Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Adherence Interventions

NCT ID: NCT00273780

Last Updated: 2012-08-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-09-30

Brief Summary

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This study proposes a 4-armed factorial randomized clinical trial in Nairobi, Kenya to determine the effect of cognitive and behavioral interventions on HAART adherence.

Detailed Description

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The study will be a prospective randomized clinical control trial among HIV-1 seropositive adult participants beginning HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) for the first time. Patients who are eligible to be initiated on HAART at the UW/Coptic Hope Center for Infectious Diseases will be referred for enrollment. Eligible patients who are referred will learn about the study and be invited to enroll after signing a written informed consent.

Study participants will be randomized to one of four arms:educational counseling, a pocket alarm device, both education and alarm, or neither. Participants will be followed in the study for 1 ½ years after enrollment and randomization. Participants will return to clinic every month to pick up a renewal of their antiretroviral prescriptions at which time pill counts will be performed. During follow-up visits, blood will be drawn and stored for CD4 counts and HIV-1 viral analyses.

Within this trial, the study also proposes to identify sociodemographic and spatial correlates of adherence. The study hypothesizes that educational counseling and medication alarm devices may significantly improve adherence, and that poor adherence may be associated with low socioeconomic standing, increased mobility, and distance from clinic.

Conditions

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HIV Infections

Keywords

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Patient compliance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Adherence counseling

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Adherence counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Three adherence counseling sessions will be given to participants in the trial. Two sessions will occur prior to initiation of antiretroviral medications and one session will be given one month after drug administration.

Alarm device

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Alarm device

Intervention Type DEVICE

This pocket alarm device will be set to ring at designated times during the day that the participant should take their antiretroviral medication.

Counseling and alarm

Participants in this arm will receive both education counseling and a pocket alarm device.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Adherence counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Three adherence counseling sessions will be given to participants in the trial. Two sessions will occur prior to initiation of antiretroviral medications and one session will be given one month after drug administration.

Alarm device

Intervention Type DEVICE

This pocket alarm device will be set to ring at designated times during the day that the participant should take their antiretroviral medication.

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Adherence counseling

Three adherence counseling sessions will be given to participants in the trial. Two sessions will occur prior to initiation of antiretroviral medications and one session will be given one month after drug administration.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Alarm device

This pocket alarm device will be set to ring at designated times during the day that the participant should take their antiretroviral medication.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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ALRT Med Reminder PC200

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals must qualify for HAART treatment by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria (Clinical Stage IV disease) and/or CD4 count of less than 200 and plan to start HAART therapy.
* Must be above 18 years of age
* Must be HAART treatment-naïve
* Must agree to home visits, and plan to live in Kenya for at least two years.

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals who are mentally incompetent or are pregnant are excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael H Chung, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Locations

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Hope Center for Infectious Diseases

Nairobi, , Kenya

Site Status

Countries

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Kenya

References

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Marson KG, Tapia K, Kohler P, McGrath CJ, John-Stewart GC, Richardson BA, Njoroge JW, Kiarie JN, Sakr SR, Chung MH. Male, mobile, and moneyed: loss to follow-up vs. transfer of care in an urban African antiretroviral treatment clinic. PLoS One. 2013 Oct 24;8(10):e78900. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078900. eCollection 2013.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24205345 (View on PubMed)

Chung MH, Richardson BA, Tapia K, Benki-Nugent S, Kiarie JN, Simoni JM, Overbaugh J, Attwa M, John-Stewart GC. A randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of counseling and alarm device on HAART adherence and virologic outcomes. PLoS Med. 2011 Mar;8(3):e1000422. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000422. Epub 2011 Mar 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21390262 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1K23AI065222-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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5K23AI065222-02

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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29936-G

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id