Intervention to Improve HIV Self-care Among People Who Inject Drugs

Description

This study will implement a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT, N=70) to refine and assess the feasibility and acceptability of an emotion regulation and communication skills intervention designed to improve engagement in HIV-care among substance using HIV+ PWID sub-optimally engaged in HIV care.

Conditions

Hiv, Substance Use Disorders

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Study overview

This study will implement a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT, N=70) to refine and assess the feasibility and acceptability of an emotion regulation and communication skills intervention designed to improve engagement in HIV-care among substance using HIV+ PWID sub-optimally engaged in HIV care.

Stigma-Treatment Enhanced Incentivized Directly Observed Therapy for People With HIV Who Inject Drugs

Intervention to Improve HIV Self-care Among People Who Inject Drugs

Condition
Hiv
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Fenway Community Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * HIV positive
  • * HIV virally unsuppressed (\>20 copies/mL) in past year or no past-year HIV viral load result
  • * Drug use behavior endorsed in past 6 months
  • * Able to provide informed consent
  • * 18 years or older
  • * English speaking
  • * HIV negative
  • * Denying drug use in past 6 months

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Study Record Dates

2025-12