Workplace-based HIV Self-testing Among Men in Uganda (WISe-Men)

Makerere University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: HIV Infections

Treatments: Device: Oral HIV Self-Test (OraQuick)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04164433

HS 2672 (Other Identifier)

SHSREC 2018-054

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to determine whether workplace delivery of HIV self-testing will lead to an increase in uptake of HIV testing and subsequent linkage to care or prevention services among men in Uganda.

Full description

The current coverage of HIV testing and counseling in Uganda is 60% with only 34% of these being men and only about 55% of males living with HIV know their status (MoH, 2016). The challenges with HIV testing require a new focus and new approaches to reach people with undiagnosed HIV infection.

HIV self-testing (HIVST) is one such innovative approach to making testing more accessible to several under-served populations such as men and key populations (WHO, 2013).

In this regard, this study seeks to determine whether providing HIVST in workplace settings will increase the uptake of HIV testing services among men employed in private security services in Uganda and improve linkage to treatment and prevention services.

Design: Cluster randomized trial in two Ugandan districts

Participants: Male employees of private security companies

Enrollment: 548 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria:

• 18-60 years old
• Employed >6 months in the private security company
• Men who have not tested for HIV before
• Men who tested HIV >one year ago

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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548 participants in 2 patient groups

Workplace-based HIV Self-Testing

Experimental group

Description:

i. Explain the procedure of conducting HIVST \& interpret HIV self- test result to the user. ii. Demonstrate how to perform the self-test and how to interpret the self-test result. iii. Provide appointment card including information on linkage for HIV prevention services and further testing for diagnosis among those with a reactive self-test. Participants with a non-reactive self-test will be referred to HIV prevention services. iv. Provide a toll free number for continued consultation

Treatment:

Device: Oral HIV Self-Test (OraQuick)

Workplace-based standard HIV Testing Services (HTS)

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard of care following the HIV testing algorithm .