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Optimal Intervention to Full Viral Suppression: Text Me, Alexis!

TerminatedNA

Sponsor: Friends Research Institute, Inc.

Conditions: HIV

Interventions: Text Me, Alexis!

Countries: United States

Text Me, Alexis! is a three-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine the optimal and most cost-effective intervention for advancing trans women living with HIV to full viral suppression. Participants will be randomized (1:1:1) to Peer Health Navigation (PHN) alone, SMS (text messaging) alone, or PHN+SMS. Participants in the PHN alone and PHN+SMS arms will receive unlimited navigation sessions over 3 months. Participants in the SMS alone and PHN+SMS arms will receive 3 daily theory-based text messages for 90 days for a total of 270 unique scripted messages.

Eligibility overview

Sex: MALE

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identified transgender woman;
* Age 18 or older;
* Verified HIV positive status;
* Not currently in HIV care, and/or had not had an HIV care visit in the previous 6 months, and/or had a viral load of ≥200 copies/ml on her last lab test result, and/or not currently prescribed ART, and/or prescribed ART but does not rate her ability to take all her medications as "excellent";
* Ability to receive daily text messages on either a personal cell phone or via an email account

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not identify as a transgender woman;
* Under 18 years of age;
* HIV negative status;
* Currently in HIV care, and had a HIV care visit in the previous 6 months, and had a viral load of ≤200 copies/ml on her last lab test result, and currently prescribed ART, and rates her ability to take all her medications as "excellent";
* Does not have the ability to receive daily text messages on either a personal cell phone or via an email account.

Locations (1)

Los Angeles, California, United States