Status:
COMPLETED
Seek, Test, Treat Strategies for Vietnamese Drug Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Hanoi Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control
Conditions:
HIV
Addiction
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research examines the effectiveness of an intervention that employs seek, test, and treat strategies for Vietnamese injection drug users (IDU) and their network members, by ensuring that high ris...
Detailed Description
Opioid injection and HIV infection are major public health problems in Vietnam. Injection drug users (IDUs) have a high burden of HIV infection (20% HIV prevalence, nationally; 6% mortality per year) ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 years or older;
- Recently released from drug treatment centers;
- Positive HIV serology;
- Male;
- Meet criteria for ART initiation according to Vietnam's national guidelines;
- Provide informed consent for the study; and
- Reside in study area and do not plan to move away in the next 18 months.
Exclusion
- Currently on ART;
- Co-enrollment in other HIV interventional research study;
- Unwilling to provide locator information.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
378 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01841320
Start Date
October 1 2011
End Date
August 1 2016
Last Update
October 6 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Tu Liem Medical Center
Hanoi, Vietnam