2023
Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention Improves Immunologic Outcome at 48 Weeks: The Sankofa Trial Experience
Shabanova V, Emuren L, Gan G, Antwi S, Renner L, Amissah K, Kusah J, Lartey M, Reynolds N, Paintsil E. Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention Improves Immunologic Outcome at 48 Weeks: The Sankofa Trial Experience. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2023, 94: 371-380. PMID: 37643414, PMCID: PMC10617661, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV disclosure interventionsVirologic outcomesCD4 percentWeek 48HIV statusIntervention groupHIV disclosureDisclosure interventionDetectable viral loadWorld Health OrganizationAntiretroviral therapyImmunologic outcomesClinical outcomesIntervention armViral loadControl armClinical trialsTrial experienceSecondary analysisDisclosure statusHealth OrganizationCategorical variablesWeeksLinear mixed modelsBaseline
2020
Decreased Overall Survival in HIV-associated Non–small-cell Lung Cancer
Hysell K, Yusuf R, Barakat L, Virata M, Gan G, Deng Y, Perez-Irizarry J, Vega T, Goldberg SB, Emu B. Decreased Overall Survival in HIV-associated Non–small-cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 2020, 22: e498-e505. PMID: 33468393, PMCID: PMC8169710, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2020.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell lung cancerGeneral patientsNSCLC populationLung cancerCox proportional hazards modelYale-New Haven HospitalGeneral NSCLC populationOutcomes of patientsOverall median survivalRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of survivalKaplan-Meier curvesHIV-1 RNACopies/mLLog-rank testProportional hazards modelNew Haven HospitalCancer treatment regimensMedian CD4Antiretroviral therapyCohort studyMedian survivalOverall survivalHIV infectionMedian age
2018
High prevalence of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among undisclosed HIV-infected children in Ghana
Nichols JS, Kyriakides TC, Antwi S, Renner L, Lartey M, Seaneke OA, Obeng R, Catlin AC, Gan G, Reynolds NR, Paintsil E, Team O. High prevalence of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among undisclosed HIV-infected children in Ghana. AIDS Care 2018, 31: 25-34. PMID: 30235940, PMCID: PMC6288009, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1524113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyART adherence ratesPediatric HIV carePrevalence of adherenceAntiretroviral medication adherenceCohort of childrenHIV-positive statusChildren of caregiversChild-caregiver dyadsHIV carePharmacy recordsRefill dataMedian adherenceMedication adherenceAdherence ratesPoor adherenceHigh prevalencePositive statusIntervention studiesHIVGood adherenceAdherenceBaseline dataChildrenTherapy