Can coaching clinics boost alcohol care for HIV patients?
NCT ID NCT05241990
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving clinics a dedicated coach helps them offer alcohol treatment to people with HIV who drink too much. The coach provides tools and guidance to support a stepped care model, which starts with brief advice and progresses to therapy or medication if needed. Researchers will track how many patients receive help and whether it leads to better HIV outcomes like medication adherence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Practice facilitation (coaching for clinics)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that coaching clinics is an effective way to get alcohol treatment to people with HIV, potentially improving their overall health.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a test of a new drug. It focuses on how to deliver existing treatments, so it won't directly create a new cure or therapy. Results may vary by clinic.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: Clinic Staff * Age \> 18 years old * Confirmed to be clinic staff (clinical or administrative roles). * English speaking * Cognitively able to complete required survey or interview activities. Exclusion Criteria Clinic Staff * Unable to speak English Inclusion Criteria, Patients * Confirmed to be a person with HIV (PWH) receiving HIV care and participating in CNICS at one of the three clinic sites * Scoring AUDIT-C ≥3 for women or ≥4 for men, transgender women or men indicating unhealthy alcohol use. * Age ≥ 18 years old. * English speaking. * Cognitively able to participate in stepped care for unhealthy alcohol use. Exclusion Criteria, Patients * Scoring AUDIT-C \<3 for women or \<4 for men or \<4 for transgender women or men * Age \< 18 years old * Participants cognitively unable to participate in the stepped care for unhealthy alcohol use.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fenway Community Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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University of California, San Diego
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92103, United States
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University of North Carolina
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7215, United States
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