NCT07502365Recruiting
BIG Chicago: A Trial of Basic Income Guarantee for Young People Living With HIV
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two interventions - Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) + Treatment as Usual and Treatment as Usual among individuals living with HIV who have experienced financial hardships. The main question it aims to answer is: Compared with the Treatment as Usual group, will participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group be more likely to improve care engagement and viral suppression? Participants on the study will be: * Randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to participate in either BIG + Treatment as Usual or Treatment as Usual. Participants will have an equal chance of being placed in either group. * Complete 9 surveys over a 36 month period. * Complete a release of information so electronic medical record data can be accessed for the 18 months prior to treatment engagement and for 36 months from program enrollment. * Participants in the Treatment as Usual group will not receive any intervention. * HIV viral load testing will be confirmed at 3 timepoints (baseline, 12 months, and 18 months). * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will receive $500 monthly income for 18 months. * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will complete 3 social network surveys to assess how receiving BIG impacts their social networks. * A subset of participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group (30 participants) will complete 5 individual interviews over the course of receiving BIG and the 18 months after.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 304 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Mar 2026
- Start date
- 29 Jul 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2030
- Lead sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT07502365
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 304
- From 29 Jul 2026 to the primary completion date, Jul 2030
- 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
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Other illness
- Unable to confirm HIV status
Other
- Unwilling/unable to provide informed consent
- Unable to conduct the study in English
Who the study is looking for
- Living with HIV for 24 months or longer;
- Ages 18-35;
- English-speaking;
- One or both of the following:
- Experienced a gap in HIV provider care of 6 or greater months during the prior 12-month period;
- Had an unsuppressed viral load at any point within the prior 12-month period (unsuppressed meaning a viral load of 200 copies/mL or higher);
- Household income at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level; and
- Experiencing financial distress, as based on a financial well-being score of 1-4 (high financial distress).
Age in the registry: 18 years to 35 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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