NCT05965245Active, not recruiting
Suubi-Mhealth: A Mobile Health Intervention to Address Depression Among Youth
Suubi-Mhealth: A Mobile Health Intervention to Address Depression and Improve ART Adherence Among Youth Living With HIV (YLHIV) in Uganda
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The overall goal of this study is to develop an mHealth intervention (Suubi-Mhealth) for use among Ugandan youth (14-17 years) with comorbid HIV and depression, taking into account their unique contextual, cultural, and developmental needs. This digital therapy intervention delivered via a mobile application, will utilize the core tenets of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) found to improve depression and ART adherence.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 248 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Jul 2023
- Start date
- 23 Nov 2022
- Primary completion date
- 31 Aug 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT05965245
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 248
- From 23 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2027
- 2 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- A significant cognitive impairment that interferes with the participant's understanding of the informed consent process, or inability/unwillingness to commit to completing the study
Who the study is looking for
- Ages 14-17 years
- HIV positive and aware of their status i.e., disclosed to
- Prescribed antiretroviral therapy
- Living within a family, including with extended family members (not in institutions)
- Health care providers who work with youth at participating clinics who agree to participate in the study.
Age in the registry: 14 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Masaka | Uganda | Unknown status |
| Washington University in St. Louis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Unknown status |
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