Reducing Stigma in People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) With HIV Using a Rapid Start Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention (ART)

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

135

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2025

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2026

Conditions
HivDrug Use
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Rapid-Start ART (RS-ART)

ART initiation within 7 days of HIV diagnosis. (RS-ART intervention to be informed and developed in Aims 1 and 2.) RS-ART is a strategy that focuses on clinical decision-making generally based solely on clinical criteria, and later organizing support for mental health, adherence, and management of comorbid conditions only after the patient has initiated ART.

Trial Locations (4)

43000

Kajang Prison, Kajang

50450

Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA) - University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Primary Healthcare Centers, Kuala Lumpur

SSPs, Kuala Lumpur

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

collaborator

Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

NIH

lead

Yale University

OTHER

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