Peru Decentralized HIV Care

HIV Clinical Trial

Official title:

Innovations in Decentralizing HIV Services in Peru

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05910268
• Other study ID #: 2000035127
• Secondary ID: 1R01AI177082-01A
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2028

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: Frederick L Altice, M.D., M.A.
• Phone: 203-737-2883
• Email: frederick.altice[@]yale.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the processes by which HIV care is decentralized, an evidence-informed strategy to improve retention in HIV care, in Peru. Decentralization of HIV services has not been evaluated using experimental designs and urban decentralization studies of HIV are uncommon, so this study will lend important insights for future decentralization efforts in Peru and other countries.

Description:

Aim 1: Using the Delphi method, to create guidelines to identify: 1) criteria for transferring patients between hub and spoke and for initiating treatment in primary health clinics (PHCs); and 2) the most important quality health indicators (QHIs) needed to be assessed at PHCs to improve Retention in Care (RIC) and Viral Suppression (VS).

Aim 2: To identify the barriers and facilitators to decentralized HIV care from patients and clinicians in Secondary Health Centers (SHCs) and PHCs in Peru, where HIV is concentrated in key populations and treated primarily in SHCs. Findings will guide a hub and spoke decentralized care model to facilitate decentralized HIV care.

Aim 3: Using a step-wedge design with 4 hub/spokes (4 SHCs + 165 PHCs), the investigators will conduct a Type 2 hybrid implementation trial using to assess the extent to which decentralized services are adopted and scaled-up in PHCs over 24 months of observation using NIATx (Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment) combined with ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)-like tele-education to develop and enhance a Hub and Spoke model. The implementation outcomes will include the proportionate increase of People with HIV (PWH): a) treated in PHCs; b) retained in care; and 3) achieving VS. Adoption by PHCs to accept PWH, fidelity to NIATx and ECHO, and concordance with decentralization guidelines will also be assessed.

The focus of this registration is Aim 3.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1450
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2028
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2028
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria for Aim 3:

Survey of PHC and SHC Clinicians (N=330):

• Currently employed at a PHC or SHC that is participating in the study. Provide consent for participation.

Continuing Professional Development (N=825):

• Currently employed as a nurse or physician who fulfilled the ECHO training requirements

Survey of PHC Leadership (N=165):

• Currently serving as the leader of a PHC.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV

Intervention

Behavioral:
• NIATx + ECHO
Project ECHO will be combined with NIATx to provide clinical skills to PHC staff and delivered in a hub and spoke model to connect SHC and PHC staff in delivery of HIV care. Decentralization will occur through guideline concordance, facilitated through NIATx and ECHO.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Peru	CITBM - Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas Biomédicas y Medioambientales	Bellavista
United States	Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Peru, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of diagnosed PWH in treatment in PHC within the district	The percentage of diagnosed PWH in treatment in PHC within the district will be used to assess the extent to which decentralized services are adopted and scaled-up in PHCs. Higher percentage indicates more services adopted and scaled-up.	up to month 54
Secondary	Effectiveness assessed as the extent of RIC and VS within the district	The extent to which PWH are transferred from SHCs to PHCs and consequently are RIC and achieve VS assessed by the number of participants that are RIC and achieve VS	up to month 54