Can your phone help beat HIV? new study recruits 1,000 participants
NCT ID NCT06370780
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to help people living with HIV achieve and maintain viral suppression (low virus levels) using a smartphone-based program. It will enroll 1,000 adults who have trouble staying on treatment due to substance use, mental health issues, or other barriers. The program provides support and reminders to improve medication adherence and clinic attendance.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Have access to a personal smartphone device; * Over 18 years of age; * Speak English or Spanish; * Living with HIV * Are either 1) not currently virally suppressed, 2) not currently engaged in care, or 3) have one or more factors associated with viral non suppression including a history of missed appointments or viral non suppression; * Active substance use or mental health disorder; * Willing and able to provide written informed consent to take part in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling or unable to provide reliable contact information; * Unwilling to provide blood sample for HIV virology testing; * Living with HIV and virally suppressed and not at risk of becoming unsuppressed in the near future.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California, Los Angeles
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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