Piloting the Incentivized Text-Based Adherence Game Intervention.

This project will develop and test a novel intervention to improve HIV treatment adherence among young adults with HIV who attend an HIV clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. The intervention is called incentivized Text-Based Adherence Game (iTAG). It is delivered solely via text messages and includes many advanced features including a point system that rewards participants for responding to texts, a scoreboard that compares participants' progress with each other, and messages on a range of health and HIV-related topics. To evaluate iTAG, study staff will recruit 20 young people, ages 18-24, with HIV (YPWH) to complete 90 days worth of intervention text messages. Before and after receiving iTAG messages, they will complete computer assessments used to measure HIV medication adherence as well as other factors believed to be influence adherence such as social support. By examining participants score from before and after receiving the intervention, and by talking with participants after they receive the intervention, it will be understood whether iTAG is acceptable to YPWH and could potential lead to improvements in participants' HIV treatment adherence.

NCT Number	NCT07115498
Lead Sponsor	Providence College
Conditions	HIV Treatment Adherence
Enrollment	21 participants
Start Date	2025-05-16
Primary Completion	2025-11-13 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-11-13 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-05-12