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Project I Test: Implementing HIV Testing in Opioid Treatment Programs

Columbia University · with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Weill Medical College of Cornell University · NCT03135886

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
418
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 12, 2017
Record last updated
August 7, 2026

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What the study is about

This study will test two active evidence-based "practice coaching" (PC) interventions to improve opioid treatment programs' (OTPs') provision and sustained implementation of on-site 1) HIV testing and linkage to care and 2) HIV/Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and linkage to care among patients seeking/receiving substance use disorder treatment.

Aims are

Aim 1: To evaluate the effectiveness of the PC interventions on improving patient uptake of HIV testing in OTPs including the incremental impact of the HIV/HCV intervention on HIV testing.

Aim 2: To examine, using mixed-methods, the impact of the PC interventions on the initiation and sustained provision of HIV testing and timely linkage to care.

Aim 3: To evaluate the health outcomes, health care utilization, and cost-effectiveness of the PC interventions compared incrementally to one another and to the control condition.

Primary Hypothesis

  • The two PC interventions will result in significantly higher proportions of patients tested for HIV than the information control condition during the "initial impact" period (7-12 months post-randomization or T3), controlling for the proportion of patients tested during the baseline period, T1 (Primary) and during the "sustained impact" period, 13-18 months post-randomization or T4 (Secondary).
  • The HIV/HCV PC intervention will result in significantly higher proportions of patients tested for HIV than the HIV PC intervention during the initial impact period (7-12 months post-randomization or T3), controlling for the proportion of patients tested during the baseline period, T1 (Secondary) and during the "sustained impact" period, 13-18 months post-randomization or T4 (Secondary).

Being studied: Information Control; HIV and HCV Testing Practice Coaching Intervention; HIV Testing Practice Coaching Intervention

Conditions: HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C; Substance Use Disorders; Opioid-use Disorder

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Eligible sites must:
  • See at least 150 unduplicated patients/year/site
  • Be capable and willing to prospectively collect data on the number of patients who a) are offered any HIV and/or HCV tests; b) completed these tests; c) are referred to care/evaluation (and type of referral) if positive; and d) are linked to care/evaluation within 30 days of diagnosis
  • Be capable and willing to provide patient demographics, testing data within demographic categories of gender and race/ethnicity (in aggregate) and data on HIV/HCV test reimbursement processes and outcomes
  • Have key staff willing to consent to participate in study surveys, qualitative interviews and intervention coaching throughout the study

Exclusion Criteria

  • Sites will be excluded if:
  • Over 50% of patients served in the prior 6 months were HIV or HCV tested
  • They are terminated via PI decision/discretion

Recruiting US locations

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, NY 10032

    Site contact: Lauren Gooden, PhD · 786-703-9819 · lkg2129@columbia.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lauren Gooden, PhD · 786-703-9819 · lkg2129@columbia.edu
  • Terri Liguori, M.Ed., Ed.S. · 786-510-3666 · tl2547@columbia.edu
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