Typology of Adherence in Adolescents: Phase II

Completed

Conditions studied: HIV Infection

In brief

A number of factors influence HIV-positive adolescents' acceptance of and willingness to continue taking anti-HIV medicines. These factors include mental health and substance abuse issues, barriers such as lack of medical insurance, and cognitive-behavioral barriers (such as a person's impression of the impact of the medicines on his/her health and a person's sense of his/her ability to continue taking the medications prescribed). The purpose of this study is to use a survey to determine how common specific barriers are that prevent HIV positive adolescents from taking their anti-HIV medicines and if those barriers cluster together. The information collected will be used to develop and validate a schema for classifying HIV medication adherence by barriers to adherence or clusters of barriers to adherence. This classification schema could then be used in the development of interventions that better meet the needs of HIV-infected youth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00106678

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

1200

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-01

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between the ages of 12 years and 24 years
• Eligible for ART (antiretroviral therapy) based on US Public Health Service guidelines
• Have been offered and/or prescribed HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy)
• Ability to give informed consent or assent with parental permission, where required

You may not qualify if…

• Infected with HIV but do not require ART
• Started HAART but stopped due to medical reasons, (e.g., change in medication guidelines, toxicity, resistance, etc.)
• Females prescribed/receiving HAART for the purpose of preventing mother-to-child transmission

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of California at San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California at San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
• University of South Florida — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Stroger Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Tulane University — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• University of Maryland Medical School — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Childrens Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Weill Medical College of Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital — New York, New York, United States
• Mount Sinai Hospital — New York, New York, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University Pediatric Hospital — San Juan, Puerto Rico

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