Hospital checklist aims to curb HIV in drug users
NCT ID NCT05480956
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a simple checklist and peer coaching program for people who inject drugs and are hospitalized with serious infections. The goal was to see if these tools could help start HIV prevention medication (PrEP) and addiction treatment. Sixty HIV-negative adults with opioid use disorder took part. The study focused on whether the approach was acceptable and feasible, not on final health outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this model could improve HIV prevention and addiction treatment access for rural people who inject drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed feasibility study with 60 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so impact is limited.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * We will include 60 PWUD with serious injection related infections (SIRI) who are HIV negative, ≥ 18 years old, have opioid use disorder (OUD) and receiving care at UAB Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude those unable to provide informed consent due to acute illness or intoxication, those who don't have OUD, and those who are HIV positive in order to inform HIV prevention interventions.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35222, United States
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