Studying new HIV-1 infections and how they spread in Hong Kong
Studies how HIV-1 infections are changing over the years in Hong Kong.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Where
- North Point, Hong KongSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Analyses of Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection in Hong Kong
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 720 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Aug 2024
- Expected to end
- Oct 2029
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults living with HIV who attend a public HIV specialist clinic in Hong Kong. It studies the pattern and burden of new HIV-1 infections.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Newly diagnosed HIV infection.
- Earlier treatment
- People whose HIV was diagnosed outside Hong Kong and who have already started treatment cannot join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Travelers or visitors who are staying in Hong Kong only for a short time
- Prisoners
- Patients with mental illness who cannot make an informed decision
- Patients diagnosed with HIV outside Hong Kong who have already started treatment
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- adult of age 18 or above, who are
- people living with HIV, and
- attending the service of an HIV specialist clinic in the public service in Hong Kong
Who cannot take part
- patients with mental illnesses who are unable to make informed decision
- patients whose HIV diagnosis was made outside Hong Kong and whose treatment have already started
- travelers or visitors who are temporarily staying in Hong Kong
- prisoners
Where in Hong Kong
- S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious DiseasesNorth Point, Hong KongContact: Shui Shan Lee, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of the project is to determine the epidemiologic status and changing patterns of HIV infection in Hong Kong. The main question it aims to answer is:
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- what is the molecular pattern and burden of HIV-1 infections over the years
The group in the trial
- people with newly diagnosed HIV infection
adults newly diagnosed with HIV infection who are of age 18 or above and attending the service of HIV specialist clinics in Hong Kong
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Combined Epidemiologic and Molecular Network Analyses of Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection in Hong Kong
- Plain-language title
- Studying new HIV-1 infections and how they spread in Hong KongGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026