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HIV Testing in Community Health Center Dental Clinics

NCT07089849 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6715

Last updated 2025-07-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a cluster randomized trial among dental clinics (n=4) to evaluate whether rapid HIV testing (RHT) during dental visits improves HIV testing rates compared to referral for laboratory HIV testing. Clinics will be randomized to either RHT or referral for HIV testing for a nine-month period - HIV testing will be offered to n\~6700 patients by \~ 15 dental providers (dentists and dental hygienists). Outcomes will be assessed using electronic health record reports (EHR), which will include the completion rates of HIV testing among dental patients (84 days after dental visit) and the frequency at which dental providers offer HIV testing (Upon completion of the 9-month testing period).

The objectives of this study are to:

* Compare the effectiveness of on-site rapid HIV testing versus referral to a CHC lab in increasing HIV test completion within 84 days of a dental clinic visit, using EHR data.
* Assess the sustainability of the HIV testing protocol by evaluating changes in dental clinic HIV testing rates over time.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Rapid HIV testing

At the designated sites for RHT, providers will offer RHT to patients as part of their dental routine care.

OTHER

Referral for HIV testing

At the designated sites for HIV testing referral, providers will offer an HIV test referral to the affiliated CHC laboratory to patients as part of their dental routine care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Henshaw, DDS MPH · Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine

  • Curt Beckwith, MD FACP FIDSA · The Miriam Hospital/Rhode Island Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2028-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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