Transitioning HIV+ Adolescents to Adult Care: Exploring Adolescent and Adult Medicine Clinics Role in the Process

Completed

Conditions studied: HIV

In brief

This is a multi-site, longitudinal study and it describes the transition process of behaviorally-infected HIV-positive youth as they move from pediatric- and adolescent-specific care to adult care. To achieve this goal, the transition process is characterized from the perspectives of HIV-positive youth, Adolescent Medicine Trials Unit (AMTU) clinic staff, and receiving adult clinic staff.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02785302

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

136

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• To be considered eligible to participate in 135, behaviorally-infected HIV-positive adolescents and young adults must be:
• Enrolled in ATN 125
• Be transition eligible. Transition eligible means that the youth are either (a) age 18 through 24 years old and planning to transition to adult medical care within six months after ATN 135 enrollment or (b) 24 years old and not actively planning to transition to adult medical care.
• Willing and able to provide consent to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• To be considered eligible for enrollment, an individual must not meet any of the criteria listed below.
• Presence of serious psychiatric symptoms (e.g., active hallucinations, thought disorder) that would impair the individual's ability to provide true informed consent or participate in the baseline ACASI;
• Visibly distraught (e.g., suicidal, homicidal, exhibiting violent behavior) at the time of consent or the baseline ACASI;
• At the time of consent, intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or other substances to such an extent that in the opinion of the study staff, the ability to give true informed consent is impaired; or
• At the time of the baseline ACASI, intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or other substances to such an extent that in the opinion of the study staff, the subject's ability to understand and answer the questions may be impaired and negatively impact the integrity of the research data.
• AMTU and Partner Adult Clinic Staff
• To be considered eligible to complete the AMTU and partner adult clinic surveys and semi-structured interviews, an individual must meet all of the criteria listed below.
• Being a clinical staff (e.g., healthcare providers, social workers, case managers, transition person) at either an AMTU or AMTU-affiliated site or partner adult clinic;
• Supporting (in any capacity) transition efforts for HIV-positive adolescents; and
• Willing and able to provide verbal consent for surveys and semi-structured interviews.

Where it is running

• Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of Colorado - The Children's Hospital of Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Children's Hosp Natinal Med Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 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 Medical Center — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Fenway Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Wayne State University — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Children's Hopsital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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