NCT04791865Completed
Pediatric HIV Disclosure Benefits Study (PhD-BS) - Sankofa 2
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to conduct a pragmatic, stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in 12 HIV pediatric clinics in Ghana to determine effectiveness, health benefits, cost and implementation to inform scale-up and sustainability of pediatric disclosure.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 748 (actual)
- First submitted
- 5 Mar 2021
- Start date
- 15 Jun 2021
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Boston University
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT04791865
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 748
- From 15 Jun 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
- 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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Other illness
- HIV-infected children less than 7 years
- HIV-infected children with congenital or developmental disorders
- HIV-infected children with comorbidities such as sickle cell disease or diabetes that require frequent clinic visits or hospitalizations
- Children with AIDS-defining illness or end stage AIDS.
Who the study is looking for
- HIV infected children
- Children between the ages of 7-18 who do not know their HIV diagnosis (based on caregiver account and medical records confirmation) and their caregivers will be eligible to participate in the study
Age in the registry: 7 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Accra | Ghana | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Changes in caregiver psychosocial factors known to affect pediatric HIV disclosure: the Sankofa clinical trial experience in Ghana (2013-2023).AIDS Care · 2026 · PMID 41330401
- Scale-up of a paediatric HIV disclosure intervention in Ghana using a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial design: Sankofa 2 protocol and implementation.BMJ Open · 2025 · PMID 41238360
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