Evaluation of Behavioral Intervention for HIV Positive Prisoners in NC and TX

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infection

In brief

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if a comprehensive intervention supporting seek-test-and-treat results in a significant reduction in the potential for HIV-infected prisoners to transmit their virus after release from prison. Aim 2: Compare the effect of standard prison test-and-treat (sTNT) with the TNT-imPACT (imPACT) intervention on viral load 24 weeks following prison release. Aim 3: Describe and model secondary outcomes, comparing them between sTNT and TNT-imPACT study arms. These outcomes include post-release HIV transmission risk behaviors, incident STIs, adherence to ART, medical care appointments, emergence of ART resistance mutations, and predicted HIV transmission events.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01629316

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

381

Starts

2012-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Documented HIV infection
• Incarcerated in the NCDOC at a facility within a 3 hour drive from Chapel Hill OR incarcerated in the TDCJ at a facility within a 3 hour drive from Ft. Worth
• Age 18 years or older
• Receiving ART for at least 30 days
• Last recorded viral load (must be within 90 days of entry) <400 copies/mL
• English speaking
• Able and willing to provide informed consent
• Willing to participate in post-release study activities
• For NC - planning to remain in state after release and returning to a community within a 3 hour drive of Chapel Hill
• For TX - returning to one of the following areas: Houston, Dallas, and Ft. Worth (including their suburbs)
• Scheduled for release from prison

You may not qualify if…

• Conviction for offenses that includes sexual assault or death or serious injury to a victim or is otherwise found, in the opinion of the investigators, to be at high risk for injury to staff (this criterion is designed to minimize risk to study personnel who will conduct study-related visits with participants in the communities to which they return and may be informed by input from correctional staff)
• Pending charges that would likely lead to transfer of custody or other condition which would otherwise prevent or significantly delay release from custody.

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• Texas Christian University — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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