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Cell Phone Intervention to Support Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence in Kenya

NCT00830622 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 536

Last updated 2010-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A clinical study to evaluate the use of cell phones to support drug adherence and follow-up of patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treatment of HIV. The intervention involves health-care providers sending regular short-message-service (SMS) text messages to patients and following up their responses. The hypothesis is that the cell phone intervention will improve ART adherence and health outcomes compared with the current standard of care.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • AIDS
  • HIV Infections

Interventions

OTHER

Cell Phone Intervention

Participant receives weekly SMS text messages from the health care provider.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nairobi

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard T Lester, MD, FRCPC · University of Manitoba

  • Joshua Kimani, MBChB · University of Manitoba / University of Nairobi

  • Francis A Plummer, MD, FRCPC · University of Manitoba

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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Diseases

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