Principal Investigator: Matthew Hamill, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
mhamill6@jhu.edu
IRB00274090
HIV Research Study
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are looking for individuals with or without HIV to participate in a clinical research study to investigate how new testing strategies perform.
You may be eligible to join our study if:
individuals with or without HIV
Not currently taking daily HIV medications
18 Years and Older
Greater Baltimore area
Study Background
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are investigating how well different types of existing and new rapid HIV and syphilis tests perform. The study also wants to evaluate the impact these point-of-care HIV tests will have on linkage to care. Participation is completely voluntary and strictly confidential, and all participants are treated with the utmost respect.
The study has two in-person visits and one phone-call visit. You will complete the first in-person visit when you join the study and the second visit 12 weeks later. The phone-call visit will be 4 weeks after the first in-person visit. At each in-person visit, you will provide blood and oral fluid specimens and receive HIV and/or syphilis testing. You will also complete surveys during in-person and phone-call visits.
Your participation in this research study may help researchers improve testing technologies for HIV and syphilis. Further research today and join our compensated study!
Person(s) depicted in this photo are not actual patients or study subjects.
Study Background
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are investigating how well the different types of existing and new rapid HIV and syphilis testing technologies perform. The study also wants to evaluate the impact these point-of-care HIV testing will have linkage to care. Participation is completely voluntary and strictly confidential and all participants are treated with the utmost respect.
The study has two in-person visits, one at baseline and one 12 weeks post baseline. There is also one visit conducted over the phone 4 weeks post baseline visit, which mainly consists of surveys. At each in-person visit, participants will provide blood and oral fluid specimen and receive HIV and/or syphilis testing. Participants will also complete surveys during the in-person visits.
Your participation in this research study may help researchers improve testing technologies for HIV and syphilis. Further research today and join our compensated study!
Additional Information
The purpose of this study is to investigate how testing technologies for HIV perform.
You may qualify for this study if you meet the following criteria.
Key Criteria:
- Individuals with or without HIV
- Not currently taking daily HIV medications
- 18+ years old
- Individuals living in the Greater Baltimore Area
Once enrolled, this study involves:
- Two in-person visits:
We will schedule the first visit at the beginning of the study (baseline) and a follow-up visit 12 weeks later.
At each in-person visit, you will provide blood and oral fluid specimens and receive HIV and/or syphilis testing.
You will also complete surveys during these visits.
One phone-call visit:
We will call you to complete surveys over the phone 4 weeks after your first in-person visit.
Compensation is provided: a $40 gift card for each in-person visit completed. Parking passes and bus tokens are available to compensate you for transportation costs.