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NCT07089849Not yet recruiting

HIV Testing in Community Health Center Dental Clinics

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a cluster randomized trial among dental clinics (n=4) to evaluate whether rapid HIV testing (RHT) during dental visits improves HIV testing rates compared to referral for laboratory HIV testing. Clinics will be randomized to either RHT or referral for HIV testing for a nine-month period - HIV testing will be offered to n\~6700 patients by \~ 15 dental providers (dentists and dental hygienists). Outcomes will be assessed using electronic health record reports (EHR), which will include the completion rates of HIV testing among dental patients (84 days after dental visit) and the frequency at which dental providers offer HIV testing (Upon completion of the 9-month testing period). The objectives of this study are to: * Compare the effectiveness of on-site rapid HIV testing versus referral to a CHC lab in increasing HIV test completion within 84 days of a dental clinic visit, using EHR data. * Assess the sustainability of the HIV testing protocol by evaluating changes in dental clinic HIV testing rates over time.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6715 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Jul 2025
Start date
Jan 2027
Primary completion date
Mar 2028
Lead sponsor
Boston University
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT07089849

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 6715
  • From Jan 2027 to the primary completion date, Mar 2028
  • 4 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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Other illness

  • Self-report to be HIV positive at the time of the RHT/ referral.
  • Had an HIV test within 12 months (self-report or documented in EHR).

Other

  • Patient:

Who the study is looking for

  • Community health center:
  • Must be located in Suffolk County in Massachusetts.
  • Must provide dental care services.
  • Must possess the infrastructure necessary for laboratory-based HIV testing and counseling or have an affiliation with a laboratory that provides these service.
    • Provider:
  • Dental care provider working at a participating community health center during the study period.
    • Patient:
  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • Receive dental care at a participating community health center during the study period.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (4)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
South End Community Health Center
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
East Boston Neighborhood Health
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Uphams Corner Health Center
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Geiger Gibson Community Health Center
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DorchesterUnited StatesUnknown status

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