Improving Treatment and Retention Adherence in Nontraditional Settings
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
I-TRAINS aims to integrate an injectable treatment that is approved for HIV to individuals
outside of the standard doctors office or clinic. The treatment, a once a month injection,
will be administered to participants in community partner spaces, reducing the barriers that
having to present to a traditional clinic for treatment creates. Individuals who will receive
the injection may have a history of being unable to take their HIV oral medication, as well
as other barriers to care that make it difficult to engage in a traditional clinic setting.
These barriers may include, but are not limited to, homelessness, substance use, mental
illness, and stigma around their diagnosis. Data will be collected on whether it was easier
for the participants to receive care in a non-traditional setting, as well as whether the
injection made it easier for them to remain adherent to their HIV medication in comparison to
standard oral HIV medication.