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CompletedNCT00212940Updated Jul 26, 2007

Supportive Therapy for Adherence to ART(STAART)

An interventional study of Supportive Therapy for Adherence to ART (behavior) in HIV Infections, sponsored by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-07-26.

Sponsored by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
112
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a psycho-educational intervention can help people living with HIV handle the changes of treatment adherence.

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Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups:

  • Group 1: participants in this group will engage in weekly psycho-educational sessions with an HIV therapist for four weeks prior to starting their regimens. The sessions will cover topics such as becoming active in treatment care, improving coping abilities and developing skills for treatment adherence. They will also involve questionnaires and readings.
  • Group 2 (the control group):participants in this group will simply receive their regular treatment regimens.
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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • Treatment Naive
  • HIV
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In context

HIV Infections

4,257 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 112 is above the median of 83 across 3,250 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is the lead sponsor of 538 studies on the registry; 100 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • be at least 18 years of age
  • have viral load above 500 copies/ml
  • not be currently on HAART
  • be able to read and speak English/French

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current Substance Abuse
  • actively psychotic or suicidal
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
112 participants (estimated)

Interventions

  • BehavioralSupportive Therapy for Adherence to ART (behavior)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. psycho-educational intervention can help people living with HIV handle the changes of treatment adherence

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus
    Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 26, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00212940
Lead sponsor
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Collaborators
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
First posted
Sep 21, 2005
Start date
Oct 2000
Completion
Sep 2006
Last update
Jul 26, 2007

Study contacts

William Cameron, MD
principal investigator · OHRI
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