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Effect of U=U Messaging on HIV in South Africa

NCT04364165 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1048

Last updated 2024-02-26

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Summary

This cluster randomized trial will investigate whether messaging about being undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) designed through a participatory, user-centered approach increases HIV testing uptake within men in Klipfontein Mitchells Plain (KMP) district in Cape Town, South Africa.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard invitation to free HIV testing at mobile clinic

Participants receive standard invitation to same day HIV testing at mobile clinic.

BEHAVIORAL

U=U messaging and invitation to free HIV testing at mobile clinic

Participants receive messaging about being undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) and invitation to same day HIV testing at mobile clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pennsylvania

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alison Buttenheim, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

  • Dvora Joseph Davey · Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-02
Primary Completion
2020-03-18
Completion
2020-08-01

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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