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Understanding Oral Health for People Living With HIV

This study is for people living with HIV (PLWH) who are 18 or older, can speak English, and identify with one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups. It aims to understand what helps or hinders access to oral health care, and what people know about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and oral cancers (oral squamous cell carcinoma and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma). You would participate in a focus group discussion and answer questionnaires. The goal is to identify factors that affect oral health equity and gather recommendations to improve care and prevention for PLWH.

Study design
This is an observational study with a planned enrollment of 144 participants. It involves focus group discussions and questionnaires.
What's involved
You would have one screening and enrollment phone call, and one study visit for a focus group discussion. A short survey will also be administered.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary endpoint, identification of potential oral health equity factors, is measured at up to 3 days.

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NCT06055868

People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18+Observational
University of California, San Francisco
~144 participants
Updated 2026-06-18 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Group Meeting (Focus Group)Questionnaires

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Identification of potential oral health equity factors
Measured over Up to 3 days

Conditions

HIV Infections
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

  • Alexandra Hernandez Levenston, PhD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of California, San Francisco

Who to contact

William Juarez
[email protected]
(415) 437-7439
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Participants must be 18-years old or older.
Participants must be individuals living with HIV
Ability to speak and understand English
Identify as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups
All genders and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this study.

Exclusion

Younger than 18-years old.
Not living with HIV.
Not able to speak and understand English.
Not classified as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups.

What this trial measures

  • Identification of potential oral health equity factorsUp to 3 days

    Participants will complete a baseline questionnaire which will aid in the formation of the focus group with other individuals of shared identity. The Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) will be transcribed, coded, and the focus group guide will be updated following the Grounded Theory qualitative research methodology. The "data" from the FGD are the audio recordings and the transcripts. The digital transcript of each focus group will be uploaded to the software MAXQDA to aid with coding and analysis in identifying individual, interpersonal, and structural factors, if any, that may impact accessing oral health care.