Piloting a Mobile Adherence Game With Economic Incentives for Young People With HIV in Ghana

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This project will develop and test a novel intervention to improve HIV treatment adherence among young adults with HIV who attend an HIV clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. The intervention is called incentivized Text-Based Adherence Game (iTAG). It is delivered solely via text messages and includes many advanced features including a point system that rewards participants for responding to texts, a scoreboard that compares participants' progress with each other, and messages on a range of health and HIV-related topics. To evaluate iTAG, we will recruit 20 young people, ages 18-24, with HIV (YPWH) to complete 90 days worth of intervention text messages. Before and after receiving iTAG messages, they will complete computer assessments used to measure HIV medication adherence as well as other factors believed to be influence adherence such as social support. By examining participants score from before and after receiving the intervention, and by talking with participants after they receive the intervention, we hope to understand whether iTAG is acceptable to YPWH and could potential lead to improvements in their HIV treatment adherence.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 24
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Between ages 18-24

• In treatment for HIV at our recruitment site

• Read English and speak English or a language spoken by clinic staff

• On ART medication

• Own a mobile phone

• Evidence of recent ART non-adherence

• Evidence of a detectable viral load in the past 3 months

Locations
Other Locations
Ghana
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
RECRUITING
Kumasi
Contact Information
Primary
Nicholas Tarantino, PhD
ntaranti@providence.edu
1-800-721-6444
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-05-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: iTAG
Participants in this arm receive the iTAG intervention.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Providence College

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