NCT04774835

Assisted Partner Services and HIVST in Western Kenya

Implementing Assisted Partner Services for HIV Testing and Treatment in Western Kenya

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4,941 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study includes different designs with Aim 1 being a cluster randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) as a mode of HIV testing in Western Kenya in addition to the standard of care, assisted partner services (aPS). Aim 2 includes focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, semi-structured interviews, direct observation of facility infrastructure and clinic procedures, and data extraction from facility and county/national databases and expenditure reports to study acceptability, costs, and implementation aspects of HIVST within the aPS framework.

Conditions

• Hiv

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	HIVST	aPS will be offered to sexually active men and women who test HIV seropositive at the study sites by facility staff supported by aPS advisors. Those accepting aPS will be asked to provide names and contact information (phone numbers; home and work addresses) for their sexual partners, and these partners will be contacted, notified anonymously of the HIV exposure, and offered HIV self-testing by HTS counselors working at the facilities. Any partner who tests HIV seropositive will receive assistance linking to care and registering in an HIV comprehensive care clinic. They will also receive aPS so that their partners can be notified and HIV tested. Follow-up of index clients will continue after testing through HTS locations and all partners will be followed to determine HIV testing and treatment outcomes.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Standard aPS	aPS will be offered to sexually active men and women who test HIV seropositive at the study sites by facility staff supported by aPS advisors. Those accepting aPS will be asked to provide names and contact information (phone numbers; home and work addresses) for their sexual partners, and these partners will be contacted, notified anonymously of the HIV exposure, and offered HIV testing at their local HTS location by HTS counselors working at the facilities. Any partner who tests HIV seropositive will receive assistance linking to care and registering in an HIV comprehensive care clinic. They will also receive aPS so that their partners can be notified and HIV tested. Follow-up of index clients will continue after testing through HTS locations and all partners will be followed to determine HIV testing and treatment outcomes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-10-12
• First posted: 2021-03-01
• Last updated: 2022-10-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States