HIVTXT-CBTNCT01884233
Cell Phone Technology Targeting ART Adherence and Drug Use
A study testing Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) in people with HIV and Opioid Abuse, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The objective of the current research is to improve treatment for injection opioid users by augmenting pharmacotherapy with an innovative text-messaging strategy to promote relapse prevention skills, reduce HIV-risk behaviors, and improve HIV treatment regimen adherence. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV, Opioid Abuse
- What is being tested?
- Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 62 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Dec 2012to Jan 2016
- Phase
- Interventional
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
None listed.
Who cannot join
- Lack of proficiency in English;
- Currently homeless (unless residing in a recovery home for which contact information can be provided);
- Dependence on an illicit substance for which medical detoxification is imminently needed.
- Presence of clinically significant psychiatric symptoms as assessed by MINI, such as psychosis, acute mania, or suicide risk that would require immediate treatment or make study compliance difficult.
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Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
The objective of the current research is to improve treatment for injection opioid users by augmenting pharmacotherapy with an innovative text-messaging strategy to promote relapse prevention skills, reduce HIV-risk behaviors, and improve HIV treatment regimen adherence.
Read the detailed description
the specific aims of this research are 1) To develop and refine, with user feedback, a cognitive behavioral therapy-based text-messaging intervention (TXT-CBT) for HIV-infected adults with opioid dependence; 2) To conduct a pilot randomized clinical trial to assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining individuals for a large scale study and to determine the effect size of TXT-CBT over and above standard care (SC) on opioid use, HIV medication adherence, and healthcare outcomes. Both SC and SC+TXT-CBT participants will be assessed at baseline, treatment-end, and 12 weeks post-treatment; and 3) To examine potential mechanisms of action of TXT-CBT, including self-efficacy, affect regulation, and social support. The investigators hypothesize that TXT-CBT delivered in conjunction with SC will produce greater reductions in opioid use and HIV-risk behaviors, and will improve HIV treatment regimen adherence, relative to MM alone. Further, the investigators expect that SC+TXT-CBT will facilitate greater changes in negative affect, self-efficacy, and social support, and these changes will be associated with substance use outcomes. TXT-CBT incorporates specific substance- and adherence-focused cognitive therapy techniques with a concurrent emphasis on reducing HIV-risk behaviors. By providing support to maximize HIV treatment regimen adherence, coupled with coping skills to address withdrawal symptoms and stress, two important factors in opioid relapse, TXT-CBT may provide a promising, cost-effective, and easily deployable augmenting strategy for the treatment of opioid users who are HIV-infected.
- Conditions
- HIV, Opioid Abuse
- Being tested
- Standard Care, Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT)
- Keywords
- HIV, Opioid Abuse, Mobile technology
- Medical subject headings
- Opioid-Related Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Standard CareBehavioural
Standard care will include usual treatment for HIV and a pamphlet that will be provided to the participants with information about ART adherence and relapse prevention.
Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT)Behavioural
Those assigned to TXT-CBT will be given a treatment manual (developed in Phase I) containing descriptions of core therapeutic content/topics for each week. HIV-infected participants will have initial meeting with a CBT clinician to review the core CBT concepts for promoting ART adherence. The 3 most applicable medication adherence skills will be identified for emphasis in tailored messages. A research coordinator will meet with the participants weekly at data collection visits throughout the intervention phase to answer any technical questions and ensure that the intervention program is working properly.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) | Experimental | This condition will receive CBT based text messaging (TXT-CBT). Those assigned to TXT-CBT will also be given a treatment manual (developed in Phase I) containing descriptions of core therapeutic content/topics for each week. HIV-infected participants will have an initial meeting with a CBT clinician to review the Life-Steps concepts. The 3 most applicable medication adherence skills will be identified for emphasis in tailored messages. A research coordinator will meet with the participants weekly at data collection visits throughout the intervention phase to answer any technical questions and ensure that the intervention program is working properly. Receives: Behavioral: Standard Care; Behavioral: Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) |
| Standard Care | Active comparator | Those assigned to the Standard Care condition will receive the standard monthly medical management physician visit typically associated with HIV care. In addition, a pamphlet with information about HIV, the importance of ART adherence, and relapse prevention will be provided to participants in this condition. Receives: Behavioral: Standard Care |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Substance Use
Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is an instrument widely used in addiction research to quantify drug use frequency and related problem areas. Urine Drug Screen (UDS). Urine drug screens will be collected monthly using temperature controlled test cups. An FDA-approved one-step test will be used. During the 12-week treatment period, one full-screen panel and two panels only testing for opioids (heroin and prescription opioids) will be conducted. The UDS will test for the presence of: amphetamines, benzodiazepines, methadone, cocaine, methamphetamine, morphine (heroin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin), and marijuana. The participants' change in substance use over time (as assessed by the ASI and UDS results) is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
Measured: The ASI is to be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment-end (week 12), and Follow-Up (wek 24). UDS is collected weekly during the intervetion.
Change in HIV Risk Behaviors
Risk Behavior Survey (RBS): The RBS (Darke et al., 1991) is a brief interview assessing involvement in HIV risk behaviors in the areas of drug use and sex in the previous 30 days. Additional items include whether the sexual partner uses or injects drugs. The participants' change in RBS scores is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
Measured: RBS will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment-end (week 12), and FU (week 24)
Change in treatment adherence
ART Adherence. The investigator will use monthly phone-based unannounced pill counts (UPCs); Pharmacy information from pill bottles will also be collected to verify the number of pills dispensed between calls. Self-reported adherence will be assessed monthly using a brief adherence survey developed by Lu et al. Viral load will serve as a biological indicator of adherence. Consistent with the typical frequency with which viral load is assessed in clinical settings, data concerning viral load will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment end (week 12), and FU (week 24) via chart review from the participant's medical provider. The participants' change in Adherence scores is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
Measured: Pill bottle collection will be weekly during the intervention. Pill counts and Viral load will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment end (week 12), and FU (week 24).
Secondary outcomes (1)
Change in health-related quality of life
Data concerning health-related quality of life during and after treatment will be collected using the SF-12 Health Survey that uses just 12 questions to measure functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view
Measured: week 0, week 12 and week 24
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Jun 2013 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2012
- Primary completionJan 2016
- Study completionJan 2016
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HIVStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, Los AngelesThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 62 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Suzette Glasner-Edwards, University of California, Los Angeles
- Investigators
- Suzette Glasner, PhD, Principal investigator, University of California, Los Angeles
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01884233
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1R34DA033196
- Other IDs
- 1R34DA033196
- Acronym
- TXT-CBT
- Status last verified
- Apr 2022
- First submitted
- 24 May 2013
- Last updated
- 29 Apr 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Apr 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Cell Phone Technology Targeting ART Adherence and Drug Use
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01884233
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TXT-CBT / 1R34DA033196
- Conditions
- HIV, Opioid Abuse
- Keywords
- HIV, Opioid Abuse, Mobile technology
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 62 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los AngelesUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Study start
- Dec 2012
- Primary completion
- Jan 2016 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jan 2016 (actual)
- First posted
- 21 Jun 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The objective of the current research is to improve treatment for injection opioid users by augmenting pharmacotherapy with an innovative text-messaging strategy to promote relapse prevention skills, reduce HIV-risk behaviors, and improve HIV treatment regimen adherence.
Detailed description
the specific aims of this research are 1) To develop and refine, with user feedback, a cognitive behavioral therapy-based text-messaging intervention (TXT-CBT) for HIV-infected adults with opioid dependence; 2) To conduct a pilot randomized clinical trial to assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining individuals for a large scale study and to determine the effect size of TXT-CBT over and above standard care (SC) on opioid use, HIV medication adherence, and healthcare outcomes. Both SC and SC+TXT-CBT participants will be assessed at baseline, treatment-end, and 12 weeks post-treatment; and 3) To examine potential mechanisms of action of TXT-CBT, including self-efficacy, affect regulation, and social support. The investigators hypothesize that TXT-CBT delivered in conjunction with SC will produce greater reductions in opioid use and HIV-risk behaviors, and will improve HIV treatment regimen adherence, relative to MM alone. Further, the investigators expect that SC+TXT-CBT will facilitate greater changes in negative affect, self-efficacy, and social support, and these changes will be associated with substance use outcomes. TXT-CBT incorporates specific substance- and adherence-focused cognitive therapy techniques with a concurrent emphasis on reducing HIV-risk behaviors. By providing support to maximize HIV treatment regimen adherence, coupled with coping skills to address withdrawal symptoms and stress, two important factors in opioid relapse, TXT-CBT may provide a promising, cost-effective, and easily deployable augmenting strategy for the treatment of opioid users who are HIV-infected.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) | Experimental | Behavioral: Standard Care, Behavioral: Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT)This condition will receive CBT based text messaging (TXT-CBT). Those assigned to TXT-CBT will also be given a treatment manual (developed in Phase I) containing descriptions of core therapeutic content/topics for each week. HIV-infected participants will have an initial meeting with a CBT clinician to review the Life-Steps concepts. The 3 most applicable medication adherence skills will be identified for emphasis in tailored messages. A research coordinator will meet with the participants weekly at data collection visits throughout the intervention phase to answer any technical questions and ensure that the intervention program is working properly. |
| Standard Care | Active comparator | Behavioral: Standard CareThose assigned to the Standard Care condition will receive the standard monthly medical management physician visit typically associated with HIV care. In addition, a pamphlet with information about HIV, the importance of ART adherence, and relapse prevention will be provided to participants in this condition. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (0 listed)
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Lack of proficiency in English;
- Currently homeless (unless residing in a recovery home for which contact information can be provided);
- Dependence on an illicit substance for which medical detoxification is imminently needed.
- Presence of clinically significant psychiatric symptoms as assessed by MINI, such as psychosis, acute mania, or suicide risk that would require immediate treatment or make study compliance difficult.
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Standard CareStandard care will include usual treatment for HIV and a pamphlet that will be provided to the participants with information about ART adherence and relapse prevention. | Behavioural | Standard Care, Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) |
| Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT)Those assigned to TXT-CBT will be given a treatment manual (developed in Phase I) containing descriptions of core therapeutic content/topics for each week. HIV-infected participants will have initial meeting with a CBT clinician to review the core CBT concepts for promoting ART adherence. The 3 most applicable medication adherence skills will be identified for emphasis in tailored messages. A research coordinator will meet with the participants weekly at data collection visits throughout the intervention phase to answer any technical questions and ensure that the intervention program is working properly. | Behavioural | Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) |
Primary outcome
Change in Substance Use
Time frame: The ASI is to be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment-end (week 12), and Follow-Up (wek 24). UDS is collected weekly during the intervetion.
Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is an instrument widely used in addiction research to quantify drug use frequency and related problem areas. Urine Drug Screen (UDS). Urine drug screens will be collected monthly using temperature controlled test cups. An FDA-approved one-step test will be used. During the 12-week treatment period, one full-screen panel and two panels only testing for opioids (heroin and prescription opioids) will be conducted. The UDS will test for the presence of: amphetamines, benzodiazepines, methadone, cocaine, methamphetamine, morphine (heroin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin), and marijuana. The participants' change in substance use over time (as assessed by the ASI and UDS results) is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
Change in HIV Risk Behaviors
Time frame: RBS will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment-end (week 12), and FU (week 24)
Risk Behavior Survey (RBS): The RBS (Darke et al., 1991) is a brief interview assessing involvement in HIV risk behaviors in the areas of drug use and sex in the previous 30 days. Additional items include whether the sexual partner uses or injects drugs. The participants' change in RBS scores is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
Change in treatment adherence
Time frame: Pill bottle collection will be weekly during the intervention. Pill counts and Viral load will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment end (week 12), and FU (week 24).
ART Adherence. The investigator will use monthly phone-based unannounced pill counts (UPCs); Pharmacy information from pill bottles will also be collected to verify the number of pills dispensed between calls. Self-reported adherence will be assessed monthly using a brief adherence survey developed by Lu et al. Viral load will serve as a biological indicator of adherence. Consistent with the typical frequency with which viral load is assessed in clinical settings, data concerning viral load will be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment end (week 12), and FU (week 24) via chart review from the participant's medical provider. The participants' change in Adherence scores is being assessed from each timepoint to the next.
1 secondary outcome
Change in health-related quality of life
Time frame: week 0, week 12 and week 24
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Apr 2022.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Suzette Glasner, PhD principal investigator
University of California, Los Angeles
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Text Messaging CBT (TXT-CBT) in people with HIV and Opioid Abuse, run by University of California, Los Angeles 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 0 inclusion and 5 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Apr 2022. 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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Substance Use (time frame: The ASI is to be collected at baseline (week 0), treatment-end (week 12), and Follow-Up (wek 24). UDS is collected weekly during the intervetion.). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
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 29 Apr 2022.