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Traditional Healers as Adherence Partners for Persons Living With HIV in Rural Mozambique

NCT03076359 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2020-09-29

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Summary

The overall goal of this project is to adapt and assess the impact of a traditional healer training program/intervention on the adherence, retention, and viral load of HIV infected patients newly initiated on anti-retroviral therapy in rural Mozambique.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Healer Support Program

Traditional Healers will provide the "traditional healer support program" assistance, as previously described, to all newly diagnosed patients.

DRUG

Standard of Care

First-line ART will consist of two nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) plus a non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)- TDF + 3TC (or FTC) + EFV as a fixed-dose combination to be taken twice a day for the rest of the patient's life), clinic-based counseling, and community searches if lost to follow up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carolyn Audet, PhD · Vanderbilt University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-10
Primary Completion
2019-05-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • Mozambique

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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