New study aims to bring proven depression help to HIV veterans
NCT ID NCT05901272
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at two different methods to help VA clinics adopt a team-based depression care service for veterans living with HIV. The service has been shown to work well and save money, but no VA clinics currently use it. Researchers will compare the two approaches to see which one gets more veterans the care they need.
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- 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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8 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: The research team will work with VISN 10 to identify sites that * have an adequately sized (i.e. greater than 20) population of Veterans Living with HIV, * have adequate PHQ-2 screen data to assess depression prevalence, * can identify a clinical champion for implementation activities, * are willing to participate, and * allow for diversity and balance of clinic characteristics across arms (e.g. rate of referral to specialty mental health for VLWH and presence of HIV-only specialty clinic versus broad infectious disease clinic). * For criterion 5, these factors that are important will be determined with VISN 10 clinical leadership and the research advisory council. Randomization at the VAMC level has limited ability to completely balance observed and unobserved health-system factors. However, efforts to balance key site characteristics are important; therefore, site-level characteristics thought to impact implementation efforts were identified by building consensus among HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Program (HHRC) leadership and the HIV care and implementation experts on the research team. Data on the following observable site-level characteristics will be collected from these sites during Year 1 of the study: baseline PHQ-2 screen rate, clinic size (unique patients, provider full-time equivalents \[FTE\], change in enrollment over the past 3 years), and current care manager FTE. Based on the five criteria described above and the power calculation below, eight eligible sites will be selected. Sites will be grouped into four couplets based on balance of the identified site-level characteristics. Exclusion Criteria: -None.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System , Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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