NCT03293355

Multilevel Integration Strategies to Enhance Service Provider Networks in Vietnam

Completed NA Last updated 23 July 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing VPN in Linkage to Care in 320 participants. Completed in 31 May 2020.

Timeline

1 March 2018

Primary endpoint
31 May 2020

31 May 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, Los Angeles
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	320
Start date	1 March 2018
Primary completion	31 May 2020
Estimated completion	31 May 2020
Sites	4 locations across Vietnam

Drugs / interventions tested

• VPN

Conditions studied

• Linkage to Care — all drugs for Linkage to Care →

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Linkage to Care. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

There is an urgent need for treatment service integration for People Living with HIV (PLH) because many PLH have comorbid conditions, including substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders, among others. Although providing integrated services to PLH who use drugs (PLHWUD) has been proven to produce positive outcomes, multilevel challenges must be addressed, including barriers at the policy, structural, and provider levels. Many countries, including Vietnam, face challenges in the pursuit of multilevel integration of combination treatment services and care. In Vietnam, injecting drug use accounts for nearly two-thirds of HIV infection, and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) services have rapidly expanded to 135 clinics with over 25,000 clients since 2008. There is a timely call as well as an opportunity to identify, implement and evaluate new strategies to provide MMT and HIV treatment as an integrated service system for PLHWUD. The study will take advantage of this window of opportunity to explore and pilot integration strategies to address the multilevel challenges associated with service integration in Vietnam.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. A community approach to promote healthcare services for people living with HIV who use drugs in Vietnam.
   Li L, Lin C, Liang LJ, Song W, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 34727808 · DOI 10.1177/09564624211053430
2. Community Capacity Building for HIV and Addiction Service Integration: An Intervention Trial in Vietnam.
   Li L, Lin C, Liang LJ, Nguyen DB, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 34228251 · DOI 10.1007/s10461-021-03363-0