NCT05602376Recruiting
Improving HIV Testing, Linkage, and Retention in Care for Men Through U=U Messaging
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Nov 2024 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will evaluate the impact of U=U messaging and counseling on gaps in the HIV care cascade for men, including testing uptake and ART initiation (Aim 1), achieving viral suppression and retention in care (Aim 2) in two provinces in South Africa. The U=U message communicates the compelling idea that PLHIV who take ART and have an undetectable viral load (\<200 copies/mL) cannot sexually transmit HIV. Additionally, the investigators will conduct a multi-method evaluation to inform future implementation of U=U messaging interventions (Aim 3).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 3642 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 27 Oct 2022
- Start date
- 31 Mar 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT05602376
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 3642
- From 31 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 2 sites 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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Who the study is looking for
- AIM 1:
- male
- aged ≥15 years
- present a study issued invitation card to site receptionist
- ability to provide informed consent.
- AIM 2:
- cis-gender men
- aged ≥15 years
- newly initiating ART (i.e., treatment naïve) or re-initiating ART after 6 months of being lost-to-care
- live in Buffalo City or Cape Town Metro Health Districts
- provide written informed consent
Age in the registry: 15 years to - · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town Metro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Recruiting |
| Buffalo City Metro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | East London | South Africa | Recruiting |
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