Evaluation of an Intervention on Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in HIV Infected Adults

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

It is known successful HIV therapy depends on the patients' ability to take their medicine regularly. This study is designed to find out if an intervention designed to help patients remember to take their medication is effective. The intervention consists of a wristwatch that has an alarm to remind patients when to take their medication, a pillbox and three monthly phone calls by a physician. All these experimental measures are meant to improve the ability of patients to take their medicines.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00203853

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

200

Starts

2005-01-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patient must have HIV to participate
• patient must be at least 18 years of age or older
• must have been on HAART for six weeks
• must have a working telephone number

You may not qualify if…

• patient is HIV negative
• patient is younger than 18 years of age
• patient has been on HAART for less than 6 weeks
• if patient does not have a working telephone number, he/she cannot participate in the study

Where it is running

• The University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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