Recruiting
Phase 2

Observational Study

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT06480578

Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Medication Adherence

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

ISS-SBDOH arm

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study integrates technology-based adherence measures with alerts for social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDOH) to improve HIV treatment outcomes. It involves 110 adult patients from a Los Angeles County HIV clinic, focusing on those at risk for poor adherence. Participants will be randomized into intervention or usual care groups, with endpoints including intervention acceptability, SBDOH interventions, adherence to ART, viral load, and high-risk sexual activity. The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the integrated intervention in improving adherence, virologic outcomes, and reducing high-risk behavior among PLWH.

Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Medication Adherence

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Study ID

NCT06480578

Start date

Dec 19, 2024

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Jul 1, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. HIV-infected individuals in HIV care
2. Greater than 17 years of age
3. Demonstrated ability to take co-encapsulated ARVs at the time of screening
4. Able to provide informed consent
5. Receiving ART with sub-optimal adherence estimated by patient (self-reports < 90% adherence over last 28 days) or treating clinician \[e.g., based on gaps in treatment (e.g. missed appointments) or viral load elevations within 6 months\], or at high risk for sub-optimal adherence, or with known challenges with SBDOH (e.g. unstable housing, substance use disorder, and poverty
6. Currently receiving antiretroviral treatment that includes one of the following:

  • TDF/FTC (Truvada)
  • TAF/FTC (Descovy)
  • EFV/FTC/TDF (Atripla)
  • ABC/3TC (Epzicom)
  • DTG/ABC/3TC (Triumeq)
  • RPV/TAF/FTC (Odefsey)
  • EVG/c/FTC/TAF (Genvoya)
  • BIC/FTC/TAF (Biktarvy)
7. For participants of reproductive potential, negative serum or urine pregnancy test with a sensitivity of ≤25 mIU/mL at screening. This will be repeated again at study entry.

NOTE: Participants are considered to be NOT of reproductive potential if:

1. participants have had amenorrhea for at least 12 consecutive months prior to study entry (i.e., who have had no menses within 12 months prior to study entry), and have a documented FSH >40 IU/mL; OR
2. an FSH level is not available, but participants have had 24 consecutive months of amenorrhea (in the absence of medications known to induce amenorrhea); OR
3. participants report having undergone surgical sterilization (e.g., hysterectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy, or bilateral tubal ligation/hysteroscopic tubal occlusion).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to follow the study procedures manifested during the intake, as evidenced by mental confusion, disorganization, intoxication, withdrawal, risky or threatening behavior
2. Pregnancy (Evaluated during the screening visit through a pregnancy test.)

Study Design

Enrollment

110 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: ISS-SBDOH arm

Ingestion Sensor System (ISS) - Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (SBDOH) arm

no intervention: Usual Care (UC) arm

Usual Care (UC) arm

UC is chosen as the control condition because it meets ethical and moral requirements to attempt treatment.

Interventions

ISS-SBDOH arm

Once the ID-Cap ISS system has identified a participant who has missed his/her prescribed ARVs for five (5) consecutive days, a member of the multidisciplinary team will be informed automatically by the system and reach out to the participant immediately. The team will work with the primary provider and the participant to evaluate and understand the patient's SBDOH profile and status and develop a coordinated plan that fits the patient's specific need to address the patient's particular challenges in SBDOH. This plan (all SBDOH interventions) is considered standard of care and would be initiated in the same manner regardless of participation. Participation in this study will not alter the planned interventions determined by the HIV Care team.

Primary outcome measure

  • Acceptability to the integrated intervention [ Time Frame: week 4, 8, 12, and 16 ]
  • Frequency and timeliness of SBDOH intervention, level of challenges of SBDOH in HIV treatment [ Time Frame: week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 28 ]
  • Adherence to ART--percent of prescribed medication taken [ Time Frame: week 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 ]
  • Self-Reported Medication Adherence--percent of prescribed dose taken [ Time Frame: week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 28 ]
  • Patterns of dosing [ Time Frame: week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 28 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Lundquist

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90502

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Eric Daar, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Last update posted

Feb 13, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Medication Adherence
  • SDOH

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, Los Angeles on 2026-02-13.