New strategy aims to boost HIV viral suppression in young people

NCT ID NCT06886971

First seen Feb 04, 2026

Summary

This study tests a program called SAVVY that helps young people with HIV choose their preferred antiretroviral therapy (ART) and overcome barriers to getting it. The program includes counseling and a decision-support tool. Researchers will enroll 288 participants to see if this approach increases the number who achieve viral suppression (HIV levels below 20 copies/mL).

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Johns Hopkins University

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

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What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

behavioral intervention (CHOICE counseling and HIV-ASSIST decision-support tool)

What this could lead to

If successful, this approach could help more young people with HIV achieve and maintain viral suppression, reducing individual and public health risks.

What could go wrong

This is an early-stage behavioral study with no direct drug testing; results may not generalize to all youth or settings, and viral suppression depends on many factors beyond the intervention.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

AIDS HIV infectious disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.