Viral Load Process Outcomes
The proportion with 12-week follow-up VLs was high (intervention arm 97.4%, standard-of-care arm 95.1%), taken a median of 84 and 85 days from enrolment, respectively. 33 of 38 point-of-care participants (86.8%) received 12-week VL results on the same day, at a median time of 3.1 hours from blood draw, versus 7 days in the standard-of-care arm. One standard-of-care participant had their 12-week VL using the point-of-care assay in error. The proportion of patients with a 12-week VL <50 copies/mL was higher in the intervention (22 of 39, 56.4% [41.0–70.7]) versus the standard-of-care arm (9 of 41, 22.0% [12.0–36.7], Changes in viral loads from pre-enrolment to study exit.