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BIG Chicago: A Trial of Basic Income Guarantee for Young People Living With HIV

NCT07502365 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 304

Last updated 2026-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two interventions - Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) + Treatment as Usual and Treatment as Usual among individuals living with HIV who have experienced financial hardships.

The main question it aims to answer is:

Compared with the Treatment as Usual group, will participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group be more likely to improve care engagement and viral suppression?

Participants on the study will be:

* Randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to participate in either BIG + Treatment as Usual or Treatment as Usual. Participants will have an equal chance of being placed in either group.
* Complete 9 surveys over a 36 month period.
* Complete a release of information so electronic medical record data can be accessed for the 18 months prior to treatment engagement and for 36 months from program enrollment.
* Participants in the Treatment as Usual group will not receive any intervention.
* HIV viral load testing will be confirmed at 3 timepoints (baseline, 12 months, and 18 months).
* Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will receive $500 monthly income for 18 months.
* Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will complete 3 social network surveys to assess how receiving BIG impacts their social networks.
* A subset of participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group (30 participants) will complete 5 individual interviews over the course of receiving BIG and the 18 months after.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Financial Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment As Usual

Participants will go through a baseline survey. Participants will go through a follow-up survey every six months.

BEHAVIORAL

BIG + Treatment As Usual

Participants will go through a baseline survey. Participants will go through a follow-up survey every six months. Participants will also receive a $500 monthly income over an 18-month period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jade Pagkas-Bather · University of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-30
Primary Completion
2030-07-31
Completion
2030-07-31

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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