Improving the HIV Care Continuum With mHealth Technology

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Sponsor
University of South Carolina
Study ID
NCT07631104
Status
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Conditions

  • Continuum of Care
  • HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • HIV Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence
  • Youth With HIV
  • mHealth Application
  • mHealth Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - 25 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • MindBodyU Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    The MindBodyU app is an mHealth intervention that was developed based on input from youth living with HIV, HIV providers, and community-based organizations. The app includes multiple features designed to promote HIV care engagement, medication adherence, and psychosocial wellbeing for youth living with HIV in South Carolina. Users of the app will have the opportunity to create anonymous profiles in which they can access resources related to HIV, behavioral health, sexual health, and other social determinants of health. The app also has features that enable youth to monitor and track health behaviors (e.g., appointment reminders, medication adherence), message healthcare professionals with general health questions, and engage in moderated online forums with HIV providers and other YLHIV.

Study Details

Youth living with HIV (YLHIV) face barriers to engagement and retention in HIV care, show poor medication adherence, and often fail to achieve and maintain viral suppression. YLHIV in the southern United States have particularly poor care engagement outcomes. South Carolina is one of nine states identified as "key drivers" of the US HIV epidemic, and HIV rates for youth in South Carolina have risen in recent years. Tailored interventions are urgently needed to improve outcomes for this population. One promising approach is to reach YLHIV via mobile Health (mHealth) technology, yet few efforts have sought to tailor mHealth interventions to the needs of YLHIV in the southern US. Thus, the scientific objective of this study is to pilot test a new mHealth intervention, called MindBodyU, designed to increase engagement/retention in care and ART adherence among YLHIV in South Carolina. In this study, investigators will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of the mHealth intervention with a six-month pilot trial with 40 YLHIV in South Carolina.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2026
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027
Completion
Jun 1, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: MindBodyU Intervention
    This is a single group, one arm trial in which participants (youth living with HIV aged 16-25 years who are current residents of South Carolina) will receive access to a mobile health (mHealth) intervention called MindBodyU that is delivered via smartphone application (app) and designed to improve engagement in care, medication adherence, and psychosocial wellbeing. The intervention includes app-based learning content, daily prompts for medication adherence, appointment reminders, behavioral health symptom tracking, ability to connect with content experts, and ability to seek feedback/support from other users. Participants will be instructed to use the intervention over a 12-week period, and will complete surveys at baseline, 12-weeks, and 6-months to assess for feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, as well as participants' engagement/retention in care, adherence to antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression, and psychosocial wellbeing.

Primary Outcome Measure

Study Retention [ Time Frame: From enrollment to 12-weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIP
University of South CarolinaColumbiaSouth Carolina29208

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