NCT03794245

Bringing South African Men Into HIV Counseling and Testing and Care

Bringing South African Men Into HIV Counseling (HCT) and Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,806 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This clinical trial seeks to determine if male-centered recruitment increases men's testing for HIV and whether or not individualized introduction to clinics increases male engagement in treatment for HIV. The study is being conducted in rural KwaZulu Natal.

Detailed description

This study combines structural and individual level interventions for HIV and integrates the two to address the study's objective of identifying South African men in KwaZulu Natal with HIV and maintaining those diagnosed with HIV in care to the point of viral suppression. The cluster-randomized design will randomize 8 communities to intervention or control to test the hypothesis whether male-centered mobilization and testing increases the population-level percentage of men who have been tested within the past 12 months by more than 10 absolute percentage points. The individually randomized design will test whether individualized case management will effectively link HIV-positive men to treatment to the point of viral suppression. The study will also examine the incremental cost-effectiveness of the interventions.

Conditions

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Men-Centered HIV Testing	The intervention involves bringing mobile HIV testing to venues where men congregate, talking to them as a group about HIV testing, and then providing testing at that venue.
BEHAVIORAL	Linkage to Care for HIV+ Men	Men diagnosed with HIV are accompanied to the clinic and registered there with the help of a community health worker.
BEHAVIORAL	Clinic-based HIV Testing	Individuals present to a clinic and request HIV counseling and testing
BEHAVIORAL	Clinic Referral for HIV+ Men	Individuals diagnosed with HIV are referred to the nearest clinic for treatment of HIV

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-07
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2022-04-30
• First posted: 2019-01-04
• Last updated: 2023-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Africa