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NCT number NCT02744586
Other study ID # IRB00083001
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 15, 2016
Last updated January 30, 2018
Start date January 2016
Est. completion date December 2016

Study information

Verified date January 2018
Source Emory University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether a Strengthening our Vows (SOV) intervention will reduce HIV exposures from concurrent partnership (CP) when compared to the control Good Health Package Plus (GHPP), in addition to couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT), among concordant HIV-negative couples living in Zambia.


Description:

This is a randomized control study to evaluate novel interventions to reduce risk factors associated with HIV, neglected tropical and non-communicable diseases among couples in Zambia.

The aim of this study is to determine whether a Strengthening our Vows (SOV) intervention will reduce HIV exposures from concurrent partnership (CP) when compared to the control Good Health Package Plus (GHPP), in addition to couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT), among concordant HIV-negative couples.

Investigators seeks to compare the impact of the SOV intervention and the GHPP intervention on reduction in a composite of risk factors associated with HIV acquisition from concurrent partners, compare the impact of GHPP and SOV on knowledge and use of hygiene and sanitation measures and hypertension and diabetes screening and management, and compare self-reported couples' testing (CVCT) with outside partners in the SOV and GHPP arms.

Couples will receive SOV or GHPP based on the pre-randomization of the clinic which they attend for standard of care HIV counseling and testing. The Strengthening our Vows (SOV) intervention will seek to establish a dialogue or norm where couples will be able to protect each other from HIV infection from outside partners. The Good Health Package Plus (GHPP) intervention focuses on strategies to improve household health related to diarrheal diseases, helminths, schistosomiasis, diabetes, and hypertension.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 3450
Est. completion date December 2016
Est. primary completion date December 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

Heterosexual Zambian couples who have undergone CVCT as standard of care in government health clinics in Lusaka and Ndola. Couples must be women 18-45 cohabiting with men 18-65 years old, have cohabited 3 months or greater, are both HIV-negative and are able to attend the scheduled follow-up visits.

- Heterosexual HIV-concordant negative

- Cohabiting at least 3 months

- Both partners at least 18 years of age (women aged 18-45, men aged 18-65)

- Not on antiretroviral therapy including Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) or Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

- Interested in participating

- Able and willing to provide informed consent (literacy is not required)

- Willing to complete interviewer-administered questionnaires on risk factors

- Available for follow-up for the duration of the study

- Willing and able to be contacted via phone or home visit

- Able and willing to provide adequate locator/contact information for retention purposes, and willing to be contacted by the study staff

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator or designee, would preclude provision of informed consent, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives

- Either partner HIV-positive or with indeterminate HIV rapid test results

- Attendance to a clinic involved in the opposite arm of the study (i.e., test with partner at a clinic indicated as SOV but attends a clinic indicated as GHPP or vice versa)

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Strengthening Our Vows (SOV)
Participants, led by a counselor, will discuss options to keep HIV from entering their relationship including both sex partners remaining monogamous, using condoms every time they have sex with outside partners, and being tested together with outside partners to ensure they are HIV negative (Together HIV Free Plan). Participants will discuss options in the event of an outside exposure to HIV including abstaining from having sex with their spouse or by using condoms every time they have sex with their spouse until they can be retested for HIV after 30 days (Protecting my Spouse Plan). Participants will be screened for hypertension, diabetes, schistosomiasis, HIV, syphilis, and trichomonas vaginalis and the presence of sperm (women only). Health problems will be treated or referred. Couples will be administered questionnaires that record self-report of sexually transmitted infections, number of outside partners, and reports of sex without a condom with outside partners.
Good Health Package Plus (GHPP)
Participants, led by a counselor, will discuss how to prevent, screen, and treat neglected tropical diseases (helminths and schistosomiasis), non-communicable diseases (hypertension and diabetes) and diarrheal diseases through basic hygiene and sanitation. The facilitator will demonstrate proper handwashing techniques and chlorination of water and discuss diet and lifestyle changes. Participants will be screened for hypertension, diabetes, schistosomiasis, HIV, syphilis, and trichomonas vaginalis and the presence of sperm (women only). Health problems will be treated or referred. Couples will also be administered questionnaires that record self-report of sexually transmitted infections, number of outside partners, and reports of sex without a condom with outside partners.

Locations

Country Name City State
Zambia Lusaka Research Site Lusaka
Zambia Ndola Research Site Ndola Copperbelt

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Emory University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Zambia, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary HIV Incidence Rate The number of new laboratory confirmed HIV diagnosis. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Syphilis Incidence Rate The number of new laboratory confirmed syphilis diagnosis. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Vaginal Trichomoniasis Incidence Rate The number of new laboratory confirmed vaginal trichomoniasis diagnosis. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Number of Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) The number of self-reported STIs via questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Number of Reports of Sex without a Condom with Outside Partners The number of reports of sex without using a condom reported via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Number of Reported Outside Partners The self-reported number of sexual partners outside of marriage. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Knowledge and use of hygiene and sanitation measures Number of participants who show increased knowledge of hygiene and sanitation measures via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Knowledge of hypertension and diabetes screening and management Number of participants who show increased knowledge of hypertension and diabetes screening and management via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Primary Number of self-reports of accessing couples' testing (CVCT) with outside partners Number of participants who report accessing CVCT services with their outside partners reported via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Perceived Efficacy of Chlorine Use The number of participants who report a perceived effect of chlorine use via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Perceived Efficacy of Handwashing The number of participants who report a perceived effect of handwashing via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Perceived Efficacy of Deworming The number of participants who report a perceived effect of deworming via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Perceived Efficacy of Management of Diabetes The number of participants who report a perceived effect of management of diabetes via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Perceived Efficacy of Management of Hypertension The number of participants who report a perceived effect of management of hypertension via a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
Secondary Change in Communication between Husband and Wife Change in communication between husband and wife dyads regarding exposure to HIV through extramarital sexual behaviors will be measured using a study specific questionnaire. Duration of Study (Up to six months)
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