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
Sites (20)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Taiwan 19 de marzo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Azua | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Higüey | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| CPN Las Cinco Casas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monte Plata | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Nuestra Señora de Regla Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Peravia | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Ricardo Limardo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Puerto Plata | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| SAI Veron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Leopoldo Pou Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Samaná | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Juan Pablo Pina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Cristobal | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital San Vicente de Paul Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco de Macorís | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Dr. Alejandro Cabral Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Juan de la Maguana | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Centro de Salud Integral Bella Vista Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital José María Cabral y Báez Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Centro Especializado de Atención de Salud Juan XXIII Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Dr Luis Eduardo Aybar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Instituto Dominicano de Estudios Virológicos IDEV Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| SAI Activo 20-30 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Centro Sanitario de Santo Domingo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral COIN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| AID for AIDS-Tu Salud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo Este | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
| Hospital Dr. Vinicio Calventi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo Domingo Oeste | Dominican Republic | Unknown status |
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