CDC-ATN Linkage Evaluation (SMILES and LTC)

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02366533

ATN 093

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of ATN 093 is to determine program-level factors associated with the effectiveness of SMILE in Caring for Youth Linkage-to-Care (LTC) program network at the 15 Adolescent Medicine Trial Units (AMTU). This will be accomplished by evaluating and categorizing the various LTC programs at the AMTUs and then examining the association between the LTC program characteristics (providers, practices, and systems) and the proportion of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected youth, ages 12-24 years old, inclusive, linked to care and maintained in care. As such, this study focuses on LTC programs at the AMTUs as the unit of analysis and not the youth themselves.

Enrollment: 2,133 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Each enrolling site must have the capability to input field data that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategic Multisite Initiative for the Identification, Linkage, and Engagement in Care of Youth with Undiagnosed HIV Infection (SMILE in CARING for YOUTH) Project

Trial design

2,133 participants in 1 patient group

Sites Implementing the LTC Program

Description:

This study will be conducted at the 15 ATN-funded clinical sites, known as the Adolescent Medicine Trial Units (AMTU). Each enrolling site must have the capability to input field data that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategic Multisite Initiative for the Identification, Linkage, and Engagement in Care of Youth with Undiagnosed HIV Infection (SMILE in CARING for YOUTH) Project.