HIV Testing in Community Health Center Dental Clinics

ConditionHIV

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorBoston University

About this trial

This is a cluster randomized trial among dental clinics (n=4) to evaluate whether rapid HIV testing (RHT) during dental visits improves HIV testing rates compared to referral for laboratory HIV testing. Clinics will be randomized to either RHT or referral for HIV testing for a nine-month period - HIV testing will be offered to n\~6700 patients by \~ 15 dental providers (dentists and dental hygienists). Outcomes will be assessed using electronic health record reports (EHR), which will include the completion rates of HIV testing among dental patients (84 days after dental visit) and the frequency at which dental providers offer HIV testing (Upon completion of the 9-month testing period).

The objectives of this study are to:

* Compare the effectiveness of on-site rapid HIV testing versus referral to a CHC lab in increasing HIV test completion within 84 days of a dental clinic visit, using EHR data. * Assess the sustainability of the HIV testing protocol by evaluating changes in dental clinic HIV testing rates over time.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Must be located in Suffolk County in Massachusetts.

Must provide dental care services.

Must possess the infrastructure necessary for laboratory-based HIV testing and counseling or have an affiliation with a laboratory that provides these service.

Dental care provider working at a participating community health center during the study period.

Disqualifiers

Self-report to be HIV positive at the time of the RHT/ referral.

Had an HIV test within 12 months (self-report or documented in EHR).

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Rapid HIV testing
Other intervention
At the designated sites for RHT, providers will offer RHT to patients as part of their dental routine care.
Referral for HIV testing
Other intervention
At the designated sites for HIV testing referral, providers will offer an HIV test referral to the affiliated CHC laboratory to patients as part of their dental routine care.

Treatment groups

6,715 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Rapid HIV TestingExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: Referral HIV TestingActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

HIV Test Completed

The number of dental patients completing at least one HIV test within 84 days of their dental visit abstracted from the Electronic Health Records (EHR).

Time frame

84 days

Sustainability

The number of dental patients completing at least one HIV test within 9 months of their dental visit abstracted from the Electronic Health Records (EHR).

Time frame

9 months

Sponsors and contacts

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Boston University

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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