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2024-05-06 @ 12:57 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:07 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03898557
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2024-06-26
First Post:
2019-03-29
Brief Title:
Plan and Pledge HIV Self-testing in South Africa
Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Organization:
University of Pennsylvania
Study Overview
Official Title:
Behavioral Commitment and Planning Nudges to Increase HIV Self-testing in South Africa Plan and Pledge
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-06
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:
None
Brief Summary:
The Plan and Pledge pilot will incorporate behavioral economics approaches nudges into the pre-existing STAR self-test fixed-site distribution program implemented by Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute Wits RHI at the University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa The objective of this pilot is to examine the use of commitment strategies to increase uptake of HIV self-testing in South Africa
Detailed Description:
This study will use a cluster randomized trial design to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase usage of self-test and reporting of results by HIV self-tests recipients Specifically this study will examine the use of commitment and planning prompts to increase the uptake of HIV self-testing in the Tshwane district in South Africa The intervention will build on the implementation procedures of STAR program HIV Self-Testing Africa The two arms in the study will be 1 Usual care Promote A card with information to report results via WhatsApp similar to the existing card used in the STAR program with a dedicated Usual care WhatsApp number different from the existing campaign numbers 2 Plan and Pledge A card with the information from the Usual Care card plus a brief template to make a plan and make a pledge for test completion and results reporting to take the test The card will include a dedicated Pledge and Plan WhatsApp number
Self-test distribution team-day pair will serve as the unit of randomization ie two pairs of STAR field staff will be randomized by arm and by day Clusters of individuals will receive self-tests at a distribution site from a pair of STAR field staff on an individual day Computer-generated randomization will be used to assign site-day clusters to the 2 study arms The study will take place at the STAR community fixed-point distribution sites in Tshwane District South Africa
Self-test distribution team-day pair will serve as the unit of randomization ie two pairs of STAR field staff will be randomized by arm and by day Clusters of individuals will receive self-tests at a distribution site from a pair of STAR field staff on an individual day Computer-generated randomization will be used to assign site-day clusters to the 2 study arms The study will take place at the STAR community fixed-point distribution sites in Tshwane District South Africa
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None