Secret shoppers test if HIV stigma training works
NCT ID NCT06975176
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a multi-day training program can reduce stigma that doctors in Vietnam show toward people with HIV and men who have sex with men. Researchers will send trained actors ("standardized patients") to clinics to pose as real patients and measure how doctors treat them. The goal is to see if the training leads to fairer care, such as offering syphilis tests equally to all patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Stigma reduction training program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this training could provide a proven way to reduce discrimination against people with HIV and sexual minorities in healthcare settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study in one country (Vietnam) with 155 providers, so results may not apply elsewhere. The training's real-world impact depends on clinic adoption.
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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 155 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
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 to 99 years
- 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: Eligible facilities are those with capacity to provide STDs care and treatment services. Within eligible and consenting facilities, eligible providers are those who are licensed at the time of the study to practice STD care in Vietnam. Exclusion Criteria: * None
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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