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The Peer Support Intervention - Supporting HIV Positive Adolescents in Zimbabwe to Improve HIV Care Continuum Outcomes

NCT02833441 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 214

Last updated 2018-10-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Youth with evidence of virologic failure defined as an HIV VL\>400 copies/mL on two consecutive occasions at least 1 month apart will be eligible for enrollment. Youth will be randomized to a community based peer counseling support group or clinic based standard of care, with viral load, and drug monitoring evaluations at 3 month intervals to determine the efficacy of the intervention in improving adherence and virologic suppression.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zimbabwe

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu, MBChB · University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-03-31

Countries

  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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Diseases

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