NCT02639754Completed
Community Intervention for HIV Testing & Care Linkage Among Young MSM in Bulgaria
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Feb 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Young men who have sex with men (MSM) in low- and middle-income countries often do not seek out HIV testing, are unaware of their HIV-positive status, and do not receive early medical care, compromising their health and contributing to downstream disease incidence. This situation is of great concern in post-socialist countries of Eastern Europe, where stigma about HIV/AIDS and same-sex behavior are great, HIV epidemics are still increasing, and the health needs of young MSM are rarely acknowledged or addressed. The planned research will be conducted in Sofia, Bulgaria, where MSM account for nearly half of HIV infections. The study will be conducted in two phases.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 320 (actual)
- First submitted
- 21 Dec 2015
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2015
- Primary completion date
- 30 Nov 2020
- Lead sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT02639754
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 320
- From 1 Dec 2015 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2020
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Age
- Individuals younger than 16 or older than 20;
Other
- Individuals who do not report they were male at birth;
- Individuals who do not report having sex with other males;
- Individuals who reside outside of the greater Sofia metropolitan area;
- Individuals who are unable to provide written informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Individuals must identify as male at birth;
- Individuals must report having sex with other males;
- Individuals will be between the ages of 16 and 20;
- Individuals must live in the greater Sofia metropolitan area;
- Individuals must be able to provide written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 16 years to 20 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Development Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
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