Life Skills Intervention for Adolescents Perinatally Infected With HIV

NCT00272519 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ATN 045b
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The life skills intervention model is designed to help adolescents promote their physical and mental health through cognitive and behavioral techniques (e.g., problem solving, coping, and communication skills) designed to help them achieve social and personal competencies used to manage various life challenges.

Conditions

HIV Infections

Keywords

HIV; AIDS; Adolescent; HIV Positive

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Implement and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a modified life skills intervention

  To implement and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a modified life skills intervention for young adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection and their primary caregivers.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an assessment battery

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

Adolescent/caregiver dyads

EXPERIMENTAL

Eight to ten adolescent/caregiver dyads

Behavioral: Life Skills Intervention

Interventions

Life Skills Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Developed to promote life skills among young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV

Also known as: No other names.

Adolescent/caregiver dyads

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Clinically-identified HIV-1 infected participants 11-14 years of age and their primary caregivers.
• HIV status has been disclosed to the adolescent.
• Caregiver is the legal guardian of the adolescent as indicated by the medical team.
• Adolescent lives with the caregiver
• Adolescent and caregiver speak and understand English.

You may not qualify if:

• Caregiver consent or permission denied or adolescent does not assent.
• Adolescent diagnosed as mentally retarded as previously reported or confirmed through chart review.
• Adolescent and/or caregiver too medically fragile. Medically fragile is functionally defined as being physically unable to attend the group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): collaborator
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

Related Links

• Website for the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV Infections; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV Seropositivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases; Slow Virus Diseases

Study Officials

• Ahna Pai, Ph.D

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2006
• First Posted: January 6, 2006
• Study Start: June 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2006
• Study Completion: October 1, 2006
• Last Updated: February 28, 2017

Record last verified: 2016-02

Locations

US (1)