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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet HIV. 2020 Feb 24;7(4):e229–e237. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30402-3

Table 2:

Primary and secondary outcomes

Intervention group (n=195) Standard-of-care group (n=195) Absolute risk difference, % (95% CI) p value
Composite primary outcome 175 (90%) 148 (76%) 13·9% (6·4 to 21·2) 0·00040
Components of primary outcome
 Viral suppression (<200 copies per mL) 182 (93%) 162 (83%) 10·3% (3·9 to 16·8) 0·0025
 Retention in care at study clinic 180 (92%) 165 (85%) 7·7% (1·3 to 14·2) 0·026
Other secondary outcomes
 Viral suppression (<200 copies per mL) and retention at any clinic 177 (91%) 153 (79%) 12·3% (5·2 to 19·4) 0·0011
 Viral load <1000 copies per mL and retention at study clinic 176 (90%) 152 (78%) 12·3% (5·1 to 19·5) 0·0013
 Viral load <50 copies per mL and retention at study clinic 167 (86%) 139 (71%) 14·4% (6·2 to 22·3) 0·0080
 Viral load <1000 copies per mL 184 (94%) 166 (85%) 9·2% (3·2 to 15·4) 0·0041
 Viral load <50 copies per mL 172 (88%) 152 (78%) 10·3% (2·8 to 17·6) 0·0099
 Retention in care at any clinic at 12 months 182 (93%) 170 (87%) 6·2% (0·2 to 12·2) 0·059
Viral suppression among those with a result at study exit
 Viral load <1000 copies per ml 184/189 (97%) 166/178 (93%) 4·1% (–0·3 to 9·0) 0·082
 Viral load <200 copies per ml 182/189 (96%) 162/178 (91%) 5·3% (0·2 to 10·7) 0·051
 Viral load <50 copies per ml 172/189 (91%) 152/178 (85%) 5·6% (–1·0 to 12·4) 0·11
Communication of viral load result to participant
 Enrolment viral load communicated to participant 195/195 (100%) 171/192 (89%) 10·9% (6·8 to 16·1) <0·0001
 Mid-study viral load communicated to participant 191/192 (>99%) 127/170 (75%) 24·8% (18·4 to 31·8) <0·0001
 All viral load results communicated to participant 397/398 (>99%) 304/373 (82%) 18·3% (14·5 to 22·5) <0·0001
Referral into community-based ART delivery programme 116 (60%) 52 (27%) 32·8% (23·2 to 41·6) <0·0001

Data are n (%) or n/N (%), unless otherwise stated. ART=antiretroviral therapy.