NCT03868644

The Impact of VCT and Condom Distribution as HIV Prevention Strategies Among Youth in Kenya

HIV Prevention Among Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV and Male Condom Distribution in Rural Kenya

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10,646 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The vast majority of new HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 2 million people become infected with HIV/AIDS every year. Forty-five percent of these new HIV infections occur among people under 25 years old, and nearly all of them are due to unprotected sex. Ensuring the adoption of safer sexual behavior among youth is critical to keeping the new generations free of HIV. This research study aims to examine, through a large randomized controlled trial, the impact of two HIV prevention strategies among a youth population in Kenya: Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT), and condom distribution.

Conditions

• HIV/AIDS
• HSV-2 Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)	Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).
BEHAVIORAL	Condoms	Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2019-03-11
• Last updated: 2020-01-14