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Study NCT ID:
NCT01459120
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2012-02-09
First Post:
2011-10-18
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
False
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Comparison of Door-to-door Versus Community Gathering to Provide HIV Counseling and Testing Services in Rural Lesotho
Sponsor:
SolidarMed
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Comparing Door-to-door Versus Community Gathering in Providing HIV Counseling and Testing Within an Integrated Primary Health Care Package: a Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Lesotho
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2012-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
DoDoPi
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this trial is to determine if door-to-door is more effective than community gathering in providing voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) in communities in rural Lesotho. The voluntary HIV counseling and testing will be proposed as an integrated part of a package of proposed services. The package consists of: Blood-pressure measurement, blood-glucose measurement, Body-mass-index (adults), weight for height (children), catch-up vaccinations, deworming (children) Vitamin A (children \& young women), family planning for eligible women, Tuberculosis screening and HIV counseling and testing.
Detailed Description:
12 health centers (clusters) in rural Lesotho are matched according to their routine performance in VCT and enrollment into chronic HIV/AIDS care (average numbers tested positive and enrolled into HIV/AIDS care per month per facility). After matching, 6 health centers are randomly assigned to perform door-to-door VCT, whereas the others perform the traditional community gathering approach (called "pitso" in Sesotho). Within the catchment area of each health center five campaigns in five different, randomly selected villages, are held (one day VCT campaign per village). Within each cluster another five villages are randomly selected who do not get a particular campaign and serve as a control for each cluster. In each matched cluster-pair, both health centers conduct the five campaigns during the same week (one conducting it as door-to-door, the other one conducting it through "pitsos" (community gathering)).
Both approaches receive the same resources in terms of finances, time spending doing the VCT-campaign and human resources.
Both approaches receive the same resources in terms of finances, time spending doing the VCT-campaign and human resources.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: