HIV hunters: new hospital teams aim to catch hidden cases across europe
NCT ID NCT06900829
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether setting up special HIV teams in hospitals can increase testing for undiagnosed HIV. The teams will remind doctors to test patients with certain health conditions, reduce stigma, and improve care links. Over 5,200 patients across ten European countries will be involved. The goal is to catch HIV earlier and improve outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HIV team implementation (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that dedicated HIV teams in hospitals help find undiagnosed HIV earlier, leading to better health outcomes and reduced spread.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a drug trial. Success depends on hospital staff cooperation and resources. Results may vary across countries and may not be easy to sustain long-term.
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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 5,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
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.
Since this study involves screening individuals presenting to a specific hospital through a hospital-wide intervention, the inclusion and exclusion criteria are established at the hospital level. Inclusion Criteria: 1. Standard of care: HIV testing for HIV indicator conditions should be part of routine care in the country, and any prevailing guidelines on HIV testing and prevention policies can be integrated. 2. Management approval: Hospital management must be willing to allocate resources and provide authorization for the proposed activities, including Surveillance, Audit \& Feedback, Education \& Training, Linkage to Prevention, and fostering an Enabling Environment, including stigma reduction. 3. Resources: Assembling an HIV team led by a local HIV expert should be viable considering the available human resources. 4. Data collection: There should be an IT specialist and IT infrastructure capable of flagging a pre-defined set of HIV indicator conditions and monitoring the project's implementation effects with feedback loops to healthcare professionals. 5. Quality assurance: Continuous linkage for care and access to antiretroviral therapy must be assured. 6. Ethics and Regulatory Compliance: Provision for ethical and regulatory compliance is necessary. Exclusion Criteria: Any hospital that does not meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded from participation. We will not use data of patients who have objected against the use of their data for research.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
28 sites in 10 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
RECRUITINGAylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
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Central Military Emergency University Hospital "Dr. Carol Davila"
RECRUITINGBucharest, 010825, Romania
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Central city clinical hospital of Ivano-Frankivsk city council
RECRUITINGIvano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
RECRUITINGBerlin, 13353, Germany
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Clinical Emergency Hospital "Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu"
RECRUITINGBucharest, 011356, Romania
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Cologne University Hospital
RECRUITINGCologne, 50937, Germany
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European hospital of Marseille
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13003, France
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Fundeni Clinical institute
RECRUITINGBucharest, 022328, Romania
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Haga Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGThe Hague, Netherlands
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Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28029, Spain
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Infanta Leonor
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Klinikum der Technischen Universität München (TUM)
RECRUITINGMünchen, 81675, Germany
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L'Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive "L. Spallanzani" IRCCS
RECRUITINGRoma, 00149, Italy
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La Princesa
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Lviv National Medical University
RECRUITINGLviv, 79010, Ukraine
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National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Prof. Dr. Matei Bals"
RECRUITINGBucharest, 021105, Romania
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Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Państwowy Instytut Medyczny MSWiA w Warszawie
RECRUITINGWarsaw, 02-507, Poland
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Rijnstate ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGArnhem, Netherlands
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Royal Free London
RECRUITINGLondon, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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SPZZOZ Janów Lubelski
RECRUITINGJanów Lubelski, 23-300, Poland
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Spitalul Universitar de Urgență București
RECRUITINGBucharest, 050098, Romania
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St. Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin Tempelhof
RECRUITINGBerlin, 12101, Germany
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Stichting Catharina Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGEindhoven, 5623EJ, Netherlands
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Stichting Maasstad Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGRotterdam, 3079DZ, Netherlands
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University Hospital Ghent
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGhent, Belgium
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University Medical Center Groningen
RECRUITINGGroningen, 9713GZ, Netherlands
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Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony
RECRUITINGKielce, 25-736, Poland
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