Feasibility of Positive Links for Youth Care Engagement Intervention

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV Antibody Positivity

Treatments: Behavioral: Mobile health app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05689515

HSC20220752H

5R34MH122332-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A small pilot study to assess feasibility and acceptability of the PL4Y intervention.

Full description

After completing enrollment and informed consent, participants will be randomly assigned to PL4Y in a 2:1 fashion (intervention:control) with a target enrollment of 40 receiving the intervention and 20 in the control arm for a total of 60 participants. There is no blinding in this study protocol.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed HIV infection
• Recent diagnosis of HIV (within the past 6 months) OR be virologically unsuppressed (>1000 copies/ml) OR disengaged from HIV care (< 2 visits/last 12 months > 90 days apart)

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot consent
• Unwilling to come to visits
• Unwilling to be in San Antonio for a year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile Health App group

Experimental group

Description:

Mobile health app to increase rates of engagement in care in youths living with HIV

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile health app

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard of care for youths living with HIV