Text messages aim to stop HIV in ugandan teens
NCT ID NCT05130151
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to see if mobile phone messages can help teens in Uganda prevent HIV and address related issues like mental health and alcohol use. Researchers will adapt an existing text and voice system to include HIV prevention info and mental health screening. About 200 adolescents will be randomly assigned to receive the mobile program or standard care. The study is currently paused.
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Study facts
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- 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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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15 to 19 years
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adolescents (aged 15-19 years): Self-report during enrollment and confirmed by school personnel or local community leader. 2. Residing in the greater Masaka region in southern Uganda: Self-report during enrollment and confirmed by school personnel or local community leader. 3. Own a mobile phone: Self-report during enrollment and confirmed visually by project director or research assistant. 4. People who have the cognitive capacity to consent: A potential participant will be included if the researcher conducting the consent process determines that the potential participant has the cognitive capacity to consent. This will be determined by through the review of the consent forms. 5. For Phase II, did not participate. In Phase I: Review of study records. Exclusion Criteria: 1. People who are not aged 15-19 years: Self-report during enrollment and confirmed by school personnel or local community leader. 2. People who do not reside in the greater Masaka region in southern Uganda: Self-report during enrollment and confirmed by school personnel or local community leader. 3. People who do not own a mobile phone: Self-report during enrollment and confirmed visually by project director or research assistant. 4. People who do not have the cognitive capacity to consent: A potential participant will be excluded if the researcher conducting the consent process determines that the potential participant has a mental deficit or does not have the cognitive capacity to understand the consent process and proposed research. 5. Participants in phase 1 will be excluded from phase 2: Review of study records
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Locations
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New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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