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N/A N=40 Randomized Single-blind Treatment

Depression and ART Adherence in HIV+ Latinos

Depressive Symptoms · HIV Infections

Enrolled (actual)
40
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2018
Primary outcome: Primary: Depression From (1) Clinician-Administered MADRS Measure, and (2) Participant Self-Report Ratings With BDI-1a — 17.8; 19.2; 19.7; 17.7 Units on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT-AD) (Behavioral)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of Washington
Primary completion
Aug 2011

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Depression From (1) Clinician-Administered MADRS Measure, and (2) Participant Self-Report Ratings With BDI-1a
17.8; 19.2; 19.7; 17.7; 15.0; 11.8
SECONDARY
Self-Report Adherence
92.6; 86; 93.5; 91.9
SECONDARY
MedSignals Electronic Pill-box for Adherence
45.8; 28.8; 31.1; 20.0

Summary

The current HIV treatment adherence project was designed to adapt culturally and then pilot test an empirically supported cognitive-behavioral therapy program for adherence and symptoms of depression (CBT-AD)with HIV+ Latinos living on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • HIV+ participants (a) currently receiving HIV care at La Fe CARE Center (study site);
  • 18 years of age or older;
  • Latino (i.e., self-identified as being of Mexican heritage);
  • English- or Spanish-speaking
  • capable of giving informed consent;
  • currently on a prescribed antiretroviral regimen;
  • suboptimally adherent (i.e., demonstrated either by a VL load taken in the last 12 months that is above the undetectable threshold of 50 mL copies or self-reporting a missed dose in the last two weeks);
  • exhibiting some depressive symptomatology (i.e., scoring on the Beck Depression Inventory-1A 10 or above), and (i) male or female (including transgender Female-to-Male and Male-To-Female.

Exclusion Criteria

  • actively psychotic or so cognitively impaired that they cannot participate,
  • so physically ill as to be unable to come to the clinic to participate in the intervention, OR
  • Report The use of crack, cocaine, heroin, OR methamphetamines to any extent in the past 40 days.
  • Those who are planning on being away from the area for any extended period during the study (as in the case of seasonal workers) or whom
  • have household members already enrolled in the study will also be excluded. We did choose to restrict study eligibility to individuals of Mexican descent.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01411839). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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