NCT05943548Recruiting
Omuyambi: Traditional Healer Support to Improve HIV Viral Suppression in Rural Uganda
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to test a new approach to support people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Uganda. Traditional healers (TH) will be trained to provide counselling and testing for HIV, help patients start antiretroviral therapy quickly, and offer guidance on taking medications and staying in HIV care. This support will be given in addition to the regular care provided at clinics. The main goal of the study is to see if this new approach can help more people in rural areas achieve viral suppression.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 650 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Jul 2023
- Start date
- 20 Jul 2023
- Primary completion date
- Jan 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT05943548
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 650
- From 20 Jul 2023 to the primary completion date, Jan 2028
- 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
- Unwilling or unable to participate in study procedures or provide written informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- age ≥ 18 years old
- reactive point-of-care (POC) oral swab rapid HIV self-test (ex. OraQuick© HIV1/2 antibody testing) at the TH location or previously diagnosed with HIV (verified by the HIV clinic), and CASE adherence index score ≤10
- baseline viral load measurement of \>200 copies/mL
- primary residence in Mbarara or Rwampara district
- agrees to study procedures, including that PLWH will go to one of the five pre-determined HIV clinics if they choose to receive HIV care, and in-person visits at baseline, 12- and 24-months with study nurse
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbarara University of Science and Technology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mbarara | Uganda | Recruiting |
Related publications
- 'Empowerment' as a proximal implementation outcome for task shifting with informal cadres: findings from a qualitative study with traditional healers in rural Uganda.Implement Sci Commun · 2025 · PMID 41316446
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