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Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention

Sponsored by University of Chicago

About this study

The goal of this Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial is to test an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV aged 18-49.

This study is a Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial of an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression. The study will be conducted in Chicago, Illinois and Alabama, two high burden priority areas in the National Ending the HIV Epidemic Plan. Both retention in care and viral suppression are critical targets in ongoing efforts to eliminate HIV, as persons adherent to antiretrovirals are unlikely to transmit HIV, and retention in care allows for ongoing monitoring of viral load and the delivery of other important services, e.g., case management, mental health, and substance use treatment. Most clinic-based strategies to improve Continuum of Care outcomes focus on newly creat…

Where this study is enrolling (7)

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  • Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois

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  • Tulane University

    New Orleans, Louisiana

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Who can participate

Inclusion criteria

  • ✓for Index Participants:
  • ✓Aged 18-49 years old, inclusive
  • ✓Speak English
  • ✓Own a cell phone not shared with anyone else
  • ✓Have missed at least one HIV care scheduled visit or have not been virally suppressed in the past 24 months.
  • ✓Resides in Chicagoland, Illinois or Alabama

Exclusion criteria

  • ✕for Index Men:
  • ✕If a participant fails to meet all inclusion criteria
  • ✕Inclusion Criteria for Support Confidants:
  • ✕Index agrees to engage the Support Confidant
  • ✕Age 18 years or older
  • ✕Speaks English
  • ✕Owns a cell phone not shared with others
  • ✕Is not a romantic/sexual partner of the Index participant
  • ✕Exclusion Criteria:
  • ✕Romantic/Sexual partners of Index participant
  • ✕Relationship strain or abuse present in Index-Support Confidant relationship

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Trial data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.