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ALHIV Smartphone Game Study

NCT06913660 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-08-20

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Summary

This is a cluster-randomized controlled trial that aims to conduct comprehensive feasibility testing of a smartphone game in a sample of 120 adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) ages 15-21 in Kisumu, Kenya, to determine whether the game influences behavioral mediators of engagement in care and sexual risk avoidance and reduction (including knowledge, attitudes, behavioral intentions, and self-efficacy).

Conditions

  • Hiv
  • AIDS
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Treatment Compliance
  • Treatment Adherence
  • Reproductive Behavior
  • Sexual Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MyGoals

A smartphone game for ALHIV aged 15-21 yrs MyGoals includes 3 components: 1. A role-playing narrative in which all players make decisions for male and female characters navigating scenarios from adolescence and early adulthood. 2. A series of mini-games to reinforce knowledge, skills and related self-efficacy, explored in the narrative. 3. A metanarrative component, My Story, where players will create an avatar and set personal goals.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of care

A minimum standard of care package will be identified prior to identification and recruitment of CCCs to ensure a comparable and adequate level of care is being offered to all control participants, since implementation of the range of support and care strategies recommended by the Kenya Ministry of Health differs by clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kate Winskell, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-07
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

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