mHealth for ART Adherence by HIV+ African Americans

Environment and Health Group

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

HIV-1-infection

Treatments

Behavioral: On the Dot Mobile app

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Other

Identifiers

NCT04557332

5R44MD007161-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this grant is to create and test a mobile app to support ART adherence among HIV+ African American adults.

Full description

The Phase II project will enhance the existing (Phase 1) mobile intervention by offering: 1) a two-way communication capability through which participants can: i) indicate "pill taken" in response to pill reminders, and ii) receive a positive visual icon as behavioral-economics based reinforcement for "pill taken" responses; 2) pharmacist counseling and medication support; and, 3) the addition of educational and motivational text messages. Overall aims are to: 1) expand mhealth intervention to incorporate new Phase II features; 2) evaluate effectiveness in an RCT of HIV+ African Americans; and 3) prepare marketing and commercialization plans. Our long-term goal is to increase ART medication adherence, thus decreasing health disparities, among HIV+, African-Americans.

Enrollment

109 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(a) self-identify as African American, (b) age 30 or older, (c) HIV positive (d) currently on ART (e) report having problems with, and interest in improving their ART adherence (f) own a smartphone (g) report English as their primary language

Exclusion criteria

(a) not self-identified as African American, (b) under age 30 (c) HIV negative (d) not currently on ART (e) do not report having problems with, or interest in, improving their ART adherence (f) do not own a smartphone (g) do not report English as a primary language and (h) participating in another research study or clinical trial (i) receiving care at non-participating site and, (j) dementia diagnosis.