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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  PACTR201711002697316
Date of registration: 16/10/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: EQUIP, Right to Care
Public title: Use of HIV Self-Test Kits to Increase Identification of HIV-Infected Individuals and Their Partners
Scientific title: Use of HIV Self-Test Kits to Increase Identification of HIV-Infected Individuals and Their Partners
Date of first enrolment: 25/09/2017
Target sample size: 22500
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=2697
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,Randomised,Stratified allocation by facility,Allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Malawi
Contacts
Name: Kathryn    Dovel
Address:  Area 36, Plot 8, M1 Road South 3 Lilongwe Malawi
Telephone: 265-99-764-5317
Email: kdovel@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliation:  Adjunct Assistant Professor
Name: Frackson    Shaba
Address:  Area 36, Plot 8, M1 Road South 3 Lilongwe Malawi
Telephone: 265-88-853-1006
Email: fraxonnuka@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Study Coordinator
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 15 years or older
Willing and able to provide informed consent
Being seen for OPD or STI services at the time of the study (Aim 1)
HIV-positive (Aim 2)
Have at least one sex partner in the catchment area with an unknown HIV status at the time of study enrollment (Aim 2)

Exclusion criteria: Currently enrolled in the INTERVAL study
Guardians attending clinics with OPD or STI clients (Aim 1)
History of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months (Aim 2)
Fear of intimate partner violence as a consequence of participating in the study (Aim 2)


Age minimum: 15 Year(s)
Age maximum: 100 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS
Intervention(s)
Standard of care (SOC)
HIV self-testing (HIVST)
Optimized standard of care (OSOC)
Primary Outcome(s)
Cost-effectiveness of HIV self-testing in OPD and STI clinics and distributing HIV self-test kits for index partner testing
Number of patients and partners tested for HIV in OPD and STI clinics
Secondary Outcome(s)
Rate of linkage to care (ART services) for HIV positive index clients and index partners
Testing yield of HIV-positive individuals from OPD and STI clinics and index partners
Acceptability of HIV self-testing in waiting areas of OPD and STI clinics and for index partner testing
Secondary ID(s)
NCT03271307
Source(s) of Monetary Support
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Partners in Hope
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 31/01/2017
Contact:
Malawi National Health Sciences Research Committee
Status: Approved
Approval date: 17/05/2017
Contact:
UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program
Results
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