BIG Chicago: A Trial of Basic Income Guarantee for Young People Living With HIV

Conditions

• Financial Stress
• HIV

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 35 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Treatment As Usual — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will go through a baseline survey. Participants will go through a follow-up survey every six months.
• BIG + Treatment As Usual — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will go through a baseline survey. Participants will go through a follow-up survey every six months. Participants will also receive a $500 monthly income over an 18-month period.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two interventions - Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) + Treatment as Usual and Treatment as Usual among individuals living with HIV who have experienced financial hardships. The main question it aims to answer is: Compared with the Treatment as Usual group, will participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group be more likely to improve care engagement and viral suppression? Participants on the study will be: * Randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to participate in either BIG + Treatment as Usual or Treatment as Usual. Participants will have an equal chance of being placed in either group. * Complete 9 surveys over a 36 month period. * Complete a release of information so electronic medical record data can be accessed for the 18 months prior to treatment engagement and for 36 months from program enrollment. * Participants in the Treatment as Usual group will not receive any intervention. * HIV viral load testing will be confirmed at 3 timepoints (baseline, 12 months, and 18 months). * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will receive $500 monthly income for 18 months. * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will complete 3 social network surveys to assess how receiving BIG impacts their social networks. * A subset of participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group (30 participants) will complete 5 individual interviews over the course of receiving BIG and the 18 months after.

Key Dates

First listed

Mar 31, 2026

Start date

Jul 29, 2026

Status verified

Aug 2026

Primary completion

Jul 31, 2030

Completion

Jul 31, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment

304 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Active Comparator: Treatment As Usual
  Baseline survey
• Experimental: Treatment As Usual plus Basic Income Guaranteed (BIG) Intervention
  Baseline survey and BIG intervention

Primary Outcome Measure

Retention in HIV care [ Time Frame: 18 months prior to baseline, to 36 months after baseline ]

Central Contacts

• Jordan Victorian
  773-702-5915
  [email protected]
• Jade Pagkas-Bather
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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