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Simunye: A Couples-focused Intervention for HIV Prevention and Care in South Africa

NCT05231707 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 544

Last updated 2025-07-28

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Summary

From a sample of 272 male-female couples (544 individuals, 272 men and 272 women) recruited from rural KaZulu-Natal, South Africa, couples will be randomized to receive either individual a package of dyadic counseling and testing (intervention arm) or an attention matched control. The research examines the impact of a package of dyadic counseling and testing on viral suppression and engagement in HIV care among sero-discordant and concordant positive male-female couples in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Conditions

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A couples-focused intervention for HIV prevention and care in South Africa

From a sample of 272 male-female couples (544 individuals, 272 men and 272 women) recruited from rural KaZulu-Natal, South Africa, couples will be randomized to receive either individual a package of dyadic counseling and testing (intervention arm) or an attention matched control.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lynae Darbes, Ph.D. · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-29
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-05-01

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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