NCT05079347

Traditional Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing in South Africa

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 18 October 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing HIV rapid test in HIV Infection in 418 participants. Completed in 1 December 2023.

Timeline

22 July 2022

Primary endpoint
1 September 2023

1 December 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	diagnostic
Enrollment	418
Start date	22 July 2022
Primary completion	1 September 2023
Estimated completion	1 December 2023
Sites	1 location across South Africa

Drugs / interventions tested

• HIV rapid test

Conditions studied

• HIV Infection — all drugs for HIV Infection →

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with HIV Infection. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Feasibility of Completing HIV Testing Training Primary · 1 month

Percentage of healers who are able to complete the training program.

Group	Value	95% CI
Healer Led HIV Testing	16

Uptake of HIV Testing Primary · 6 months

the percentage of people who are accept testing/ approached to complete testing

Group	Value	95% CI
Healer Led HIV Testing	418

Sponsor's own description

The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot test of a program aimed at training traditional healers to conduct HIV testing and implementing HIV testing among people living in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.

Pilot Healer-initiated HIV testing uptake and linkage to prevention services. Trust in allopathic health care and HIV stigma will be measured among participants at study enrollment and at month seven.

Hypothesis: Healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing (HICT) will increase trust in allopathic health care and reduce HIV stigma.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Can Traditional Health Practitioners Deliver HIV Counseling and Testing Services? A Pilot Study in Rural South Africa.
   Audet CM, Seabi T, Mabuza W, Mnisi P, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40530889 · DOI 10.1097/qai.0000000000003712