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The PEERNaija application will feature routine medication reminders, along with individual adherence monitoring with adherence scores, anonymized peer adherence scores (from peers attending the same clinic; social incentive), and a monthly lottery-based prize for youth with the highest adherence scores (financial incentive). The Investigators will recruit a cohort of 50 HIV-infected adolescents and young adults (AYA) to pilot the app and assess feasibility, acceptability, adoption, and preliminary efficacy of important clinical measures (including adherence and virologic suppression). The proposed study will provide important preliminary data for the role of mobile health (mHealth) platforms to harness and deliver social and financial incentives to promote adherence efforts, especially for vulnerable youth, and for a larger intervention trial evaluating this app among HIV-infected AYA in Nigeria.


Clinical Trial Description

The use of digital health solutions, especially medication reminders delivered via mHealth platforms, have shown promise as adherence support tools in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Importantly, the proliferation of mobile phones in resource-limited settings and the early adoption of communication technologies by young people make mHealth technologies an ideal platform for this age group. The Investigators propose to pilot a novel, mHealth peer-based intervention for AYA living with HIV in Nigeria that will utilize social and financial incentives to promote medication adherence. In addition to medication reminders and peer support, the proposed intervention will innovate within the mHealth arena to leverage the currency of social incentives through daily adherence monitoring with the provision of adherence scores for individual users in relation to their peers, and financial incentives through a monthly lottery for youth with the highest adherence scores with the prize delivered through the mHealth application itself. This proposal builds on the Investigator's successful research collaborations in Nigeria with APIN Public Health Initiatives, (APIN, a multi-site non-governmental organization with solid President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief-funded HIV infrastructure), the investigators expertise in building capacity for implementation research, and proficiency in developing and deploying mHealth-based interventions in SSA. This will be accomplished through the following specific aim: To establish the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of PEERNaija, an mHealth intervention designed to harness peer influence as an incentive to promote medication adherence among a pilot cohort of 50 AYA living with HIV in Nigeria. Hypothesis: PEERNaija will be feasible, acceptable, and show preliminary efficacy in improving antiretroviral (ART) adherence. ;


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NCT number NCT04930198
Study type Interventional
Source Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date August 1, 2021
Completion date March 31, 2024

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