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East Africa Point of Care Viral Load Study

NCT05048472 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 956

Last updated 2025-07-01

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Summary

The purpose of EAPoC-VL project is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of using point of care viral load (PoC VL) monitoring to improve viral load suppression among children, adolescents and young people (age ≤24 years) living with HIV in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Viral Load
  • Point of Care Monitoring

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Abbott HIV-1/2 VL Point of care Device

Point of care viral load monitoring

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karolinska Institutet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania

    collaborator OTHER

  • Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Rwanda

    collaborator OTHER

  • MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pontiano Kaleebu · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-19
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

Study Locations

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