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HIV InfectionNCT00224900

Development of a Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally-Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers

An observational study of HIV Infection, run by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

During this phase of the study, a focus group will be conducted with young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and with their caregivers to develop and evaluate the content of the proposed intervention. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 11 to 16 years
Conditions the study is for
HIV Infection
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2005to May 2006
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 11 to 16 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: Young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV, 11 to 14 years of age and their caregivers.

Who may be able to join

  • Clinically-identified HIV-1 infected subjects 11-14 years of age and their caregivers.
  • HIV status has been disclosed to the adolescent.
  • HIV-1 infection transmission due to perinatal infection as identified by treating physician.
  • Caregiver is legal guardian of the adolescent as indicated by the medical team in the clinic from which recruitment will be conducted.
  • Adolescent lives with the caregiver.
  • Adolescent and caregiver speak English.

Who cannot join

  • Caregiver permission denied or adolescent does not assent.
  • Adolescent previously diagnosed as mentally retarded as reported by caregiver through school and/or other psychological testing.
  • Adolescent and/or caregiver too medically fragile. Medically fragile is functionally defined as being physically unable to attend the group.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

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About this study

Official title: Development of a Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally-Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers Part A: Focus Group And Measurement Evaluation

During this phase of the study, a focus group will be conducted with young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and with their caregivers to develop and evaluate the content of the proposed intervention. The purpose of the focus groups is to identify key issues and challenges that often face young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and their caregivers as well as to elicit suggestions to enhance the feasibility and acceptability of the proposed intervention. The focus groups will be audio recorded and transcribed and reviewed by all involved in future protocol development. Themes will be pulled directly from the focus groups to guide examples and areas of emphasis in the intervention. In addition, proposed measures will be administered to the adolescents and their caregivers and assessed for appropriateness for this population.

Read the detailed description

This study is designed to collect information from HIV-1 perinatally infected adolescents for the development of a pilot study that will use a life skills intervention model. One focus group comprised of adolescents and one focus group comprised of their caregivers will use a series of open-ended questions to facilitate a group discussion to define the life skills intervention model. Ten young adolescents, ages 11 to 14 years, and their caregivers will participate in these focus groups at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The protocol will be site-restricted for participation. The responses from the focus group will be used to tailor the proposed life skills intervention model and to provide a detailed description of intervention content including: common peer issues of young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV, typical sexual knowledge and behaviors, typical areas of conflict between adolescents and caregivers, and common ways of managing conflict. In addition, those that participate in the focus group will be asked to complete a series of questionnaires in order to assess the appropriateness of the proposed measurement battery for adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and their caregivers.

Findings from this study (ATN 045- Part A) will be used in the development of a proposal for a pilot study of the life skills intervention model (ATN 045-Part B). The pilot study will examine the feasibility of successfully providing a life skills intervention to HIV-1 infected young adolescents at an ATN clinical site, the acceptability of such an intervention in young adolescents, as well as the logistics of providing such an intervention.

Conditions
HIV Infection
Keywords
Perinatally-acquired HIV infection, Life Skills, Focus Group, Young adolescents, Caregivers
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2005
  3. Primary completionMay 2006
  4. Study completionMay 2006

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00224900
Sponsor's protocol ID
ATN 045a
Status last verified
Feb 2016
First submitted
21 Sep 2005
Last updated
28 Feb 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of HIV Infection, run by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Feb 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early. Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Feb 2017.

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