Strategies to AchieVe Viral Suppression for Youth With HIV
Strategies to AchieVe Viral Suppression for Youth With HIV (The SAVVY Study)
Who can join
Ages 12 to 30 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * prescribed ART, * willing to sign informed consent (including communication with one's primary HIV provider) Exclusion Criteria: * Relevant drug resistance mutations (per medical record) that compromises activity of Cabotegravir (CBG) + rilpivirine (RPV) * disallowed medications, * pregnancy. * Mental health, cognitive, or behavioral dysfunction that in the opinion of the site PI would impair participation; * severe illness/hospitalization at the time of enrollment, * plan to move away in the next 12 months.
About the study
Although there have been advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV, adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AHIV) continue to have disparate HIV outcomes particularly viral suppression (VS), when compared to other populations likely related to multi-layered challenges (social determinants, cognitive development), system, and biomedical challenges including the reliance on oral ART as the only choice for HIV treatment. Given that approximately 1/3 of AHIV despite being in care fail to attain or sustain VS with resultant individual and public health risk, there is a need to develop real-world implementable interventions that can improve the participants virologic outcomes. The Strategies to AchieVe Viral Suppression for Youth with HIV (SAVVY) Study aims to 1) optimize personal ART choice by using the HIV-ASSIST clinical program to inform CHOICE counseling regarding an AHIV's preferred approach, including the possibility of long-acting injectable ART (LAI-ART); 2) facilitate access to the participants preferred choice through deploying a focused team to navigate barriers to attaining LAI-ART; and 3) decipher and address the patient, provider, and systemic barriers to the uptake and routinization of LAI-ART among AHIV by applying an implementation science framework and assessing cost-effectiveness providing critical data to support comprehensive approaches to optimizing ART and VS for AHIV, a key population identified in the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States Initiative.
What is being tested
- The SAVVY intervention includes CHOICE counseling and shared decision-making regarding ART preference (informed by the evidence-based HIV-ASSIST) and facilitating LA-ART access (other)
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Participants: 288 · Started: Nov 10, 2024
Contact the study team
- Allison Agwu, MD, SCM · Phone: 410-614-3917
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06886971
Locations in the U.S.
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.