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

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Hiv, Substance Use Disorders

In brief

This study will implement a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT, N=50) to refine and assess the feasibility and acceptability of an emotion regulation and communication skills intervention designed to improve engagement in HIV-care among HIV+ people who report opioid and/or stimulant use and are sub-optimally engaged in HIV care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05819411

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

42

Starts

2021-09-01

Expected to finish

2025-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

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

You may not qualify if…

• HIV negative
• Denying drug use in past 6 months

Where it is running

• Fenway Community Health — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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