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Two Approaches to Routine HIV Testing in a Hospital Emergency Department

NCT01258582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1651

Last updated 2012-06-13

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Summary

This study was initially designed to compare the effectiveness of two different approaches to providing routine HIV counseling, testing, and referral services in an urban hospital emergency department setting. The initial phase was closed in July 2008. The second phase of this trial consists of establishing the differences in acceptability of HIV testing based on the method of testing offered (rapid oral fluid vs. fingerstick).

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Oral HIV screening

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

PROCEDURE

Fingerstick HIV screening

Participants will undergo fingerstick HIV screening 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
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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