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Two Approaches to Routine HIV Testing in a Hospital Emergency Department

NCT00502944 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4855

Last updated 2012-07-19

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Summary

This study will compare the effectiveness of two different approaches to providing routine HIV counseling, testing, and referral services in an urban hospital emergency department setting.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Counselor-based HIV screening

Participants will undergo oral HIV screening by HIV counselor and, if positive, further study visits for up to 6 months

BEHAVIORAL

Emergency staff member-based HIV screening

Participants will undergo oral HIV screening by emergency staff member and, if positive, further study visits for up to 6 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-07-31
Completion
2008-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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