Bringing South African Men Into HIV Counseling and Testing and Care
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Men-Centered HIV Testing vs. Clinic-Based HIV Testing; Personalized Linkage to Care for HIV+ Men vs. Clinic Referral for HIV+ Men.Masking: Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: The Care Provider and Outcomes Assessors do not know the arms to which an individual has been assignedPrimary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
This study combines structural and individual level interventions for HIV and integrates the two to address the study's objective of identifying South African men in KwaZulu Natal with HIV and maintaining those diagnosed with HIV in care to the point of viral suppression. The cluster-randomized desi...
This study combines structural and individual level interventions for HIV and integrates the two to address the study's objective of identifying South African men in KwaZulu Natal with HIV and maintaining those diagnosed with HIV in care to the point of viral suppression. The cluster-randomized design will randomize 8 communities to intervention or control to test the hypothesis whether male-centered mobilization and testing increases the population-level percentage of men who have been tested within the past 12 months by more than 10 absolute percentage points. The individually randomized design will test whether individualized case management will effectively link HIV-positive men to treatment to the point of viral suppression. The study will also examine the incremental cost-effectiveness of the interventions.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03794245
- Collaborators
- Human Sciences Research Council
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Charles University, Czech Republic
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: THOMAS J COATES, PhD University of California, Los Angeles Principal Investigator: Heidi Van Rooyen, PhD Human Sciences Research Council
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