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Clinical trialNCT07829133Not, yet, recruitingInterventional

Pilot HIV Self-Testing And Self-collected STI Testing Strategy for Sex Worker Empowerment Study

SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillEnrollment232ChlamydiaGonorrheaHIVSyphilis
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Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if sex work managers (also called "queen mothers") can help female sex workers (FSW) get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by giving out and collecting test kits at the places where FSW meet and work, also known as venues. This study will also find out if this approach helps link FSW to HIV and STI treatment and prevention services. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can this approach increase HIV diagnosis and connection to HIV treatment and prevention services? * Can this approach increase STI diagnosis and connection to STI treatment services? * Is this approach acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, and what are the costs associated with the approach? Researchers will compare a venue-based, peer-supported strategy for HIV self-testing and self-collected STI testing among FSW to the current standard of care to see if the new approach helps to increase HIV and STI identification and linkage to HIV and STI treatment and prevention services. FSW participants will: * Complete questionnaires when they join the study and again about three months later. * Complete HIV self-testing and self-collected STI testing when they join the study and as needed, with the help of queen mothers. * Agree to have their medical records reviewed. Queen mother participants will: * Complete questionnaires when they join the study and again about three months later. * Help FSW participant complete HIV self-testing and self-collected STI testing when they join the study and again as needed (at intervention sites). Additionally, some FSW participants will complete a one-time interview so that the investigators can learn more about their experiences with and views on HIV and STI services. The investigators will also be holding focus group discussions with queen mothers, clinicians, and others involved in study activities to understand their experiences with providing services through the study strategy.

Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Zambia
  • Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (cidrz) Head Office

    Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Nov 2026
Primary completion
30 Jun 2027
Completion
30 Jun 2027
Last update posted
29 Oct 2026
Registered enrollment
232
Registry id
NCT07829133

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.