Study aims to keep advanced HIV patients connected to care after leaving hospital
NCT ID NCT07428577
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 150 adults with advanced HIV who are hospitalized in South Africa. Researchers will interview them and review medical records to see if they successfully continue HIV care after leaving the hospital. The goal is to identify where the system fails and find ways to improve follow-up and treatment continuity.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adults aged 18 or older admitted to a medical (not surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric) unit at the Helen Joseph hospital with an HIV-related condition.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Known HIV positive status * Admitted to inpatient care for an AHD-related illness * Aged 18 years and above * Able to provide written consent or consent using a thumbprint * Consent to be contacted after discharge and can provide contact information Exclusion Criteria: * Confined to tuberculosis isolation ward or other wards for patients with acute infectious disease that requires isolation procedures * Not physically, mentally, or emotionally able to participate in the study prior to discharge, in the opinion of facility or study staff * Unable to communicate in any of the languages into which the questionnaire has been translated or that is known to the research assistant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Helen Joseph Hospital
RECRUITINGJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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