The Impact of VCT and Condom Distribution as HIV Prevention Strategies Among Youth in Kenya

NCT ID: NCT03868644

Last Updated: 2020-01-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10646 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-02-01

Study Completion Date

2014-07-01

Brief Summary

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The vast majority of new HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 2 million people become infected with HIV/AIDS every year. Forty-five percent of these new HIV infections occur among people under 25 years old, and nearly all of them are due to unprotected sex. Ensuring the adoption of safer sexual behavior among youth is critical to keeping the new generations free of HIV.

This research study aims to examine, through a large randomized controlled trial, the impact of two HIV prevention strategies among a youth population in Kenya: Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT), and condom distribution.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV/AIDS HSV-2 Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).

Condoms

Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Condoms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

VCT and Condoms

Youth are offered both VCT and condoms.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).

Condoms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

Control

No intervention is provided (beyond the standard available HIV prevention services within the area)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Condoms

Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Youth previously participated in an earlier study by Duflo, Dupas and Kremer in 328 primary schools in the same study site in Western Province, Kenya who consent to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Youth sampled for the study who do not consent to participate.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Innovations for Poverty Action

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Esther Duflo

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pascaline Dupas

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Vandana Sharma

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

References

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Duflo E, Dupas P, Ginn T, Barasa GM, Baraza M, Pouliquen V, Sharma V. HIV prevention among youth: A randomized controlled trial of voluntary counseling and testing for HIV and male condom distribution in rural Kenya. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 30;14(7):e0219535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219535. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31361767 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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0809002873R010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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