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Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention
Harnessing Social Network Support to Improve Retention in Care and Viral Suppression Among People Living With HIV in Chicago and Alabama: A Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-implementation Trial
Who can join
Ages 18 to 49 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Index Participants: * Aged 18-49 years old, inclusive * Speak English * Own a cell phone not shared with anyone else * Have missed at least one HIV care scheduled visit or have not been virally suppressed in the past 24 months. * Resides in Chicagoland, Illinois or Alabama Exclusion Criteria for Index Men: * If a participant fails to meet all inclusion criteria Inclusion Criteria for Support Confidants: * Index agrees to engage the Support Confidant * Age 18 years or older * Speaks English * Owns a cell phone not shared with others * Is not a romantic/sexual partner of the Index participant Exclusion Criteria: * Romantic/Sexual partners of Index participant * Relationship strain or abuse present in Index-Support Confidant relationship
About the study
The goal of this Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial is to test an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV aged 18-49.
What is being tested
- Social Network Support Intervention (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Chicago · Participants: 900 · Started: Feb 13, 2023
Contact the study team
- Alida Bouris, PhD · Phone: 773-834-4304
- David S Batey, PhD · Phone: 504-862-3485
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05723653
Locations in the U.S.
| Alabama | Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham 1917 Clinic, Birmingham (Not yet recruiting) Thrive Alabama, Huntsville |
| Illinois | Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago, Chicago (Not yet recruiting) Howard Brown Health, Chicago |
| Louisiana | Tulane University, New Orleans (Not yet recruiting) |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.