CompletedNot Applicable

Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Through Urban Gardening and Nutritional Counseling in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic115 participantsStarted 2018-05-22

Plain-language summary

This pilot study proposes to develop, implement, and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, multi-component intervention combining peer nutrition counseling with sustainable urban gardening among people with HIV in the Dominican Republic. The overall hypothesis is that this combined intervention will improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and virologic suppression among food insecure HIV+ individuals with suboptimal adherence.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * HIV+ and on ART * Has moderate or severe household food insecurity * Has detectable viral load (\>50 copies) and/or suboptimal adherence to ART Exclusion Criteria: * Does not meet above criteria

What they're measuring

Change in viral load

Timeframe: Change in viral load between baseline and months 6 and 12

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03568682

SponsorRAND

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-03-31

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