WiseApp for Spanish Speakers Living With HIV

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral

In brief

This study aims to conduct a 12-month randomized controlled trial to adapt the mobile app, WiseApp, and a smart pill dispenser for Spanish-speaking people living with HIV (PLWH) in the New York City (NYC) area and La Romana, Dominican Republic (DR). The study will assess the efficacy and sustainability of WiseApp as well as identify barriers with its widespread use among Spanish speakers. With disproportionately high rates of HIV in the New York City area and the Dominican Republic, this project seeks to identify distinct contextual factors related to Spanish speaking people living with HIV and increase the likelihood of engagement with technology and improvements in clinical outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05398185

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

241

Starts

2023-03-01

Expected to finish

2027-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Able to speak, read, and write in Spanish;
• Aged ≥18 years;
• Willing to participate in any assigned arm of the intervention;
• Have an HIV-1 RNA level >50 copies/mL;
• Own a smartphone (DR participants who are eligible but without access to a smartphone will get one as part of the study at the time of enrollment); and
• Ability and willingness to provide informed consent for study participation and consent for access to medical records.

You may not qualify if…

• Reside in a nursing home, prison, and/or receiving in-patient psychiatric care at time of enrollment;
• Terminal illness with life expectancy <6 months;
• Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months;
• A cognitive state minimum score measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) to ensure participants are oriented to time and place.
• Spouses/partners may not enroll in this study. The study will be limited to only 1 person from the same family/domestic household.

Where it is running

• Columbia University Irving Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• Clinica de Familia La Romana — La Romana, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic

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