Actively Recruiting
Project Vuselela Feasibility
Led by Arizona State University · Updated on 2025-08-12
80
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
110 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
A
Arizona State University
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To develop an intervention that engages family members in supporting HIV and opioid substitution therapy treatment for those who inject drugs in South Africa, and then conduct a pilot study to understand feasibility and preliminary impact on outcomes.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Project Vuselela Feasibility
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Any sex or gender
- 18 years of age or older
- HIV-positive as per medical record
- Self-reported injection drug use behavior
- Have not participated in the current ART-OST program
- Initiating ART or OST
- Identifies a potential family member who can provide support
- Live in Johannesburg
- Family members must be 18 years or older
- Family members must be related as parent, sibling, partner, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or cousin
- Family members must know about the participant's drug use but do not need to know their HIV status
- Family members must have no recent history of drug use (less than 5 years)
You will not qualify if you...
- Under 18 years of age
- HIV-negative as per medical record
- Not self-reported injection drug use behavior
- Has participated in the current ART-OST program
- Currently taking ART or OST
- Cannot identify a potential family member who can provide support
- Does not live in Johannesburg
- Family members under 18 years of age
- Family members not related as family
- Family members unaware of the participant's drug use
- Family members with recent drug use history (less than 5 years)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Anova Health Institute
Johannesburg, South Africa
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Joseph A Daniels, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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