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Enhanced access to HIV care for drug users

Status
Ongoing
Phase
Other
Principal Investigator(s)
Jose Vargas Vidot & Sandra Miranda De Leon
Objective

Implement and evaluate community-level, structured approach to enhacne HIV care access and retention for drug users in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Prevention Option(s)
Treatment
Study Design
Controlled
Randomized
Arms and Assigned Interventions
Description
HIV care services and ART through a mobile health van and patient navigators
ARMs
Experimental
Description
Standard of care
ARMs
Placebo Comparator
Trial Sponsors
Columbia University
August 2013
April 2017
Enrollment
400
18
Years
Population
Women
Men
Injecting drug users
Sites

Iniciativa Comunitaria de Investigacion, Inc.

Hato Rey
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Department of Health

Rio Piedras
Puerto Rico