Can a tablet app ease loneliness in older HIV patients?
NCT ID NCT06560970
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a tablet-based app called COPPEhR designed to help older adults with HIV (age 50+) connect with others, access resources, and reduce loneliness. Sixty-eight participants either got the app or a tablet without it. The main goal was to see if the app was easy to use and helpful, not to prove it improves health. Researchers also measured changes in depression and social support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- COPPEhR app (a tablet-based software application for social engagement and resource access)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical way to improve social connection and mental health for older adults living with HIV.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small pilot study with only 68 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app's benefits are not yet proven in larger trials.
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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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68 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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May 2026
- 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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50 years and older
- 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: 1. Age 50+ 2. HIV diagnosis for at least 15 years 3. Center for Special Studies (CSS) patient 4. Able to read English at 6th grade level 5. Visually able to read a device screen 6. Adequate cognitive status (score above 34) to interact with the technology assessed by the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status - modified (TICS-M) 7. Plan to remain in the area for the next 9 months Exclusion Criteria: 1. Not a Center for Special Studies (CSS) patient 2. Blind or have visual impairments that limit their ability to view the technology 3. Deaf or have hearing impairments that limit their ability to use the technology 4. Has a mobility or dexterity impairment that would interfere with the use of a device, mouse, or a keyboard (e.g., tremors, arthritis, etc.) 5. Severe psychosis (e.g., aggression) 6. Severe cognitive impairment that limits their ability to use the technology 7. Participants who do not meet the inclusion criteria. 8. Participants in previous COPPEhR usability testing
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10065, United States