The Outreach and Prevention at ALcohol Venues in East Africa Study (OPAL-East Africa- Aim 1)

Last updated: March 31, 2025
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Hiv/aids

Hiv Infections

Aids And Aids Related Infections

Treatment

Multi-disease-focused mobilization

HIV-focused mobilization

Clinical Study ID

NCT05862857
22-37054
1R01AA030464-01
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This study will test innovative interventions to increase uptake and use of biomedical HIV prevention options by engaging women and men at drinking venues in rural Kenya and Uganda in care, while gaining insights into the facilitators, barriers, and cost-effectiveness of these approaches.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Participant Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult (≥18 years)

  • patron or worker at a drinking venue within the study community

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age <18 years

  • previous participation in the study (may only participate once)

  • inability to consent (including gross inebriation)

Study Design

Total Participants: 7727
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Multi-disease-focused mobilization
Phase:
Study Start date:
July 13, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
March 28, 2025

Study Description

[BACKGROUND] Alcohol use is a common risk factor for both HIV prevention uptake and retention in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Interventions that promote biomedical HIV prevention (PrEP and PEP) among persons with heavy alcohol use and their sexual partners are urgently needed. Alcohol-serving drinking venues play an important role as sites of HIV transmission in SSA and are ideal sites to engage women and men at increased risk of HIV in biomedical prevention services.

[OVERVIEW] The investigators have developed a mobilization strategy of integrating HIV testing within multi-disease screening to recruit >2,000 people from drinking venues in Kenya and Uganda. The investigators now need to determine whether multi-disease mobilization can promote uptake of HIV prevention for adults at drinking venues in the context of new biomedical prevention options.

The project will rigorously test innovative interventions in Kenya and Uganda to increase uptake of biomedical HIV prevention, and assess facilitators, barriers, and cost-effectiveness of these approaches.

Specific Aims:

  • Compare the effectiveness of two mobilization strategies to increase uptake of biomedical HIV prevention among adults at drinking venues.

  • Determine the cost-effectiveness of interventions that increase biomedical HIV prevention uptake among adults at high-risk for HIV who attend drinking venues.

The proposed research will address the critical intersection of alcohol use and HIV risk in SSA, by promoting reach and uptake of biomedical HIV prevention and exploring associated facilitators and barriers.

Connect with a study center

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

    Mbita,
    Kenya

    Site Not Available

  • Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)

    Mbarara,
    Uganda

    Site Not Available

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