NCT03952520

Scaling up an Evidence-based Intervention for Antiretroviral Therapy for PWID in Vietnam: an Implementation Trial

Scaling up HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 074: a Cluster Randomized Implementation Trial of an Evidence-based Intervention for Antiretroviral Therapy for PWID in Vietnam

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two implementation approaches \[Standard Approach (SA) vs. Tailored Approach (TA)\] for scaling-up the evidence-based systems navigation and psychosocial counseling integrated intervention (SNaP) in HIV test sites in Vietnam.

Detailed description

This is a cluster randomized, controlled implementation trial to compare two implementation approaches (standard and tailored) for scaling-up the SNaP intervention in 42 HIV test sites in Vietnam. The SNaP intervention combines systems navigation and psychosocial counseling for people who inject drugs (PWID), and it is designed to facilitate PWID's engagement in HIV and substance use care. The two implementation approaches being compared are: * Standard Approach (SA); vs. * Tailored Approach (TA) SNaP is an evidence-based intervention (EBI) that combines systems navigation and psychosocial counseling to facilitate the engagement of HIV-infected people who inject drugs (PWID) into HIV and substance use care. The 42 HIV test sites will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either the standard approach (SA) procedure or a tailored approach (TA), stratified by engagement of site leadership. At the HIV test sites, the study will enroll: * A cohort of 630 PWID who are newly diagnosed or previously diagnosed but not on ART will be enrolled for detailed assessments, including follow-up surveys and dried blood spot collection for viral loads. Additional PWID may be enrolled for medical records assessment without recontact. An additional 242 clinic staff will be enrolled to assess implementation outcomes. * Note that the original design included \~6200 PWID attending the clinics who consented for medical record assessments only. Upon study initiation, the number of PWID with newly diagnosed HIV infection was substantially lower than predicted. The planned cohort sample was then reduced in size to 630 and all PWID meeting eligibility criteria were referred for enrollment in this cohort. * HIV test site director boards and staff. Study activities will span across 5 years, with approximately 27 months at each site and recruitment of PWID participants over 21 months. For the cohort PWID or PWID selected for qualitative interviews, maximum study participation time is 24-27 months. For PWID with medical record assessment only, participation is a one-time visit. For HIV test site director boards and staff, maximum time in the study is 24-27 months.

Conditions

• HIV Infections
• Drug Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard Approach (SA)	The multifaceted implementation strategies for SA sites were identified through centralized Intervention Mapping. Before SNaP implementation starts, the specific set of one-size-fits-all implementation strategies was determined through a formal process with investigators, government stakeholders, and clinical representatives.
OTHER	Tailored Approach (TA)	The Tailored Approach includes the multifaceted strategy that will be offered to the Standard Approach condition. It will also be tailored to match site-specific barriers to implementation of SNaP at that site. The strategy for TA sites involves a 2-day site-specific training, monthly coaching calls, and an external technical assistance hotline to help organizations to tailor implementation strategies to address their site-specific needs. At the 2-day TA training, the TA sites will be guided on developing site-specific implementation plans, in which they may use additional implementation strategies that they have identified themselves or selected from a list developed by the central team.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-10
• Primary completion: 2023-07-31
• Completion: 2024-05-31
• First posted: 2019-05-16
• Last updated: 2025-05-11
• Results posted: 2024-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Vietnam