A randomised trial of allowing men who have sex with men to have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis tests between clinic consultations.

Will men having sex with men who are allowed to have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis tests between clinical consultations, have them more frequently?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000760673

Enrollment

422

Registered

2014-07-17

Start date

2014-07-24

Completion date

2015-04-22

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Men having sex with men attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) who volunteer will be randomised to usual care OR the availability of additional HIV and syphilis serology tests whenever they choose, for up to one year. They can have these at MSHC or at Melbourne Pathology. The primary outcome is the frequency of HIV testing and participants will be followed for one year. Controls will have the usual access to HIV and syphilis testing at clinical consultations. In the second year controls will be able to have tests without consulations only at MSHC.

Interventions

For one year, participants in the intervention arm will be allowed to have HIV and syphilis serology at either MSHC (unlimited) or Melbourne Pathology (maximum 6) whenever they choose, without needing another clinical consultation.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Sex with a man in the past year. Negative at last HIV test, if had one. Had an HIV test within six weeks or having one on day of visit. Plan to remain in Victoria for most of the next year.

Exclusion criteria

Known HIV infection.

Outcome results