Cameroon Mobile Phone SMS Trial (CAMPS)

Yaounde Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV; Adherence

Treatments: Other: Mobile phone text message; Other: Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT01247181

PACTR201011000261458 (Registry Identifier)

CAMPS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that sending weekly motivational text messages to people infected with HIV will encourage them to take their medication, compared to usual care.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• On HAART for at least 1 month
• 21 years or more
• Owns a mobile phone
• Can read text messages

Exclusion criteria

• On HAART for less than 1 month
• Aged less than 21 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile phone text message

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Mobile phone text message

No Mobile phone text message

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual care provided at clinic

Treatment:

Other: Usual care