Friends and family may be key to keeping HIV-Positive teens healthy
NCT ID NCT04077047
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how social support from friends and family can help teenagers with HIV stay in medical care and take their HIV medication regularly. Researchers worked with 60 teens in South Africa to understand which types of support work best. The goal is to design better programs that improve health and prevent the virus from spreading.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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15 to 21 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * reside in study area * able to provide consent or assent * agreeable to allowing the research team to have access to their clinic data to assess retention in human immunodeficiency virus- (HIV) care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence * each Adolescents living with HIV (ALWH) must recruit at least one social network member to participate in the intervention with them Exclusion Criteria: * None
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
Cape Town, South Africa
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27101, United States
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