Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Ricardo Kuchenbecker
ORCID ID
Contact details
Rua Landel de Moura
1369
Porto Alegre
91920-150
Brazil
+55 51 32688919
rsk@via-rs.net
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
DOT-AIDS
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
HIV/AIDS
Intervention
Intervention group:
Twice-weekly home visits performed by community-peer educators over a two month period. Thereafter, patients were visited once a week for four months. The purpose of the peer educators was to assist the patients in taking medication and provide information and support related to adherence, the importance of following physician recommendations and information related to healthy behaviour (e.g. safe sex, supportive measures related to stigma, and adherence strategies).
Control group:
Usual care provided by the outpatient clinics.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) at the end of the study (6 months)
2. Diseases progression
3. Occurence of AIDS-related disease/opportunistic infections
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2004
Overall trial end date
31/12/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. HIV-1 infected individuals
2. 18 years old or older
3. Starting antiretroviral therapy in three AIDS clinics in Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2004
Recruitment end date
31/12/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Trial participating centre
Rua Landel de Moura, 1369
Porto Alegre
91920-150
Brazil
Sponsor information
Organisation
Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Sponsor details
Ministério da Saúde
Secretaria de Políticas de Saúde
Coordenação Nacional de DST e Aids
Grupo Matricial de Pesquisa e Vacinas
W3 Norte - SEPN 511 - Bloco C
Brasilia
70750-537
Brazil
+55-51-4488121
aids@aids.gov.br
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list