Development of a Urine-Based Point-of-Care Test for Adherence to Antiretroviral Drugs

"Tivicay® (dolutegravir, DTG), a HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI), is FDA-approved in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and in pediatric patients weighing at least 30kg. Tivicay® 50mg tablets \[GlaxoSmithKline\] are yellow, round, film-coated, biconvex tablets debossed with SV 572 on one side and 50 on the other side. The inactive ingredients in each tablet are D-mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone K29/32, sodium starch glycolate, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The tablet film-coating contains the inactive ingredients iron oxide yellow macrogol/PEG, polyvinyl alcohol-part hydrolyzed, talc, and titanium dioxide."

"Descovy® (emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide, FTC/TAF) is a combination of two HIV nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) FDA-approved in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients weighing at least 35kg. Descovy® 200 mg/25 mg tablets \[Gilead\] are blue, rectangular-shaped, and film-coated with GSI debossed on one side and 225 on the other side. The inactive ingredients are croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, and microcrystalline cellulose. The tablets are film-coated with a coating material containing indigo carmine aluminum lake, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, talc, and titanium dioxide."

"Viread® (tenofovir DF, TDF) is a nucleotide analog HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor and a hepatitis B reverse transcriptase inhibitor FDA-approved for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents and for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older weighing at least 10kg. Viread® 300mg tablets \[Gilead\] are almond-shaped, light blue, film-coated tablets containing 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, which is equivalent to 245 mg of tenofovir disoproxil, are debossed with GILEAD and 4331 on one side and with 300 on the other side. The inactive ingredients in each tablet are croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and pregelatinized starch. Viread® 300mg tablets are coated with Opadry II Y-30-10671-A, which contains FD\&C blue #2 aluminum lake, hypromellose 2910, lactose monohydrate, titanium dioxide, and triacetin."

"Lamivudine (Epivir®, 3TC) is a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor FDA-approved in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients at least 3 months of age. Lamivudine 300mg tablets \[Apotex Inc.\] are gray, modified diamond-shaped, film-coated, and engraved with LMV 300 on one side and APO on the reverse side. Inactive ingredients are black iron oxide, colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, lactose anhydrous, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, and titanium dioxide."