MTN Publications

Mhlanga FG, Noguchi L, Balkus JE, Kabwigu S, Scheckter R, Piper J, Watts H, O'Rourke C, Torjesen K, Brown ER, Hillier SL, Beigi R. Implementation of a prospective pregnancy registry for antiretroviral based HIV prevention trials. HIV Clin Trials 2018 Feb;19(1):8-14. PMCID: PMC5995113

Giguere R, Rael CT, Sheinfil A, Balán IC, Brown W 3rd, Ho T, Dolezal C, Leu CS, Liu A, Mayer KH, Lama JR, McGowan I, Carballo-Diéguez A, Cranston RD, MTN-017 Protocol Team. Factors Supporting and Hindering Adherence to Rectal Microbicide Gel Use with Receptive Anal Intercourse in a Phase 2 Trial. AIDS Behav 2018 Feb;22(2):388-401. PMCID:PMC5818328

Montgomery ET, Noguchi LM, Dai JY, Pan J, Biggio J, Hendrix C, Isaacs K, Watts DH, Schwartz JL, Piper J, Beigi R. Acceptability of and Adherence to an Antiretroviral-Based Vaginal Microbicide among Pregnant Women in the United States. AIDS Behav 2018 Feb;22(2):402-411. PMCID:PMC5702586

Balkus JE, Brown ER, Palanee-Phillips T, Matovu Kiweewa F, Mgodi N, Naidoo L, Mbilizi Y, Jeenarain N, Gaffoor Z, Siva S, Nair G, Pather A, Baeten JM. Performance of a Validated Risk Score to Predict HIV-1 Acquisition Among African Women Participating in a Trial of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2018 Jan 1;77(1):e8-e10. PMCID:PMC5720924

Carballo-Diéguez A, Giguere R, Dolezal C, Leu CS, Balán IC, Brown W 3rd, Rael C, Richardson BA, Piper JM, Bekker LG, Chariyalertsak S, Chitwarakorn A, Gonzales P, Holtz TH, Liu A, Mayer KH, Zorrilla CD, Lama JR, McGowan I, Cranston RD; MTN-017 Protocol Team. Preference of Oral Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Emtricitabine Versus Rectal Tenofovir Reduced-Glycerin 1% Gel Regimens for HIV Prevention Among Cisgender Men and Transgender Women Who Engage in Receptive Anal Intercourse with Men. AIDS Behav 2017 Dec;21(12):3336-3345. PMCID: PMC5856109

Husnik MJ, Brown ER, Marzinke M, Livant E, Palanee-Phillips T, Hendrix C, Kiweewa FM, Nair G, Soto-Torres LE, Schwartz K, Hillier SL, Baeten JM; MTN-020 ASPIRE Study Team. Implementation of a Novel Adherence Monitoring Strategy in a Phase III, Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, HIV-1 Prevention Clinical Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017 Nov 1;76(3):330-337. PMCID: PMC5634926

Balkus JE, Palanee-Phillips T, Reddy K, Siva S, Harkoo I, Nakabiito C, Kintu K, Nair G, Chappell C, Kiweewa FM, Kabwigu S, Naidoo L, Jeenarain N, Marzinke M, Soto-Torres L, Brown ER, Baeten JM. Brief Report: Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Use Does Not Diminish the Effectiveness of Hormonal Contraception. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017 Oct 1;76(2):e47-e51. PMCID: PMC5597463

Livant E, Heaps A, Kelly C, Maharaj R, Samsunder N, Nhlangulela L, Karugaba P, Panchia R, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Parikh UM; VOICE Study Team. The fourth generation AlereTM HIV Combo rapid test improves detection of acute infection in MTN-003 (VOICE) samples. J Clin Virol 2017 Sep;94:15-21. PMCID: PMC5790424

Cosentino LA, Danby CS, Rabe LK, Macio I, Meyn LA, Wiesenfeld HC, Hillier SL. Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Diagnosis of Extragenital Sexually Transmitted Infections. J Clin Microbiol 2017 Sep;55(9):2801-2807. PMCID: PMC5648715

Koss CA, Bacchetti P, Hillier SL, Livant E, Horng H, Mgodi N, Mirembe BG, Gomez Feliciano K, Horn S, Liu AY, Glidden DV, Grant RM, Benet LZ, Louie A, van der Straten A, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Gandhi M. Differences in Cumulative Exposure and Adherence to Tenofovir in the VOICE, iPrEx OLE, and PrEP Demo Studies as Determined via Hair Concentrations. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2017 August 1; 33(8): 778-783. PMCID: PMC5564054

Carballo-Diéguez A, Balán IC, Brown W 3rd, Giguere R, Dolezal C, Leu CS, Marzinke MA, Hendrix CW, Piper JM, Richardson BA, Grossman C, Johnson S, Gomez K, Horn S, Kunjara Na Ayudhya RP, Patterson K, Jacobson C, Bekker LG, Chariyalertsak S, Chitwarakorn A, Gonzales P, Holtz TH, Liu A, Mayer KH, Zorrilla C, Lama J, McGowan I, Cranston RD. High levels of adherence to a rectal microbicide gel and to oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) achieved in MTN-017 among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women. PLoS One 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181607. PMCID: PMC5531503

van der Straten A, Shapley-Quinn M, Reddy K, Cheng H, Etima J, Woeber K, Musara P, Palanee-Phillips T, Baeten JM, Montgomery ET, and on behalf of the MTN-020/ASPIRE Study Team. Favoring "Peace of Mind": A Qualitative Study of African Women's HIV Prevention Product Formulation Preferences from the MTN-020/ASPIRE Trial. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2017 July ; 31(7): 305-314 PMCID: PMC5512310

Riddler SA, Husnik M, Ramjee G, Premrajh A, Tutshana BO, Pather A, Siva S, Jeenarain N, Nair G, Selepe P, Kabwigu S, Palanee-Phillips T, Panchia R, Mhlanga F, Levy L, Livant E, Patterson K, Elharrar V, Balkus J. HIV disease progression among women following seroconversion during a tenofovir-based HIV prevention trial. PLoS One 2017 Jun 28;12(6):e0178594. PMCID: PMC5489164

Akello CA, Bunge KE, Nakabiito C, Mirembe BG, Fowler MG, Mishra A, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Celum C, Balkus JE. Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Incidence Among Women Participating in an HIV Prevention Trial. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2017 Jun;26(6):670-676. PMCID: PMC5512296

DeMarco AL, Rabe LK, Austin MN, Stoner KA, Avolia HA, Meyn LA, Hillier SL. Survival of vaginal microorganisms in three commercially available transport systems. Anaerobe. 2017 Jun;45:44-49. PMCID: PMC5466887

Montgomery ET, van der Straten A, Chitukuta M, Reddy K, Woeber K, Atujuna M, Bekker LG, Etima J, Nakyanzi T, Mayo AJ, Katz A, Laborde N, Grossman CI, Soto-Torres L, Palanee-Phillips T, Baeten JM; MTN-020/ASPIRE Study. Acceptability and use of a dapivirine vaginal ring in a phase III trial. AIDS 2017 May 15;31(8):1159-1167. PMCID: PMC5557083

Richardson-Harman N, Parody R, Anton P, McGowan I, Doncel G, Thurman AR, Herrera C, Kordy K, Fox J, Tanner K, Swartz G, Dezzutti CS. Analytical Advances in the Ex Vivo Challenge Efficacy Assay. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2017 Apr;33(4):395-403. PMCID: PMC5372762

Kasaro MP, Husnik MJ, Chi BH, Reid C, Magure T, Makanani B, Tembo T, Ramjee G, Maslankowski L, Rabe L, Brad Guffey M. Impact of targeted counseling on reported vaginal hygiene practices and bacterial vaginosis: the HIV Prevention Trials Network 035 study. Int J STD AIDS 2017 Apr;28(5):467-475. PMCID: PMC5145791

Duby Z, Mensch B, Hartmann M, Montgomery E, Mahaka I, Bekker L, van der Straten A. Achieving the optimal vaginal state: the use of vaginal products and study gels in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2017;29(3):247-257. PMCID: PMC6276804

Cranston RD, Lama JR, Richardson BA, Carballo-Diéguez A, Kunjara Na Ayudhya RP, Liu K, Patterson KB, Leu CS, Galaska B, Jacobson CE, Parikh UM, Marzinke MA, Hendrix CW, Johnson S, Piper JM, Grossman C, Ho KS, Lucas J, Pickett J, Bekker LG, Chariyalertsak S, Chitwarakorn A, Gonzales P, Holtz TH, Liu AY, Mayer KH, Zorrilla C, Schwartz JL, Rooney J, McGowan I; MTN-017 Protocol Team. MTN-017: A Rectal Phase 2 Extended Safety and Acceptability Study of Tenofovir Reduced-Glycerin 1% Gel. Clin Infect Dis 2017 Mar 1;64(5):614-620. PMCID: PMC5850518

Chirenje ZM, Gundacker HM, Richardson B, Rabe L, Gaffoor Z, Nair GL, Mirembe BG, Piper JM, Hillier S, Marrazzo J. Risk Factors for Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Chemoprevention Trial: VOICE (MTN-003). Sex Transm Dis 2017 Mar;44(3):135-140. PMCID: PMC5535309

Montgomery ET, Mensch B, Musara P, Hartmann M, Woeber K, Etima J, van der Straten A. Misreporting of Product Adherence in the MTN-003/VOICE Trial for HIV Prevention in Africa: Participants' Explanations for Dishonesty. AIDS Behav 2017 Feb;21(2):481-491. PMCID: PMC5290166

Baeten JM, Palanee-Phillips T, Brown ER, Schwartz K, Soto-Torres LE, Govender V, Mgodi NM, Matovu Kiweewa F, Nair G, Mhlanga F, Siva S, Bekker LG, Jeenarain N, Gaffoor Z, Martinson F, Makanani B, Pather A, Naidoo L, Husnik M, Richardson BA, Parikh UM, Mellors JW, Marzinke MA, Hendrix CW, van der Straten A, Ramjee G, Chirenje ZM, Nakabiito C, Taha TE, Jones J, Mayo A, Scheckter R, Berthiaume J, Livant E, Jacobson C, Ndase P, White R, Patterson K, Germuga D, Galaska B, Bunge K, Singh D, Szydlo DW, Montgomery ET, Mensch BS, Torjesen K, Grossman CI, Chakhtoura N, Nel A, Rosenberg Z, McGowan I, Hillier S; MTN-020–ASPIRE Study Team. Use of a vaginal Ring containing dapivirine for HIV-1 prevention in women. N Engl J Med 2016 Dec 1;375(22):2121-32. PMCID:PMC4993693.

Duby Z, Hartmann M, Mahaka I, Munaiwa O, Nabukeera J, Vilakazi N, Mthembu F, Colvin CJ, Mensch B, van der Straten A. Lost in Translation: Language, Terminology, and Understanding of Penile-Anal Intercourse in an HIV Prevention Trial in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. J Sex Res 2016 Nov-Dec;53(9):1096-1106. PMCID: PMC4961617.

Stadler J, Scorgie F, van der Straten A, Saethre E. Adherence and The Lie in a HIV Prevention Clinical Trial. Med Anthropol 2016 Nov-Dec;35(6):503-516. PMCID: PMC4977196.

Polis CB, Phillips SJ, Hillier SL, Achilles SL. Levonorgestrel in contraceptives and multipurpose prevention technologies: does this progestin increase HIV risk or interact with antiretrovirals? AIDS 2016 Nov 13;30(17):2571-2576. PMCID:PMC5083202

van der Straten A, Panther L, Laborde N, Hoesley CJ, Cheng H, Husnik MJ, Horn S, Nel A, Soto-Torres L, Chen BA. Adherence and acceptability of a multidrug vaginal ring for HIV prevention in a phase I study in the United States. AIDS Behav 2016 Nov;20(11):2644-2653. PMCID:PMC4970965

Moodley J, Naidoo S, Moodley J, Ramjee G. Sharing of Investigational Drug Among Participants in the Voice Trial. AIDS Behav 2016 Nov;20(11):2709-2714. PMCID: PMC5071120.

Mensch BS, Brown ER, Liu K, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Gomez K, Piper J, Patterson K, van der Straten A. Reporting of Adherence in the VOICE Trial: Did Disclosure of Product Non-use Increase at the Termination Visit? AIDS Behav 2016 Nov;20(11):2654-2661. PMCID: PMC5354168

Beigi RH, Noguchi LM, Montgomery E, Biggio J, Hendrix CW, Marzinke MA, Dai JY, Pan J, Kunjara Na Ayudhya R, Schwartz JL, Isaacs K, Piper JM, Watts DH. A randomized safety and pharmacokinetic trial of daily tenofovir 1% gel in term and near-term pregnancy. J Int AIDS Soc 2016 Sep 21;19(1):20990. PMCID: PMC5034095.

Scott Y, Dezzutti CS. Non-Antiretroviral Microbicides for HIV Prevention AIDS Rev 2016 Jul-Sep;18(3):145-150. PMCID: PMC5053894

Riddler SA, Husnik M, Gorbach PM, Levy L, Parikh U, Livant E, Pather A, Makanani B, Muhlanga F, Kasaro M, Martinson F, Elharrar V, Balkus JE; MTN-015 Protocol Team for the Microbicide Trials Network. Long-term follow-up of HIV seroconverters in microbicide trials - rationale, study design, and challenges in MTN-015. HIV Clin Trials 2016 Sep;17(5):204-11. PMCID: PMC5002236.

Noguchi LM, Montgomery ET, Biggio JR, Hendrix CW, Bogen DL, Hillier SL, Dai JY, Piper JM, Marzinke MA, Dezzutti CS, Isaacs SK, Schwartz JL, Watts DH, Beigi RH. Detectable tenofovir levels in breastfeeding infants of mothers exposed to topical tenofovir. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 Aug 22;60(9):5616-9. PMCID: PMC4997886

Dezzutti CS, Richardson-Harman N, Rohan LC, Marzinke MA, Hoesley CJ, Panther L, Johnson S, Nuttall JP, Nel A, Chen BA; Microbicide Trials Network, MTN-013IPM 026 Protocol Team. Pharmacodynamic correlations using fresh and cryopreserved tissue following use of vaginal rings containing dapivirine and/or maraviroc in a randomized, placebo controlled trial. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Jul;95(28):e4174. PMCID: PMC4956805

Minnis AM, van der Straten A, Salee P, Hendrix CW. Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Measured by Plasma Drug Level in MTN-001: Comparison Between Vaginal Gel and Oral Tablets in Two Geographic Regions. AIDS Behav 2016 Jul;20(7):1541-8. PMCID: PMC4957649

Balkus JE, Brown E, Palanee T, Nair G, Gafoor Z, Zhang J, Richardson BA, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Baeten JM. An Empiric HIV Risk Scoring Tool to Predict HIV-1 Acquisition in African Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2016 Jul 1;72(3):333-43. PMCID: PMC4911322

Beigi RH, Noguchi L, Brown G, Piper J, Watts DH. Performing Drug Safety Research During Pregnancy and Lactation: Biomedical HIV Prevention Research as a Template. 2016 Jul;25(7):761-6. PMCID:PMC4939378

Hartmann M, Montgomery E, Stadler J, Laborde N, Magazi B, Mathebula F, van der Straten A. Negotiating the use of female-initiated HIV prevention methods in a context of gender-based violence: the narrative of rape. Cult Health Sex 2016 Jun;18(6):611-24. PMCID:PMC4845669

Luecke EH, Cheng H, Woeber K, Nakyanzi T, Mudekunye-Mahaka IC, van der Straten A; MTN-003D Study Team. Stated product formulation preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among women in the VOICE-D (MTN-003D) study. J Int AIDS Soc 2016 May 30;19(1):20875. PMCID: PMC4887458

Duby Z, Hartmann M, Montgomery ET, Colvin CJ, Mensch B, van der Straten A. Condoms, Lubricants and Rectal Cleansing: Practices Associated with Heterosexual Penile-Anal Intercourse Amongst Participants in an HIV Prevention Trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. AIDS Behav 2016 Apr;20(4):754-62. PMCID:PMC4698090

Mirembe BG, Kelly, Clifton W, Mgodi N, Greenspan S, Dai JY, Mayo A, Piper, J, Akello CA, Kiweewa FM, Magure T, Nakabiito C, Marazzo JM, Chirenje MZ, Riddler SA, MTN-003B Protocol team. Bone mineral density changes among young, healthy african women receiving oral tenofovir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2016 Mar 1;71(3):287-94. PMCID: PMC4755358

van der Straten A, Brown ER, Marrazzo JM, Chirenje MZ, Liu K, Gomez K, Marzinke MA, Piper JM, Hendrix CW, MTN-003 VOICE Protocol Team for the Microbicide Trials Network. Divergent adherence estimates with pharmacokinetic and behavioural measures in the MTN-003 (VOICE) study. J Int AIDS Soc 2016 Feb 4;19(1):20642. PMCID: PMC4744323

Herold BC, Chen BA, Salata RA, Marzinke MA, Kelly CW, Dezzutti CS, McGowan I, Galaska B, Levy L, Piper JM, Hillier S, Hendrix CW. Impact of Sex on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of 1% Tenofovir Gel. Clin Infect Dis 2016 Feb 1;62(3):375-82. PMCID: PMC4706638

Dai JY, Hendrix CW, Richardson BA, Kelly C, Marzinke M, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Brown ER. Pharmacological Measures of Adherence and Risk of HIV Acquisition in the VOICE Study. J Infect Dis 2016 Feb 1;213(3):335-342. PMCID:PMC4704663

Danby CS, Cosentino LA, Rabe LK, Priest CL, Damare KC, Macio IS, Meyn LA, Wiesenfeld HC, Hillier SL. Patterns of extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in women and men who have sex with men reporting a history of receptive anal intercourse. Sex Transm Dis 2016 Feb;43(2):105-9. PMCID: PMC4955797

Duby Z, Hartmann M, Montgomery ET, Colvin CJ, Mensch B, van der Straten A Sexual scripting of heterosexual penile-anal intercourse amongst participants in an HIV prevention trial in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Cult Health Sex 2016 Jan;18(1):30-44. PMCID:PMC4659730

Balkus JE, Brown ER, Hillier SL, Coletti A, Ramjee G, Mgodi N, Makanani B, Reid C, Martinson F, Soto-Torres L, Abdool Karim SS, Chirenje ZM. Oral and injectable contraceptive use and HIV acquisition risk among women in 4 African countries: a secondary analysis of data from a microbicide trial. Contraception 2016 Jan;93(1):25-31. PMCID:PMC4688130

Parikh UM, Mellors JW. Should we fear resistance from tenofovir/emtricitabine preexposure prophylaxis? Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2016 Jan;11(1):49-55. PMCID: PMC4970748

Mgodi NM, Kelly C, Gati B, Greenspan S, Dai JY, Bragg V, Livant E, Piper JM, Nakabiito C, Magure T, Marrazzo JM, Chirenje ZM, Riddler SA; MTN-003B Protocol Team. Factors associated with bone mineral density in healthy African women. Arch Osteoporos 2015 Dec;10(1):206. PMCID: PMC4564062

Scott YM, Park SY, Dezzutti CS. Broadly Neutralizing Anti-HIV Antibodies Prevent HIV Infection of Mucosal Tissue Ex Vivo. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015 Nov 23;60(2):904-12. PMCID: PMC4750682