Evaluation of treatment outcomes for patients on first‐line regimens in <scp>US</scp> President's Emergency Plan for <scp>AIDS</scp> Relief (<scp>PEPFAR</scp>) clinics in <scp>U</scp>ganda: predictors of virological and immunological response from <scp>RV</scp>288 analyses

Abstract

High virological suppression rates are achievable on first-line ART in Uganda. The odds of virological suppression were positively associated with efavirenz use and improvements in CD4 cell percentage and total lymphocyte count and negatively associated with the cost of travel to the clinic. CD4 cell reconstitution was positively associated with CD4 count at study visit, time on ART, satisfaction with care at clinic, haemoglobin concentration and total lymphocyte count and negatively associated with age.