Project Vuselela Feasibility

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV, Drug Users

In brief

To develop an intervention that engages family members in supporting HIV and opioid substitution therapy treatment for those who inject drugs in South Africa, and then conduct a pilot study to understand feasibility and preliminary impact on outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07117656

Run by

Arizona State University

People needed

80

Starts

2025-07-13

Expected to finish

2027-08-28

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-12

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Aim 2 PLHWID Inclusion Criteria
• Any sex or gender
• >18 years of age
• HIV-positive as per medical record
• Self-reported injection drug use behavior
• Have not participated in the current ART-OST program
• Initiating ART or OST
• Identifies a potential family member who can provide support
• Live in Johannesburg
• Family Member Inclusion Criteria
• 18 years of age or older
• Confirms family member (parent, sibling, partner, aunt, uncle, grandparent, cousin)
• Knowledge of the drug using behavior by the PLWHID, but knowledge of their HIV status is not required.
• No recent history of self-reported drug-using behavior (< 5 years)

You may not qualify if…

• PLHWID Exclusion Criteria
• Under 18 years of age
• HIV-negative as per medical record
• Notself-reported injection drug use behavior
• Has participated in the current ART-OST program
• Taking ART or OST
• Cannot identify a potential family member who can provide support
• Does not live in Johannesburg
• Family Member Exclusion Criteria
• Under 18 years of age
• Not a family member
• Does not know about drug using behavior by the PLWHID
• Recent history of self-reported drug-using behavior (< 5 years)

Where it is running

• Anova Health Institute — Johannesburg, South Africa (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.