NCT05783336Completed
Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus Pilot
An Inter-disciplinary Approach to Understanding and Intervening on Contextual Factors That Shape HIV-risk for Young Women and Men in South Africa: Phase 2 - the Feasibility, Acceptability and Potential Effect Size of a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this randomised controlled clinical trial is to test the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus (SSCF+) intervention, in young (18-25 years) people living in urban informal settlements in Durban and rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the intervention acceptable and feasible * What is the potential effect size on key outcomes of intimate partner violence Participants will be randomised (1:1) to compare SSCF+ and a control arm to see if there are differences between the two on intimate partner violence.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 325 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2023
- Start date
- 24 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 28 Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
- University of Exeter
- NCT number
- NCT05783336
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 325
- From 24 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 28 Nov 2023
- 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
- Under 18 years of age, or over 31 years old at point of recruitment
Other
- Only in the community temporarily
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Unable to communicate in main study languages
Who the study is looking for
- Normally resident in the community where recruiting
- Aged 18-30 years old
- Not in formal employment, or full-time education
- Able to communicate in the main languages of the study (English, isiXhosa or isiZulu)
- Able to provide informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to 30 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South African Medical Research Council Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durban | South Africa | Unknown status |
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