Can peer mentors help gay men with HIV stay in care?
NCT ID NCT07762612
First seen Aug 13, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a six-session peer-led program called Gwan Enjoy Life for sexual minority men living with HIV in Jamaica. The program aims to reduce depression, anxiety, and loneliness while helping participants stay engaged in HIV care and take their medications. Sixty men will be randomly assigned to either the program or usual care and followed for a year. The study asks whether this culturally tailored support can improve mental health and HIV outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Gwan Enjoy Life intervention, a 6-session peer-supported mental health program
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could become a scalable model to improve mental health and HIV care engagement among sexual minority men in Jamaica and similar settings.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small (60 participants) and early-stage, so results may not generalize. The intervention's success depends on peer delivery and participant engagement, which may vary.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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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Male participants only
- 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: * Self-identified as a cisgender man who have sex with men * Age 18 and older, * Living in one of the 14 parishes * Able to offer informed consent * Living with HIV (currently engaged, marginally engaged, and not engaged in care) * Provide consent to clinic staff to review medical records. Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reported participation in another HIV care engagement study * Unable to understand the consent process * Planning on relocating out of Jamaica over the next 12 months.
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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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Jamaica AIDS Support for Life
Kingston, Jamaica
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