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NCT06412016Active, not recruiting

Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling for People With HIV and Food Insecurity

ProMeSA: Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling to Improve HIV Care Outcomes Among People With Food Insecurity in the Dominican Republic

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The investigators are conducting a fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a culturally appropriate, multicomponent intervention combining peer nutritional counseling with urban gardening among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dominican Republic (DR) to assess efficacy, analyze mediators of effects, and evaluate detailed process data to inform scale-up. The study will examine the impact of the intervention on participants' HIV clinical outcomes (HIV viral load, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and HIV care retention) as well as intermediate outcomes such as food security and HIV-related stigma.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
433 (actual)
First submitted
8 May 2024
Start date
14 Jun 2024
Primary completion date
1 Mar 2027
Lead sponsor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT06412016

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 433
  • From 14 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2027
  • 20 sites in 1 country
  • 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

  • Does not meet above criteria

Who the study is looking for

  • registered at one of the 20 HIV clinics in the study;
  • age 18 or older;
  • having initiated ART at least 6 months ago;
  • detectable viral load in the previous 12 months based on medical records and/or evidence of adherence problems (missed clinic visits, delays in picking up antiretrovirals);
  • moderate or severe household food insecurity
  • physically able to plant and maintain an urban garden; stable housing and space for a garden (subjectively assessed by participants after hearing a description of what is involved)
  • planned residency in the local area for the duration of the study

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (20)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital Taiwan 19 de marzo
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AzuaDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
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HigüeyDominican RepublicUnknown status
CPN Las Cinco Casas
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Monte PlataDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Nuestra Señora de Regla
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PeraviaDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Ricardo Limardo
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Puerto PlataDominican RepublicUnknown status
SAI Veron
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Punta CanaDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Leopoldo Pou
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SamanáDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Juan Pablo Pina
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San CristobalDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital San Vicente de Paul
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San Francisco de MacorísDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Dr. Alejandro Cabral
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San Juan de la MaguanaDominican RepublicUnknown status
Centro de Salud Integral Bella Vista
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Santiago de los CaballerosDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital José María Cabral y Báez
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Santiago de los CaballerosDominican RepublicUnknown status
Centro Especializado de Atención de Salud Juan XXIII
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Santiago de los CaballerosDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Dr Luis Eduardo Aybar
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Santo DomingoDominican RepublicUnknown status
Instituto Dominicano de Estudios Virológicos IDEV
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Santo DomingoDominican RepublicUnknown status
SAI Activo 20-30
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Santo DomingoDominican RepublicUnknown status
Centro Sanitario de Santo Domingo
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Santo DomingoDominican RepublicUnknown status
Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral COIN
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Santo DomingoDominican RepublicUnknown status
AID for AIDS-Tu Salud
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Santo Domingo EsteDominican RepublicUnknown status
Hospital Dr. Vinicio Calventi
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Santo Domingo OesteDominican RepublicUnknown status

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