New program aims to make HIV injections easier for women facing homelessness or food insecurity
NCT ID NCT06411223
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a pharmacist-led program to help women with HIV who also face social challenges like housing or food insecurity. The program supports switching from daily pills to a long-acting injectable medication (cabotegravir/rilpivirine) given every two months. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and acceptable for these women.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine (long-acting injectable HIV medication)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a pharmacist-led support program helps women with social challenges stick with long-acting HIV treatment, improving their health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-phase study (50 people) focused on feasibility, not on proving the treatment works. Results may not apply to all women or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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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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: * Living with diagnosed HIV * Receiving HIV care-related services from Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) * Currently on oral ART and virally suppressed for at least 6 months (from electronic health review). * Have experienced at least one HRSN: a) homelessness or housing insecurity; b) food insecurity; c) criminal legal system involvement; OR d) substance use in the past 3 years (from self-report at screening). * Able to converse comfortably in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Unable or unwilling to complete informed consent (e.g., have a conservator of person) * Have initiated CAB/RPV oral lead-in prior to enrollment. * Have a contraindication to CAB/RPV LA per label. * Have known or suspected resistance to CAB/RPV * Pregnant or breast-feeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yale Clinical and Community Research
New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States
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