
R Suzanne BeardCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jessica HabererHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA.
Suzanne McCluskeyHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA.
Monica GandhiDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA.
Steven Y HongCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Funding

Randomized Trial to Optimize Virologic Suppression Rates Using a Point-of-Care Urine Monitoring Assay (ROVING-PUMA)R01AI143340 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Monica Gandhi · 2018 to 2026
$5.6M
Developing a U.S. National Cohort to Improve Virologic Suppression among Stimulant-using Men Living with HIV.UH3DA058304 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Adam Wayne Carrico, Monica Gandhi · 2025 to 2026
$3.6M
“Hair Lengthening”: Using Hair Levels to Interpret Long-Acting PrEP Studies.R37AI098472 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Monica Gandhi · 2023 to 2026
$3.2M
PrEP Point-of-Care Brief-Intervention for Adherence among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (PrEP2-BAY Study)K23MH122286 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SPINELLI, MATTHEW A. · 2020 to 2024
$1.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143340NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI098472NIDA NIH HHS UH3 DA058304NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH122286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo examine if point-of-care (POC) urine tenofovir testing-informed counseling could be used to improve virologic suppression (VS) among participants with virologic failure (VF) after ≥1 prior round of enhanced adherence counseling (EAC).

methodsParticipants were enrolled from 42 clinics across Namibia. At each monthly medication pick-up, participants completed the POC urine test and received EAC informed by this testing (EAC+). If VS was not achieved after 3 months of EAC+, up to 3 additional rounds of EAC+ were provided, with resistance testing at month (M)9.

resultsOf 310 potentially eligible participants across 42 clinics in Namibia, we enrolled 211 participants with VF (median age 33 years, 61% female); 195 reached M3 defined as receiving EAC+ and follow-up viral load testing; 169 achieved VS within M3 (87%, P < 0

conclusionThe urine tenofovir assay when incorporated into adherence counseling has potential to be a cost-effective intervention among participants failing tenofovir-based regimens, increasing VS to 97% in those failing Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir. Encouraging results of this pre-post intervention will be rigorously tested in a randomized trial.

Indexed as

Anti-HIV AgentsCounselingHIV InfectionsMedication AdherencePoint-of-Care SystemsTenofovirAdultDolutegravirFemaleHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingHIV-1HumansLamivudineMaleMiddle AgedNamibiaAnti-HIV AgentsDolutegravirHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingLamivudineOxazinesPiperazinesPyridonesTenofovirEnhanced adherence counselingNamibiaPeople living with HIVPoint-of-care assayTenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir (TLD)Urine tenofovir assayVirologic suppression

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PMCPMC11748914

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