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- Clinical Trial NCT04796610
Mopati: A Pilot Hiv Treatment Partner Intervention In Botswana
Study Overview
Detailed Description
This study will train health care providers to guide unsuppressed HIV positive patients in the selection of a treatment partner. All health care providers at the intervention clinic (e.g., physicians, nurses, peer counselors) will be educated about effective characteristics of treatment partners, and provided with standard guidance about treatment partner selection to deliver to all patients initiating ART or who are not suppressed (however, for increased impact, the investigators will test the intervention only among those not suppressed). The standard guidance will incorporate Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies, to acknowledge patients' difficulties and offer advice without trying to force the patient to select a treatment partner of a particular type.
The intervention clinic will sponsor group sessions for treatment partners of unsuppressed patients, to educate treatment partners about HIV treatment, and train treatment partners on counseling skills to convey acceptance of and compassion, and to be non-judgmental and non-confrontational. The investigators will train treatment partners in core MI skills of open questions and reflective listening, to avoid confrontations and support patients in developing motivation for adherence. In the training, the investigators will use experiential learning methods to help partners to understand that confronting their partners about poor adherence, while born out of love and concern for patients' health, is ineffective. The investigators do not intend for treatment partners to be proficient in all MI counseling strategies, but the investigators will train treatment partners to use the two core MI skills. Patients and their treatment partners will be asked to attend at least 3 sessions over the 3-month intervention period. The investigators will survey patients and treatment partners at baseline and 3-months post-baseline and collect viral load from clinic records. Intervention feasibility and acceptability will be assessed via mixed methods (e.g., semi- structured interviews with patients, treatment partners, and clinic staff; refusal rates).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Gaborone, Botswana
- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP)
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients will be eligible if they are: 1) 18 years of age or older, 2) On antiretroviral treatment for HIV (ART) and initiated ART at least 6 months prior, and 3 ) Not virally suppressed (one viral load ≥ 400 cp/ml within prior 12 months at time of enrollment).
- Treatment partners will be eligible if they are 18 years of age or older and selected to be a patient's treatment partner.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients will not be eligible if they screen positive for HIV-related dementia or if they show ART resistance.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention patients
Unsuppressed HIV patients at the intervention clinic will receive guidance from their health care provider on the selection of a treatment partner.
The patient will receive education on HIV treatment and how treatment partners can support patients in treatment adherence.
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The intervention will provide training to health care providers on how to guide unsuppressed HIV patients in the selection of treatment partners.
The Mopati program will provide education to patients and their treatment partners about HIV treatment and how treatment partners can support patients in treatment adherence.
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No Intervention: Control patients
Patients at the control clinic will receive standard of care at the clinic during the intervention assessment period.
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Experimental: Intervention treatment partners
Unsuppressed HIV patients at the intervention clinic will receive guidance from their health care provider on the selection of a treatment partner.
The treatment partner will receive education on HIV treatment and how treatment partners can support patients in treatment adherence.
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The intervention will provide training to health care providers on how to guide unsuppressed HIV patients in the selection of treatment partners.
The Mopati program will provide education to patients and their treatment partners about HIV treatment and how treatment partners can support patients in treatment adherence.
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No Intervention: Control treatment partners
Treatment partners will not receive any intervention; treatment partners' patients at the control clinic will receive standard of care at the clinic during the intervention assessment period.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Viral Suppression of Patient Participants
Time Frame: 6 months
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Viral suppression will be defined as viral load < 400 cp/ml
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Patient Participants Self-Reported as Treatment Adherent
Time Frame: 3-months post-baseline
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Participants self-reported the percentage of doses taken in the past month; we defined treatment adherence as having taken at least 95% of prescribed doses
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3-months post-baseline
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Perceived Treatment Partner Support
Time Frame: 3-months post-baseline
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Continuous scores on Nondirective Support scale (0-5); higher = more nondirective support, rated by patient participants
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3-months post-baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mosepele Mosepele, MD, MPH, University of Botswana & Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
- Principal Investigator: Laura Bogart, PhD, RAND
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- R34MH121229 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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