Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

NCT03049917 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY00000599323-NJU-TRIAL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 452
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving small financial incentives will motivate parents to test their children for HIV.

Conditions

HIV

Keywords

financial incentive; pediatric HIV testing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Number of Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing

  Number of caregivers who present child(ren) to complete HIV testing at the study clinic within 2 months of recruitment; test results will be recorded in a study questionnaire

  2 months

• Number of Days Participants Take to Bring Children for HIV Testing

  Number of days it took between randomization and caregiver presenting the child for HIV testing

  2 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Number of Female Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing (Females)

  2 months

• Number of Male Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing

  2 months

• Number of Caregivers With One Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing

  2 months

• Number of Participants With More Than 1 Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing

  2 months

• Number of Caregivers With Age Less Than Median Presenting Children for HIV Testing

  2 months

Study Arms (5)

No incentive

NO INTERVENTION

No incentive

KES financial incentive 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Behavioral: Financial incentive

KES financial incentive 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Behavioral: Financial incentive

KES financial incentive 3

EXPERIMENTAL

Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Behavioral: Financial incentive

KES financial incentive 4

EXPERIMENTAL

Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Behavioral: Financial incentive

Interventions

Financial incentive BEHAVIORAL

Conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

KES financial incentive 1; KES financial incentive 2; KES financial incentive 3; KES financial incentive 4

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parent/caregiver receiving HIV care
• Parent/caregiver has one or more children \<13 years old
• Child is HIV exposed (parent/caregiver report or clinic confirmation)
• Caregiver reports child's HIV status is unknown

You may not qualify if:

• None
• The investigators reserve the right to exclude any potential enrollee who is deemed to be at high personal risk, or whose children are at high personal risk, of interpersonal violence, by study participation .

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Washington: lead
• Kenyatta National Hospital: collaborator
• University of Nairobi: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kisumu County Hospital

Kisumu, Kenya

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Wagner AD, Njuguna IN, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Babigumira J, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart GC, Slyker JA. Financial Incentives to Increase Uptake of Pediatric HIV Testing (FIT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Kenya. BMJ Open. 2018 Oct 3;8(10):e024310. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024310.

  PMID: 30287676 BACKGROUND

• Njuguna IN, Wagner AD, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Neary J, Bosire R, Babigumira JB, Levin C, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Financial Incentives for Pediatric HIV Testing in Kenya. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Nov;37(11):1142-1144. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002035.

  PMID: 29596217 BACKGROUND

• Atkins DL, Wagner AD, Zhang J, Njuguna IN, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Ondeng'e K, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G, Slyker JA, Beima-Sofie K. Brief Report: Use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to Characterize Health Care Workers' Perspectives on Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 May 1;84(1):e1-e6. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002323.

  PMID: 32049774 BACKGROUND

• Njuguna IN, Wagner AD, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Orimba A, Mugo C, Babigumira JB, Levin C, Richardson BA, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Financial incentives to increase pediatric HIV testing: a randomized trial. AIDS. 2021 Jan 1;35(1):125-130. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002720.

  PMID: 33048877 DERIVED

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr.
• Organization: University of Washington

jsyker@uw.edu

206-422-5564

Study Officials

• Jennifer A Slyker, PhD

  University of Washington

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Irene N Njugna, MBChB, Msc

  University of Washington/Kenyatta National Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2017
• First Posted: February 10, 2017
• Study Start: February 6, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2018
• Study Completion: October 1, 2018
• Last Updated: June 25, 2021
• Results First Posted: June 25, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: January 2019
• Access Criteria: Contact PIs for more info

Locations

KE (1)