Clinical trials: ART Adherence
Adherence
Positive Steps to Enhance Problem Solving Skills
This randomized control trial is to test the efficacy of a stepped-care "adaptive" Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) adherence intervention ("Positive STEPS") for HIV infected adolescents and young adults, ages 16 to 29.
- Trial name
- STEPS (NCT03092531)
- Testing
- Positive STEPS
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
HIV Infections, Men
Improving HIV Testing, Linkage, and Retention in Care for Men Through U=U Messaging
This study will evaluate the impact of U=U messaging and counseling on gaps in the HIV care cascade for men, including testing uptake and ART initiation (Aim 1), achieving viral suppression and retention in care (Aim 2) in two…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Men, Treatment Adherence
- Trial name
- NCT05602376
- Testing
- U=U testing messaging scripts, U=U adherence messaging scripts
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,642 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
mHealth, PMTCT
Mobile Strategies for Women's and Children's Health: Optimizing Adherence and Efficacy of PMTCT/ART
The investigators are conducting a 3-arm randomized trial comparing the effects of unidirectional SMS (ie: "push" messaging to participant) vs. bidirectional SMS dialogue between participant and provider vs.
- Conditions
- mHealth, PMTCT, Adherence, Medication, SMS
- Trial name
- Mobile WAChx (NCT02400671)
- Testing
- SMS messaging
- Where
- 6 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 825 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Engagement, Patient, Male Peer Recruitment
Peer Led Outreach to Engage Male Partners of Pregnant Women in Uganda (Okutuuka Study)
It is critical to evaluate strategies that leverage women's engagement in antenatal care to increase male partner testing while alleviating the burden on pregnant women to encourage their male partners to HIV test.
- Conditions
- Engagement, Patient, Male Peer Recruitment, HIV Testing, Linkage to Care
- Trial name
- Okutuuka (NCT05388084)
- Testing
- Male peer engagement, SOC and delayed intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV Disease Progression
Acceptability, Feasibility and Effectiveness of Online Peer Support Group for ART Adherence Among Youth
In Uganda, Youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLHIVA) enrolled in HIV treatment experience suboptimal treatment adherence and have lower viral load suppression (VLS) rates compared to younger children or adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05688709
- Testing
- WhatsApp peer support group
- Where
- 3 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda
HIV
Evaluating a Youth-Focused Economic Empowerment Approach to HIV Treatment Adherence
The goal of Suubi+Adherence is to examine the impact and cost associated with an innovative intervention to increase adherence to HIV treatment for HIV-infected adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01790373
- Testing
- Suubi+Adherence, Bolstered Standard of Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HIV
Uptake and Adherence to Daily Oral PrEP as a Primary Prevention Strategy for Young African Women: A Vanguard Study
To assess the acceptance rate, adherence, acceptability, and continuation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young southern African women.
- Trial name
- NCT02732730
- Testing
- Truvada, Drug level counseling at Weeks 8 and 13
- Where
- 3 sites in South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 451 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HIV Prevention Trials Network
HIV, Adherence
Caregiver Peer Support and ART Adherence Among Children
Adherence for children living with HIV is a by-proxy phenomenon dependent on caregivers (parents, relatives or unrelated guardians) who may or may not be living with HIV.
- Trial name
- CaPS (NCT04222270)
- Testing
- Champion Caregiver peer mentoring support to caregivers on child care and medication adherence to enhance achievement of viral suppression
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
ART, Hiv
Strengthening Families Living With HIV in Kenya
This study seeks to use a group-based microfinance/internal lending model to develop social capital among people with HIV in Kenya.
- Conditions
- ART, Hiv, Trust, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT04588883
- Testing
- Kuja Pamoja - HIV
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 843 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
HIV/AIDS
Suubi4Her: Combination Intervention for Adolescent Girls Transitioning Into Adulthood in Uganda
This study examines the impact and cost associated with Suubi4Her, an innovative combination intervention that aims to prevent HIV risk behaviors among 15-17 year-old girls living in communities heavily affected by poverty and…
- Trial name
- NCT03307226
- Testing
- Youth Development Accounts (YDA), YDA + Multiple Family Groups (MFG)
- Where
- 2 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HIV Infections, Breast Cancer
The MARVIN Chatbots to Provide Information for Different Health Conditions
This research is a continuation of a usability study with the MARVIN chatbot. The investigators aim to adapt the MARVIN chatbot to open it to other health domains (e.g. breast cancer) and populations (e.g. pharmacists).
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Breast Cancer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT05789901
- Testing
- MARVIN, MARVIN-Pharma, MARVINA
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
HIV
Self-management of HIV Among Adolescents
There are over 73,000 adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Uganda constituting 4% of the worldwide population of ALHIV. HIV remains a leading cause of death among adolescents despite widespread availability of antiretroviral…
- Trial name
- SELF-ADOL (NCT05073705)
- Testing
- Empowerment and personal transformation intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
HIV Infections
Triggered Escalating Real-time Adherence (TERA) Intervention
Youth Living with HIV (YLWH) often face unique challenges achieving high and sustained rates of adherence to their antiretroviral therapy (ART).
- Trial name
- TERA (NCT03292432)
- Testing
- TERA Intervention (TERA), Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
HIV
Youth mHealth Adherence Intervention for HIV+ YMSM
This study will help determine feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an app for HIV medication adherence over a 3-month period.
- Trial name
- NCT03092115
- Testing
- HIV medication adherence app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
HIV Infections, Contraception
Kuwa Free! - Live Free!
The study investigators are conducting foundational pharmacokinetic (PK) and qualitative studies, among 15-24 years old (inclusive) adolescent girls and young women living with HIV (AGYWLHIV) already on oral antiretroviral…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Contraception, Drug-drug Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05044962
- Testing
- Cabotegravir/ Rilpivirine, Etonogestrel (ETG) implant, Intramuscular depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (IM DMPA)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
HIV/AIDS
VITAL Start: Brief Facility-based Video Intervention
This a multi-center, parallel group, randomized controlled outcome assessor blinded trial with a qualitative descriptive component that seeks to assess the effectiveness of a brief facility-based video intervention to optimize…
- Trial name
- VITAL (NCT03654898)
- Testing
- VITAL Start: Video-based pre-ART counseling, Standard of Care
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
HIV Infections
Connecting Youth and Young Adults to Optimize ART Adherence: YouTHrive Efficacy Trial
YouTHrive (YT) is a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of an adapted version of the Thrive With Me (TWM) intervention for youth living with HIV (YLWH).
- Trial name
- NCT03149757
- Testing
- YouTHrive, Information-only Control
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota