The Impact of Short Message Services (SMS) on ARV Adherence in Western Kenya

Summary

The purpose of proposed research is to implement a randomized study that will allow us to understand and address a number of key barriers to patient adherence as well as study the effects of better adherence on health and socio-economic outcomes.

Conditions

• AIDS
• Antiretroviral Therapy
• Medication Adherence
• HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Short Message Services to Support ARV therapy adherence

Short message services were sent to randomly selected consenting subjects on ARV therapy. The frequency and content of the message is varied in a factorial design.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Moi Univeristy

  collaborator OTHER

• World Bank

  collaborator OTHER

• Indiana University

  collaborator OTHER

• Harvard University

  collaborator OTHER

• Columbia University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, San Diego

  collaborator OTHER

• University of North Carolina

  collaborator OTHER

• Georgetown University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• John Sidle, MD · Indiana University

• Duncan Ngare, Phd · Moi University

• Harsha Thirumurthy, Phd · University of North Carolina

• Markus Goldstein, Phd · World Bank

• Joshua Graff-Zivin, Phd · University of California, San Diego

• Damien de Walque, Phd · World Bank

• Cristian Pop-Eleches, Phd · Columbia University

• David Bangsberg, MD · Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2007-06-30

Primary Completion

2008-12-31

Completion

2009-07-31

Countries

• Kenya

Study Locations