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mHealth Facilitated Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Persons Living With HIV

NCT05046392 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2023-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

HIV medications can be very effective at helping patients have longer, healthier lives. However, many patients do not take their HIV medications as prescribed. This study aims to test a promising HIV medication adherence health coaching intervention delivered primarily via a smartphone application. N = 400 persons living with HIV will be enrolled across two sites (Providence, RI \& Atlanta, GA). Participants will be randomly assigned, with a 2:1 ratio, to receive a 1) health coaching session with access to a smartphone application that provides medication reminders and remote access to the health coach or a 2) health coaching session only. Participants will complete interviews at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after baseline. Some participants will also complete interviews at 18 and 24 months after baseline. Data analysis will examine the extent to which the intervention improves ART medication adherence, as well as other factors, compared to the control condition, which approximates standard of care.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Medication Adherence
  • Telemedicine

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Face-to-Face ART Adherence Intervention

All participants will receive a one hour face-to-face session with an adherence coach, based on LifeSteps. The session will cover behavioral skills that are important for maintaining adherence to ART and will explore potential barriers for managing each skill. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, problem solving, and motivational interviewing techniques are used to explore barriers and create health goals.

BEHAVIORAL

Carium Mobile Health Platform

Participants assigned to the experimental condition will receive access to a mobile health app, called Carium, for 12 months. The app will be used to facilitate continued coaching from the adherence coach. The app incorporates automated medications reminders with interactive adherence coaching via a secure messaging feature. Participants will receive custom medication reminders as push notifications that will ask them to indicate if they have taken their medication or not. This will allow adherence coaches to monitor self-reported adherence in the app. Adherence coaches will use the secure messaging feature to check-in with participants and reach out to participants who appear to be struggling with adherence and offer assistance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-06
Primary Completion
2025-10-01
Completion
2025-10-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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