Follows people at risk of HIV across several countries to count new infections
Observes people with risky behaviors to track new HIV infections.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
- Where
- Abuja, NigeriaSee the siteAlso in 3 other countries, 3 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Protocol RV 583 Multinational Observational Cohort of HIV and Other Infections
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 2,500 people, planned
- Started
- 5 Nov 2021
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2032
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Novel interventions to achieve HIV remission
- Record updated
- 28 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for people aged 14 to 55 who do not have HIV but may be vulnerable to getting HIV and other infections. It follows how many new infections happen.
- Age
- 14 to 55 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- A documented negative HIV test at the start. Vulnerable to HIV and other infections, for example a new sexually transmitted infection in the last 24 weeks, sex in exchange for money, condomless sex with at least three partners, injection drug use, or anal intercourse with male or transgender partners. A second step is for people newly diagnosed with HIV in the last 90 days.
- Earlier treatment
- People who have taken part in an HIV vaccine study cannot join, unless they are known to have received placebo.
- Biomarker or test result
- A negative HIV test at entry.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Any medical, mental health or social condition that could interfere with the study, in the investigator's judgment
- Drug or alcohol use that would interfere with following study requirements
- Current or past participation in an HIV vaccine study, unless known placebo recipient
- Positive pregnancy test at screening for people who can become pregnant
The registry criteria, word for word
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Other criteria
- Step 1 Inclusion Criteria: Female or male aged 14-55 years; Documented negative HIV test according to site-specific HIV testing procedures at entry/screening; Able and willing to provide informed consent; Willing to provide biometric identification; Available for follow-up for the planned study duration; Understands English or the local language as approved by the IRB, including people who are illiterate; Willing to provide contact information for themselves and one personal contact who would know their whereabouts during the study period; Willing to provide information regarding HIV risk behaviors and to undergo testing for HIV and other STIs; Considered to be vulnerable to HIV and other STIs based on any one or more of the following test results and/or self-reported behaviors:
- Documented history of newly diagnosed syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, Mycoplasma genitalium, herpes simplex virus, or acute hepatitis C virus infection in the 24 weeks prior to screening
- Self-reported vaginal, oral, or anal intercourse in exchange for money as a regular source of income in the 24 weeks prior to screening
- Self-reported condomless vaginal or anal intercourse with at least three different partners living with HIV or of unknown status in the 24 weeks prior to screening
- Self- reported injection drug use (IDU) in the 24 weeks prior to screening
- Self-reported insertive or receptive anal intercourse with one or more different male or transgender partners in the 24 weeks prior to screening Step 1 Exclusion Criteria: Any significant condition (medical, psychologic/psychiatric or social) that, in the judgment of the study investigator, might interfere with the conduct of the study; Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the judgement of the study investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements; Current or past participation in a preventive or therapeutic HIV vaccine study, unless known placebo recipient; Positive β-HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) pregnancy test (urine or serum) at screening for people of child-bearing potential and people who are amenorrheic for less than 12 consecutive months; Step 2 Inclusion Criteria: New diagnosis of HIV in the last 90 days during Step 1 as determined by site-specific HIV testing procedures; Able and willing to continue follow-up for the planned study duration Step 2 Exclusion Criteria: Any significant condition (medical, psychologic/psychiatric or social) that, in the judgment of the study investigator, might interfere with the conduct of the study; Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 14 and 55 years old?
Where in Nigeria
Also in 3 other countries, 3 sites
- Clinical Research Centre, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research -Africa/Nigeria (WRAIR-A/Nigeria)Abuja, NigeriaContact: Abdulwasiu Bolaji Tiamiyu, MBBS, FMCP, GCSRT, DTM&HTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Multinational Observational Cohort of HIV and other Infections (MOCHI). This observational study is to gain information regarding the number of new HIV infections among people who engage in behaviors that make them vulnerable to acquiring HIV across multiple international sites.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Step 1
Step 1 will enroll participants aged 14-55 years who are vulnerable to contracting HIV. They will be evaluated every 12 weeks for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Treatment: Novel interventions to achieve HIV remission
- Step 2
Participants who are diagnosed with HIV will proceed to Step 2, with evaluation of viral load and other HIV-related tests every four weeks for 12 weeks and then every 12 weeks for a total of 48 weeks.
Treatment: Novel interventions to achieve HIV remission
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Multinational Observational Cohort of HIV and Other Infections (MOCHI)
- Plain-language title
- Follows people at risk of HIV across several countries to count new infectionsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05147519, who can take part
- Record updated
- 28 May 2026