The TIME study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  THE TIME STUDY: TRANS PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV THROUGHOUT EUROPE

• IRAS ID

  260568

• Contact name

  Damon Foster

• Contact email

  Damon.Foster@chelwest.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 5 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  The project will study a European cohort of individuals identifying themselves as transgender or non-binary and living with HIV.
  The study will collect both qualitative data on this cohort and clinical data over an 18 month period. The study will investigate the success of HIV treatment for this cohort through the primary outcome measure of HIV viral load recorded in routine blood tests.
  The results from this study will assist in informing future HIV treatment guidelines on the monitoring of HIV infection in transgender and non-binary individuals and assisting in the design of future interventional studies within this population.

• REC name

  London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/LO/0840

• Date of REC Opinion

  10 Jun 2019

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion