NCT01419899

Increasing Viral Testing in the Emergency Department

Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial of the Effect of a Brief Intervention on Uptake of Rapid Testing for HIV and Hepatitis C Among Emergency Department Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 398 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a brief intervention delivered to emergency department patients increases the uptake of rapid HIV and hepatitis C testing in comparison to no brief intervention.

Conditions

• Drug Use
• HIV
• Hepatitis C

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief motivational intervention	A 20-30 minute motivational based discussion

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2011-08-18
• Last updated: 2013-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States