New strategy aims to boost HIV viral suppression in young people
NCT ID NCT06886971
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 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).
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.
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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 288 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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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12 to 30 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * prescribed ART, * willing to sign informed consent (including communication with one's primary HIV provider) Exclusion Criteria: * Relevant drug resistance mutations (per medical record) that compromises activity of Cabotegravir (CBG) + rilpivirine (RPV) * disallowed medications, * pregnancy. * Mental health, cognitive, or behavioral dysfunction that in the opinion of the site PI would impair participation; * severe illness/hospitalization at the time of enrollment, * plan to move away in the next 12 months.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins University
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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