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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  PACTR201804003064160
Date of registration: 08/02/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Public title: Cluster randomized trial of VMMC demand creation strategies
Scientific title: A cluster randomized controlled trial of innovative demand creation strategies to increase voluntary medical male circumcision uptake in Zimbabwe
Date of first enrolment: 15/02/2018
Target sample size: 140
Recruitment status: Pending
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=3064
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Factorial: participants randomly allocated to either no, one, some or all interventions simultaneously,Randomised,Randomization was restricted by age and sex of IPC agent, and mobilization experience.,Allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site.  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Zimbabwe
Contacts
Name: Webster    Mavhu
Address:  9 Monmouth Road, Avondale Harare Zimbabwe
Telephone: +263 4 333393
Email: webster@ceshhar.co.zw
Affiliation:  co-investigator
Name: Stephen    Buzuzi
Address:  9 Monmouth Road Avondale Harare Zimbabwe
Telephone: +263 4 333393
Email: sbuzuzi@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Study Coordinator
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation.
Mobilizes men for VMMC
Mobilized for VMMC using one of 4 approaches

Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to provide written informed consent
Too physically or psychologically unwell
Does not mobilize men for VMMC
Was not mobilized for VMMC using one of 4 approaches


Age minimum: 13 Year(s)
Age maximum: 60 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS
Intervention(s)
New IPC demand creation approach plus offer of HIVST
New IPC demand creation approach
Standard community mobilization plus offer of HIVST
Standard community mobilization
Primary Outcome(s)
comparison of the absolute number of men circumcised over period of trial by trial arm
Secondary Outcome(s)
¿ Proportion of men who were offered HIV self test kits and accepted/declined (and reasons)
¿ The number of men booked for VMMC
¿ Proportion of men with a reactive HIV self test result who link to post test services
¿ The mean conversion rate by trial arm (conversion rate defined as number of men who are circumcised divided by the number of men reached by IPC agent per month)
¿ The number of men actually reached (and number of times subsequently contacted)
¿ Proportion of men who obtain HIV self test kits and go on to self-test
¿ The number of men spoken to by IPC agents
¿ The number of men who present for VMMC (by trial arm)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
BMGF through PSI Zimbabwe
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 29/11/2017
Contact:
Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe
Status: Approved
Approval date: 01/12/2017
Contact:
LSHTM Observational / Interventions Research Ethics Committee
Status: Approved
Approval date: 15/12/2017
Contact:
LSTM Research Ethics Committee
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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