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Women SHINE: Addressing Syndemics and HIV Among Women Through Tech-Based Peer Engagement
Women SHINE: Addressing Syndemics and HIV Among Women Through Tech-Based Peer Engagement

NCT05509959

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: University of California, San Diego

Conditions: HIV/AIDS

Interventions: Women SHINE, Control

Countries: United States

A two-arm RCT will be conducted to test the efficacy of Women SHINE, a web-based trauma-informed peer navigation-social support intervention (Figure 2). A total of 360 women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA) with a history of adulthood interpersonal violence who have been prescribed ART but are non-adherent (\< 90% ART adherent in the last 4 weeks) will be enrolled in the study. WLHA will be randomized (1:1) into one of the following conditions: 1) Women SHINE intervention arm (n=180) or 2) Control arm (n=180). The Women SHINE intervention arm will receive a four-month intervention including peer navigator (PN) one-on-one sessions, phone/text-based check-ins, 7 psychoeducation weekly support group sessions (120 mins.) co-facilitated by a licensed therapist and PN, and access to a static website with resources for HIV care, interpersonal violence, trauma, mental health, and substance use. The control arm will receive one group session (60 mins.) on self-care and well-being and access to the aforementioned website with resources. Women will complete a video-based survey and mailed hair sample self-collection at baseline, 4-, 8-, and 12-months post-randomization, to evaluate improvements in ART adherence (Aim 1), emotion regulation, and PTSD symptoms (Aim 2). Investigators will examine the mediating effect of individual (retention in HIV care, coping self-efficacy, social support, ancillary support services use) and socio-structural (stigma, medical mistrust) mechanisms of change on the efficacy of Women SHINE (Aim 3).

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 18 Years to

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* Cisgender female
* Diagnosis of HIV by a physician, healthcare provider, or community health worker
* Aged 18 years or older
* Speaking and reading English or Spanish
* Adulthood experiences of interpersonal violence
* Currently prescribed ART
* Self-report of \<90% past-month ART adherence
* Not currently participating in another adherence intervention
* Access to an internet browser

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unwillingness to participate in the intervention
* Transgender female
* No diagnosis of HIV by a physician, healthcare provider, or community health worker
* Aged less than 18 years
* Not speaking and reading English or Spanish
* Not currently prescribed ART
* Self-report of \>= 90% past-month ART adherence
* Currently participating in another adherence intervention
* No access to an internet browser
* Cognitive impairment limiting the ability to provide informed consent
* Experiencing only childhood experiences of interpersonal violence
* Inability to safely participate in the study based on secondary screener
Locations (1)
  • La Jolla, California, United States