NCT05454579

The South-East Asian Transgender Health Cohort

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 450 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a prospective observational cohort study that will enroll 300 HIV-negative transgender people and 150 transgender people living with HIV from 4 community health centers in Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Each participant will be followed-up until the completion of 24 months.

Detailed description

This prospective observational cohort study will longitudinally track physical (e.g. HIV/STI, sexual risk behavior, gender affirmation, clinical information, cardiovascular health, medical history) and mental health (e.g. stigma and discrimination, gender-based violence, anxiety, depression); identify biomedical, structural, and psychosocial factors impacting physical and mental health among transgender people; describe the structural barriers to healthcare experienced by transgender people as well as develop the guidance on holistic healthcare policies for transgender people.

Conditions

• HIV
• STIs
• HCV

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-02
• Primary completion: 2024-05-15
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2022-07-12
• Last updated: 2026-03-30

Locations

5 sites across 3 countries: Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam