National Survey About Trajectory and Life Conditions of HIV Trans People in France

NCT04849767 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: ANRS 14056 TRANS&VIH20-694
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 536
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

TRANS\&VIH is a national survey that will explore condition of vulnerability and trajectory of transgender people living with HIV. To fulfill this purpose, clinical data from medical registry and socio-behavioral information collected through questionnaire, will help to explore this questions about vulnerability and condition of transgender people living with HIV.

Conditions

HIV Seropositivity

Keywords

Transgender; Community-based research; Mixt methods

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Statistical analyses of trends in the personal and social situations of vulnerability in TRHIV

  Through statistical analyses of some questionnaire items, we will highlight the situations of vulnerability of transgender people.

  12 months

• Statistical analyses of trends in obstacles that TRHV encounter in terms of medical care and their healthcare needs

  The results, of the analyses of questionnaire data, will point trends in the medical needs of the study population and the factors that hamper the satisfiction of these needs.

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

Transgender people living with HIV

Transgender person Living with HIV Followed in clinical service

Other: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire OTHER

Questionnaire about socio-behavioral items and conditions of vulnerability. interview with female to male transgender person will be about life conditions, trajectory of the medical transition from female to male and actual medical following of the transition, migration trajectory and condition of HIV acquisition.

Also known as: interview

Transgender people living with HIV

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: self-define as transgender, or who present themselves with a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth (transgender woman or transgender man)
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People who self-define as transgender, or who present themselves with a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth (transgender woman or transgender man), living with HIV (TRHIV), and followed in hospitals in metropolitan France and the country's overseas territories. TRHIV frequenting hospital-based HIV services in France. In 2018, an exploratory survey in 258 such hospital services, allowed the estimation of the study population: 852 TRHIV women and 5 TRHIV men. Given the small size of the active patient file, we decided to survey all the TRHIV who agreed to participate in ANRS Trans \& HIV, in order to highlight possible disparities in HIV and transition care.

You may qualify if:

• transgender woman or transgender man
• living with HIV
• followed in hospitals in metropolitan France and the country's overseas territories

Sponsors & Collaborators

• ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases: lead
• Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

INSERM

Marseille, 13005, France

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Van Huizen R, Annequin M, Mora M, Faye A, Fiorentino M, Bourrelly M, Maradan G, Berenger C, Michard F, Yazdanpanah Y, Freire Maresca A, Rouveix E, Cuenot L, Balhan L, Costa M, Michels D, Blanquart L, Rincon G, Protiere C, Spire B; ANRS-Trans&HIV study group. Socioeconomic marginalization, social exclusion, and engagement in transactional sex among transgender women living with HIV: the role of multidimensional gender affirmation. AIDS Care. 2025 Dec;37(12):2174-2191. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2560094. Epub 2025 Sep 29.

  PMID: 41024590 DERIVED

• Mora M, Rincon G, Bourrelly M, Maradan G, Freire Maresca A, Michard F, Rouveix E, Pannetier J, Leriche D, Alain T, Yazdanpanah Y, Michels D, Spire B. Living conditions, HIV and gender affirmation care pathways of transgender people living with HIV in France: a nationwide, comprehensive, cross-sectional, community-based research protocol (ANRS Trans&HIV). BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 16;11(12):e052691. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052691.

  PMID: 34916316 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV Seropositivity

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires; Interviews as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

HIV Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Bruno SPIRE, Dr

  Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2021
• First Posted: April 19, 2021
• Study Start: October 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2022
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: February 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2021-04

Locations

FR (1)