Virological measures and factors associated with outcomes, and missing outcome data in HIV clinical trials: a methodological study

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the definition of HIV virological outcomes in the literature and factors associated with outcomes and missing outcome data. METHODS: We conducted a methodological review of HIV RCTs using a search (2009-2019) of PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.Only full-text, peer-reviewed, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that measured virological outcomes in people living with HIV, and published …