Ending the HIV Epidemic Through Point-of-Care Technologies (EHPOC)
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Official title
Ending the HIV Epidemic Through Point-of-Care Technologies (EHPOC): Performance Evaluation of Novel POC HIV Tests in Baltimore
Brief summary
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This study proposes to investigate the performance of existing and new technologies for HIV diagnosis, one of the key strategies for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Current, Standard-of-Care (SOC) diagnostic techniques have extended turn-around-times (TATs) that result in loss of patients to follow up due to delays in laboratory procedures. In this scenario, patients that are at a high-risk for HIV have the potential to continue transmission, making it difficult to end the epidemic. Rapid, Point-of-Care (POC) HIV viral load (VL) testing alleviates this problem by reducing TATs that allow providers to test for HIV infection and link patients to antiretroviral therapy (ART) or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) during the same clinical visit, and subsequently, suppress VL, prevent HIV infection, and reduce its transmission among high-risk populations. The study proposes that evaluating the performance of new and existing POC technologies is needed to provide updated information to HIV test providers operating in different populations and settings and improve linkage to HIV treatment and prevention services. The study hypothesizes that: A. Determining the performance characteristics of HIV POC tests will inform optimal testing strategies in different populations and settings B. The use of HIV RNA POC tests will improve linkage to HIV treatment and prevention services: i. Improve early diagnosis of HIV ii. Reduce the time to ART initiation iii. Facilitate timely and appropriate referral for prevention services
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04793750
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 224 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Cepheid GeneXpert HIV-1 Qual POC HIV VL test Diagnostic Test
- DPP HIV-Syphilis test system Diagnostic Test
- OraQuick Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 17, 2021
- Primary completion
- Feb 27, 2025
- Completion
- Mar 30, 2025
- Last update posted
- Apr 22, 2026
2021 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) Health and Wellness Center, Sexual Health Clinics | Baltimore | Maryland | 21217 | — |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department (JHHED) | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
| The John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice (JGBSP) | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 22, 2026 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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