Kumasi Cohort Study (KCS)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01853657 |
Recruitment Status
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Active, not recruiting
First Posted
: May 15, 2013
Last Update Posted
: January 24, 2018
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The main objective is to access efficacy of first and second line antiretroviral therapy (ART) and its determinants in patients treated at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi (KATH), Ghana, and to compare the clinical, virological and immunological efficacy of second line ART in patients who were switched after virological failure compared to patients who were switched after clinical or immunological failure.
Other specific study objectives are:
- To establish an HIV Cohort Study at the study site.
- To assess the rate of virological failure among patients on first line therapy
- To compare the clinical, immunological and virological efficacy of second line antiretroviral therapy amongst patients randomised to virological monitoring whilst on first line compared with those monitored routinely using clinical and immunological monitoring.
- To assess the incidence and outcome of tuberculosis (TB) and other opportunistic infections in patients treated at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital HIV services
- To obtain parameters for quality of care, e. g. performance of TB screening procedures
- To develop strategies to minimise treatment failures, on the basis of the results of the study
- To generate a large prospective second-line ART cohort, to serve as basis for further research projects
- To implement point-of-care viral load analysis at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
- Capacity building: epidemiology, medical documentation and data base management. Enrollment of one PhD and one Master student
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV | Other: Virological monitoring | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 3000 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Efficacy of First and Second Line ART in HIV Patients Treated at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi |
Study Start Date : | June 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2018 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Virological monitoring
In addition to routine clinical and immunological monitoring with CD4 counts
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Other: Virological monitoring |
No Intervention: Routine monitoring
Immunological and clinical monitoring
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- Clinical failure [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
Combined endpoint is clinical failure 12 and 24 months after switch to second line treatment, defined as:
- First/new AIDS defining event
- Death
- CD4 response [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]Absolute number of CD4 cells at the diagnosis of therapy failure and mean increase in CD4 cell count after 12 or 24 months
- Frequency and time of therapy changes [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Loss-to-follow up [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- ART-related Adverse Events (AE) [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Adherence [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- able and willing to give informed written consent
- age > 18 years
- on first line ART since > 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- not willing or able to comply with study procedures

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01853657
Ghana | |
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | |
Kumasi, Ghana |
Principal Investigator: | Fred S Sarfo, FWACP, PHD | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |
Principal Investigator: | Kirsten A Eberhardt, Dr., MD | Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | Kirsten A. Eberhardt, Dr., MD, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01853657 History of Changes |
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KCS |
First Posted: | May 15, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 24, 2018 |
Last Verified: | January 2018 |