PositiveLinks for Youth (PL4Y) for Texas

Part of paid clinical trials in San Antonio, Texas.

Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Study ID
NCT07804602
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 29 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • PositiveLinks for Youth Smartphone App — BEHAVIORAL
    PL4Y, a smartphone application (app), is a clinic-based multimodal intervention designed by and for youth living with HIV, including daily adherence assessment, appointment reminders, secure messaging with clinic providers, and an asynchronous, anonymized virtual support group.

Study Details

The goal of this interventional clinical trial is to test an an app, PL4Y, installed on a mobile smartphone to see if it can help participants aged 18-29 years who have HIV achieve success with their HIV care and feel supported by their clinic community. The first 6 months will be standard of care, after which participants will continue to meet virtually with their health care providers and will also be provided with and taught how to use the app. The standard of care clinic visits will continue as before and virtual visits using the app will be started and continue for abot 18 months. Adherence to medications Appointment reminders Provide secure communication with providers Provide a support group in \[describe participant population/primary condition; could include any of the following: sex/gender, age groups, healthy volunteers\]. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]: \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 1\]? \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 2\]? If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare \[arm information\] to see if \[insert effects\]. Participants will \[describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items\].

Key Dates

First listed
Sep 4, 2026
Start date
Apr 1, 2027
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2031
Completion
Apr 30, 2031

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: mHealth Intervention group
    18-29yos with HIV who are in care in one of the participating clinics.

Primary Outcome Measure

Virologic Suppression [ Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months (+/- 3 months) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Texas Health Science Center San AntonioSan AntonioTexas78229
University of Texas San Antonio Health CampusSan AntonioTexas78229
Barbara Taylor, MD, MS
[email protected]
(210)450-8144
Cyrena Cote
[email protected]
(210)567-4661

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