Publications

Click here for a full listing of DART publications. 

DART Trial Team. Routine versus clinically driven laboratory monitoring of HIV antiretroviral therapy in Africa (DART): a randomised non-inferiority trial. Lancet 2010; 375:123-31.

Kityo C, Walker AS, Dickinson L, Lutwama F, Kayiwa J, Ssali F, Nalumenya R, Tumukunde D, Munderi P, Reid A, Gilks CF, Gibb DM, Khoo S; DART Trial Team. Pharmacokinetics of lopinavir-ritonavir with and without nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in Ugandan HIV-infected adults. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy 2010 Jul; 54(7):2965-73. Epub 2010 Apr 26

Walker AS, Ford D, Gilks C, Munderi P, Ssali F, Reid A, Katabira E, Grosskurth H, Mugyenyi P, Hakim J, Darbyshire JH, Gibb DM, Babiker AG. Daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in severely immunosuppressed adults in Africa started on combination antiretroviral therapy. Lancet 2010 Apr 10; 375(9722):1278-86. Epub 2010 Mar 27

Munderi P, Walker AS, Kityo C, Babiker AG, Ssali F, Reid A, Darbyshire JH, Grosskurth H, P Mugyenyi, Gibb DM, Gilks CF on behalf of the DART/NORA trial teams. Nevirapine/zidovudine/lamivudine has superior immunological and virological responses not reflected in clinical outcomes in a 48 week randomised comparison with abacavir/zidovudine/lamivudine in HIV-infected Ugandan adults with low CD4 counts. HIV Medicine 2010 May; 11(5):334-44. Epub 2010 Feb 3

McCormick A, Goodall R, Joyce A, Walker AS, Ndembi N, Chirara M, Kityo C, Yirrell D, Gilks C, Pillay D, on behalf of the DART Virology Group and Trial Team.. Lack of minority K65R resistant viral populations detected after repeated treatment interruptions of Tenofovir/Zidovudine and Lamivudine in a resource-limited setting. JAIDS 2010 Jun; 54(2):215-6

Ndembi N, Kaleebu P, Goodall RL, Dunn DT McCormick A, Burke A, Lyagoba F, Munderi P, Katundu P, Kityo C, Robertson V, Yirrell DL, Walker AS, Gibb DM, Gilks CF, Pillay D on behalf of the DART Virology Group and Trial Team. Viral rebound and emergence of drug resistance in the absence of viral load testing: a randomised comparison between zidovudine-lamivudine plus nevirapine and zidovudine-lamivudine plus abacavir. JID 2010; 201:106-13.

Nyanzi Wakholi B, Medina Lara A, Munderi P, Gilks C, Grosskurth H on behalf of the DART trial team. The role of HIV testing, counseling, and treatment in coping with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A qualitative analysis. AIDS Care Journal 2009; 21:903-8.

Stöhr W, Walker AS, Munderi P, Tugume S, Gilks CF, Darbyshire JH, Hakim J on behalf of the DART trial. Estimating glomerular filtration rate in HIV-infected adults in Africa: comparison of Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD formulae. Antiviral Therapy 2008;13(6):761-70.

Muyingo SK, Walker AS, Reid A, Munderi P, Gibb DM, Ssali F,  Levin J, Katabira E, Gilks C,  Todd J,  and the DART Trial Team *.  Patterns of individual and population-level adherence to ART and risk factors for poor adherence in the first year of the DART trial in Uganda and Zimbabwe. JAIDS 2008;48(4):468-475 

Reid AJ, Stöhr W, Walker AS, Williams IG, Kityo C, Hughes P, Kambugu A, Gilks CF, Mugyenyi P, Munderi P, Hakim J, Gibb DM on behalf of the DART Trial. Severe renal dysfunction and risk factors associated with renal impairment in adults with HIV infection in Africa initiating antiretroviral therapy. CID 2008; 46:1271–1281

DART Trial Team. 24 Week Safety and Tolerability of Nevirapine Versus Abacavir in Combination with Zidovudine/Lamivudine as First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy: A Randomised Double-Blind Trial (NORA). TIMH 13 (1), 6-16doi10.111/j.1365-3156.2007.01973.x

DART Trial Team. Fixed Duration Interruptions are Inferior to Continuous Treatment in African Adults Starting Therapy with CD4<200 Cells/µL. AIDS. 2008;22(2):237-47.

Medina Lara A, Nyanzi Wakholi B, Kasirye A, Munderi P, Watera C, Lalloo DG, Haycox A, Gilks CF and Grosskurth H on behalf of the DART trial team. Utility Assessment of HIV/AIDS Related Health States In HIV Infected Ugandans. AIDS 2008;22 Suppl 1:S123-30

Kikaire B, Khoo S, Walker AS, Ssali F, Munderi P, Namale L, Reid A, Gibb DM, Mugyenyi P, and Grosskurth H on behalf of the DART Trial team. Nevirapine clearance from plasma in African adults stopping therapy - a pharmacokinetic substudy. AIDS 2007;21:733-7

Ssali F, Stöhr W, Munderi P, Reid A, Walker AS, Gibb DM, Mugyenyi P, Kityo C, Grosskurth H, Hakim J, Darbyshire JH, Gilks CF and the DART Trial Team. Incidence and Predictors of Severe Anaemia with Zidovudine-containing Regimens in Africa Adults with HIV Infection within the DART Trial. Antiviral Therapy 2006; 11:741-9.

DART Virology Group and Trial Team. Virological response to a triple nucleoside/nucleotide analogue regimen over 48 weeks in HIV-1-infected adults in Africa. AIDS 2006; 20:1391-9

Oral presentations

PDF Risk of WHO 4 events and death by current CD4 on ART in the DART trial: the impact of CD4-dependent reporting bias
17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 16-19 February 2010, San Francisco USA
PDF Immune restoration over 5 years on ART among patients initiating treatment with advanced immune deficiency in the DART trial in Uganda and Zimbabwe
17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 16-19 February 2010, San Francisco USA
PDF

Design of the DART trial and key substudy results
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Impact of routine laboratory monitoring over 5 years after ART initiation, the DART Trial final results
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Cost effectiveness analysis of routine laboratory or clinically driven strategies - DART trial    
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

What have we learnt from the DART trial?
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa 

PDF

DART LPV NNRTI PK
Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection 9-13 November 2008 Glasgow, UK

PDF

Discordance between virological/immunological and clinical outcomes:
NORA efficacy 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Sydney, 22-25 July 2007

Adherence to ART in DART trial subjects
1st Interest Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource-poor Settings, Kampala, 30 May-2 June, 2007

STI acceptability in DART
8th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, Glasgow, 12-16 November 2006

Structured Treatment Interruptions (STIs) in DART
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Mortality rates and causes of death pre- and post-ART
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Glomerular dysfunction following initiation of ART
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Pharmacokinetics of Nevirapine following interruption
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Safety of Nevirapine compared to Abacavir, both with Combivir: the NORA trial,
13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Denver, 5-8 February 2006

48 week virological response to Combivir+Tenofovir,
3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janeiro, 24-27 July 2005

24 week virological response to Combivir+Tenofovir,
12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, 22-25 February 2005

Severe anaemia in the DART trial,
12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, 22-25 February 2005

Entebbe Cohort survival,
XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, 11-16 July 2004

DART trial update,
13th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa, Nairobi, 21-26 September 2003

Posters

PDF J.K. Kayondo, N. Ndembi, P.A. Cane, C Kityo, M Chirara, R Goodall, D Dunn, P. Kaleebu, D. Pillay, and J.L. Mbisa. Different evolution of resistance uncovered by single genome sequencing (SGS) analysis of patients with long term virological failure during continuous or interrupted therapy. Abstract 113, International HIV and Hepatitis Virus Drug Resistance Workshop and Curative Strategies, June 8-12 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia & Antiviral Therapy 2010; 15 Suppl 2:A142.
PDF

Pregnancy rates and outcomes among women on triple-drug ART          
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Glomerular dysfunction and associated risk factors                  
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Effect of WHO stage 3/4 events after ART initiation on survival              
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Difficulties in assigning AIDS endpoints in clinical trials in resource limited settings   
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Impact of daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in severely immunosuppressed adults        
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Long-term randomised comparison of clinical outcomes following ART initiation : NORA    
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

Epidemiology of malaria in HIV infected patients on ART in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

PDF

DART NORA VIROLOGY - Phenotypic data
XVIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop, 9-13 June 2009, Fort Myers, Florida

PDF

DART NORA VIROLOGY - Prevalence and in vitro characteristics of (RT) N348I
16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 8-11 February 2009, Palais des Congrés de Montréal, Montréal Canada

PDF

DART VIROLOGY - STI
16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 8-11 February 2009, Palais des Congrés de Montréal, Montréal Canada

IMPACT OF KALETRA BASED SECOND-LINE ART REGIMEN
XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008

DART NORA VIROLOGY
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, USA, 5-8 February 2008

RESPONSES TO SECONDLINE
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, USA, 5-8 February 2008

COTRIMOXAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS IN DART
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, USA, 5-8 February 2008

Does Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Improve Outcomes after ART Initiation in HIV-infected African Adults
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 5-8 February 2008, Boston

Immunological Response to Boosted PI-Containing Second Line ART
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 5-8 February 2008, Boston

The relationship between viral load and emergence of drug resistance
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 5-8 February 2008, Boston

Virological and clinical efficacy in the NORA substudy of DART,
14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles, 25-28 February 2007

Pregnancy and outcome in DART,
14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles, 25-28 February 2007

48 week resistance on Combivir+Tenofovir,
14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles, 25-28 February 2007

STI acceptability in DART
8th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, Glasgow, 12-16 November 2006

Qualitative Quality of Life Changes
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Quantitative Quality of Life Changes
XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

Immunological changes on STIs
AIDS Vaccine 2006 Conference, Amsterdam, 29 August - 1 September 2006

48 week virological response to Combivir+Tenofovir,
3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janeiro, 24-27 July 2005

DART trial update,
XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, 11-16 July 2004

CD4 response in the DART trial,
11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, 8-11 February 2004