Status:
COMPLETED
Link4Health: A Combination Strategy for Linkage and Retention, Swaziland
Lead Sponsor:
Columbia University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Conditions:
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Despite increased HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection testing in Africa, many patients never enroll in subsequent HIV care after testing or remain in care after an initial enrollment. This st...
Detailed Description
Linkage of patients from HIV testing to HIV care programs and their retention once enrolled in care are essential to HIV program effectiveness in terms of prevention of HIV;related morbidity and morta...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥18 years
- Testing HIV-positive at an HTC (HIV testing and counseling) site within a SU (study unit)
- Willing to be referred to an HIV care clinic associated with the SU
- Willing to provide locator information
- Willing to adhere to study procedures, including a baseline interview, home-based interviews at 1 and 12 months after study enrollment; home-based CD4+ count assessment 12 months after enrollment, and abstraction of data from their medical records.
- Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion
- Planning on leaving the community where they currently reside in the next 12 months for a period greater than 6 months
- Enrolled in HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) care in the past 6 months at any HIV care clinic
- Currently on ART (antiretroviral therapy)
- Initiated ART (for any duration) in the past 6 months at any HIV care clinic
- Does not speak or understand English or si-Swati
- Reports being currently pregnant at time of study enrollment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 12 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
2201 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01904994
Start Date
August 1 2013
End Date
October 12 2021
Last Update
October 22 2021
Active Locations (20)
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1
Bhalekane Clinic
Swaziland, Eswatini
2
Dvokolwako
Swaziland, Eswatini
3
Good Shepherd Hospital
Swaziland, Eswatini
4
Hlatikhulu Hospital
Swaziland, Eswatini