Psychoeducation, Relaxation, PrOblem Solving, Activation, Cognitive Coping Therapy for Adolescents and Youth in HIV Care

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-31

Study Completion Date

2028-05-31

Brief Summary

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The proposed PROACT study will test the effectiveness of a mental health intervention (psychotherapy) for multiple common mental health conditions (depressive, anxiety and trauma symptoms) among adolescents and youth with HIV in Kenya. The study will also evaluate key factors for successful intervention implementation and conduct an economic evaluation to inform future intervention scale-up.

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Detailed Description

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Depression, anxiety, and trauma are common mental disorders that disproportionately affect adolescents and youth with HIV (AYHIV), and are associated with antiretroviral treatment (ART) non-adherence and poor treatment outcomes. The integration of mental health services in HIV care for AYHIV is recommended, but is lacking due to few trained mental health providers, and lack of a well validated integration models. Transdiagnostic interventions based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and delivered by lay health workers are effective in addressing these mental health conditions and could potentially improve HIV treatment outcomes. Barriers to integration of these interventions in the care of AYHIV in sub-Saharan Africa include paucity of effectiveness data among AYHIV and the lack of adaptation to tailor implementation for the HIV care context, including the length of treatment (number and frequency of sessions) and the format of delivery. This proposal builds on the successful pilot of 'Psychoeducation, Relaxation, PrOblem solving, Activation, Cognitive coping Therapy' (PROACT), a brief, modular and transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents and youth with mild to moderate symptoms of depression and anxiety in Kenya that resulted in clinically significant reduction in symptoms. The intervention can be delivered in stand-alone modules either in person or by phone, making it particularly appropriate for AYHIV when school is in session. In this project, we propose to further adapt PROACT for the HIV care setting through a stakeholder engagement process with policymakers, mental health and adolescent HIV practitioners, and AYHIV. Using a hybrid 1 cluster randomized trial in 30 HIV clinics in Kenya, we will assess the effectiveness of PROACT in reducing depressive, anxiety and trauma symptoms 6 months and 12 months after enrolment, comparing 300 AYHIV with mild to moderate symptoms in intervention to 300 in control clinics. To inform the integration of the intervention in routine care, we will measure implementation outcomes including reach, fidelity and maintenance, and explore multilevel determinants influencing reach, fidelity and maintenance in mental health screening and management, acceptability of training by providers and satisfaction with services by AYHIV. We will also conduct an economic evaluation through a time-driven activity-based costing of the intervention's implementation activities within the 30 clinics in participating in the study to estimate the implementation costs from a patient and health system perspective.

Conditions

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Depression, Anxiety Trauma HIV-1-infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Cluster randomized controlled trial

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Providers and participants will know the assigned arm

Study Groups

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PROACT group

Participants in intervention clinics with at least mild psychological distress (having depressive, anxiety or trauma symptoms) will receive a brief, modular, transdiagnostic psychological intervention (PROACT) delivered by non-specialist health providers at the HIV clinic.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation, Relaxation, PrOblem solving, Activation, Cognitive coping Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This is a brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention based on the trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) designed for delivery by non-specialist providers to adolescents and youth with psychological distress

Control group

Participants in control clinics with at least mild psychological distress (having depressive, anxiety or trauma symptoms) will be enrolled in the study, and will receive the standard of care interventions available in the HIV clinic.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard of care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Any intervention, including counseling, provided as a routine intervention at the HIV clinic selected as a control clinic

Interventions

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