Text Education About Cardiovascular Health and HIV (TEACH-HIV)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; HIV; Cardiovascular Diseases; Atherosclerosis

Treatments: Behavioral: Digital Educational Messaging

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05642858

22-36653

T32HL007731 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall objective is to evaluate the efficacy of educational text messages to reduce cardiovascular risk among persons living with HIV (PLWH).

Enrollment: 260 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV positive
• At least 40 years of age
• English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Existing clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
• Pregnant
• Unwilling/unable to provide informed consent
• Does not own a smartphone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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260 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention arm will receive education about HIV and heart disease risk via mobile phone text messages for up to 6 months. They will receive the text messages 3-5 times per week. The messages will include information about HIV and risk of heart disease and information about how to reduce heart disease risk. The intervention arm will also receive brief monthly surveys via a digital research platform.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital Educational Messaging

Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

The control arm will not receive the educational text messages. They will receive brief monthly surveys via a digital research platform.