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NCT06500013Active, not recruiting

WhatsApp Intervention to Assess the Effect of Messages in Adherence to Antiretrovirals in Young People With HIV in Peru

Intervention With WhatsApp Messaging to Assess the Effect of Self-designed Messages and Standardized Messages in Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Young People Living With HIV in a Hospital in Lima, Peru: Randomized Control Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Mar 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn which type of messages is more efficacious to improve adherence to medication in young people living with HIV. The main question is aims to answer is: -Are messages designed by participants (self-designed) more efficacious than messages designed by health providers to improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment (HIV medications)? Researchers will compare both types of messages to see if one is better than the other in helping participants take their medications. Participants will: * Receive either messages designed by themselves or by health providers for 4 months. * Be able to chat with health providers at any time, with special focus regarding questions about their condition, medications and health services. * Complete questionnaires via WhatsApp describing how they are taking their medications, and how often they forget to take them. * Complete questionnaires via WhatsApp describing their opinion about receiving the messages and being able to chat with health providers.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
131 (estimated)
First submitted
29 Jun 2024
Start date
15 Mar 2024
Primary completion date
18 Nov 2024
Lead sponsor
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT06500013

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 131
  • From 15 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 18 Nov 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other

  • Being pregnant at the moment of signing informed consent.
  • Being illiterate at the moment of signing informed consent.
  • Being blind at the moment of signing informed consent

Who the study is looking for

  • People living with HIV of age 18-29 at the moment of signing informed consent.
  • Being a patient of the study center's Infectious Diseases clinic or National HIV Program, between March 2024 and July 2024.
  • Ownership of a mobile phone that supports WhatsApp.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 29 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital Cayetano Heredia
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LimaPeruUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.