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HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Setting

NCT00667186 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9572

Last updated 2013-02-04

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Summary

Late diagnosis of HIV infection is believed to be responsible for high rates of HIV transmission. The purpose of this study is to determine whether targeted screening versus routine screening will identify a greater number of HIV infected participants. This study will also compare the costs of the resources used for targeted screening versus routine screening.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

OTHER

Targeted Screening

Selection method for screening is based on risk

OTHER

Routine Screening

Selection method for screening is not based on risk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio Department of Health, City of Cincinnati Board of Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Michael S. Lyons, MD · University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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