Clinical Trial

Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling for People With HIV and Food Insecurity

Study acronym: ProMeSA
Active, Not Recruiting
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Summary
The investigators are conducting a fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a culturally appropriate, multicomponent intervention combining peer nutritional counseling with urban gardening among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dominican Republic (DR) to assess efficacy, analyze mediators of effects, and evaluate detailed process data to inform scale-up. The study will examine the impact of the intervention on participants' HIV clinical outcomes (HIV viral load, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and HIV care retention) as well as intermediate outcomes such as food security and HIV-related stigma.
Protocol Amendment History 5 amendments
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended 5 times since 2024-05-08; most recent amendment 2026-01-13.
Status change: Recruiting → Active, Not Recruiting 2026-01-13
Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2024-06-25
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT06412016
Lead Sponsor University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Collaborators: University of California, San Francisco, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, CONAVIHSIDA, Republica Dominicana, Ministerio de Agricultura, Republica Dominicana, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Republica Dominicana, RAND
Conditions HIV, Food Insecurity
Enrollment 433 participants
Start Date 2024-06-14
Primary Completion 2027-03-01 (estimated)
Study Completion 2027-06-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-01-14