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Clinical Trials/NCT02696681
NCT02696681CompletedNot Applicable

Addressing Psychosocial Comorbidities in HIV Treatment and Prevention: Phase 2

University of Miami2 sites in 1 country27 target enrollmentStarted: March 2016Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
27
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
Responder status as defined by the number of participants who change from a detectable to suppressed (undetectable) HIV viral load

Study Overview

Brief Summary

Project AProaCH is an open pilot trial of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals with HIV with various psychological comorbidities, which the investigators call "syndemics". Syndemics are co-occurring psychosocial problems that interact with each other and with health behavior such as HIV sexual transmission risk behavior and adherence to self care.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Intervention Model
Single Group
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • HIV+ individuals
  • Uncontrolled virus (plasma HIV RNA concentrations that reach detectable limits) or being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, trichomoniasis (female only)) currently or within the past 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
  • Active untreated, unstable, major mental illness (i.e., untreated psychosis or mania) that would interfere with study participation
  • Opinion of the PI that the participant would be at risk for harm to himself or others as a result of study participation,
  • Under the age of 18 or over the age of 65,
  • Current CBT for a psychiatric disorder, or a course of CBT in the past year.

Arms & Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Experimental

Integrating CBT for any substance use or mental health problems with CBT for adherence/self-care

Intervention: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Behavioral)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Responder status as defined by the number of participants who change from a detectable to suppressed (undetectable) HIV viral load

Time Frame: 8 month assessment

Attaining viral suppression

Secondary Outcomes

  • Adherence to antiretroviral therapy via real time monitoring(Changes over time from baseline to 8 month follow-up)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Steven Safren

Professor

University of Miami

Study Sites (2)

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