Implementing Cabenuva in Arkansas HIV Programs

This study seeks to address this gap by studying two Cabenuva delivery strategies conducted at six outpatient HIV clinics in Arkansas, a Southern state with a large population of rural, poor, and African-American residents. The two delivery strategies are clinic delivery and home delivery. In the clinic delivery study arm patients will receive Cabenuva injections at the clinic (50 patients), and in the home delivery study arm patients will receive the injections at home (50 patients). The study team will follow the patients in both study arms for 10 months. After 5 months, the patients will complete a treatment satisfaction survey, and after 10 months the study team will examine clinic records to assess their medication adherence. Secondary outcomes will include clinician perceptions of acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of Cabenuva delivery strategies. The study team will also collect qualitative data from patients and clinic employees to learn more in depth about their perceptions of Cabenuva, the delivery strategies, their implementation, and barriers and facilitators. Finally, the study team will estimate the costs associated with the two delivery strategies from the clinic and patient perspectives. The data from this study provide information on what delivery strategies for long acting HIV medications offer best results, how these strategies are perceived by patients and clinicians, and how costly and feasible the strategies are to implement in practice.