NCT06483854Recruiting
Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing Versus Standard of Care in Rural South Africa
Know Your Status: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing to Standard of Care in Rural South Africa
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
South Africa has made progress towards their 95-95-95 goals, yet a substantial proportion of the population do not test regularly. To reach people who otherwise may avoid testing, we propose to build on our successful healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing pilot to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in 42 clinical catchment areas to evaluate an expanded Healer-Initiated HIV Testing and Linkage to Care intervention in rural South Africa.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 230907 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 May 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06483854
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 230907
- From 25 Nov 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 May 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
- Community members who are not of sound mind or body during the recruitment (inebriated, experiencing a mental health issue).
Who the study is looking for
- Community members \> 18 years of age, who chose to receive an HIV test from a traditional healer.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushbuckridge Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Agincourt | South Africa | Recruiting |
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