Unlimited Transportation Passes for Unstable Housed People Living With HIV Trial

NCT06483152 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IN-US-985-7161
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 146
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this trial is to learn if providing an unlimited transit pass will improve the health of people living with HIV that are experiencing unstable housing. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.Do participants who are provided the transit pass manage their HIV better?
2. 2.Do participants who are provided the transit pass use other social services more that could improve their health and quality of life?

Conditions

HIV

Keywords

transportation; transit pass; undetectable; HIV; unstable housing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Number of Participants with HIV Viral Suppression

  Number of participants with a quantitative HIV Viral RNA test with a concentration under 200 copies of HIV per mL (viral suppression) within the last 12 months.

  12 months

• Number of Participants with an HIV related Medical Visit

  Number of participants who have received a HIV viral RNA test during a medical visit within the last 12 months.

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group will be provided a transit pass for the Minneapolis Metro transit system that will be paid for by the study for 6 months.

Other: Metro Transit Pass

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will receive the current standard of care, in which people are eligible to receive up to two $10 bus cards from their case manager per month.

Other: Standard of Care

Interventions

Metro Transit Pass OTHER

A transit pass that enables riders to use the Minneapolis Metro Transit system that will paid for by the study for 6 months

Intervention Group

Standard of Care OTHER

The current standard of care for Ryan White eligible clients is to receive two $10 bus cards a month from a case manager

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Member of The Aliveness Project
• Live, reside, or stay regularly outside within the 13 county area surrounding the Twin Cities known in the Ryan White system as the MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL TRANSITIONAL GRANT AREA or TGA. This is the same general area as the area where Metro Transit serves, which makes it a convenient reference.
• Be a person experiencing unstable housing or homelessness
• Because the residence and housing status of this group rapidly shifts -hence unstable--the following definition of unstable housing was developed in collaboration with Aliveness\'s housing stabilization team, which serves this population:
• Meet one of three criteria:
• Currently reports living in one of the following housing conditions:
• Outside, in a car, or another space unfit for human habitation
• A homeless shelter
• Temporary housing with a friend or relative (couch hopping) to which they do not have long-term stable access.
• Currently lives in a temporary group home or substance abuse treatment program, but lived in one of the above housing conditions prior to entry within the last three months.
• Is listed in the CAREWare database system as being homeless or having temporary or unstable housing.

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to provide informed consent
• Inability to communicate in English
• Not an Aliveness member in good standing: Some Aliveness members have been banned from the space because of behavioral or safety concerns. Aliveness\'s Member Advisory Committee reviews all such expulsions on a case-by-case basis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Aliveness Project: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Aliveness Project

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55409, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Standard of Care

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Jay Orne, PhD

  The Aliveness Project

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Jay Orne, PhD

CONTACT

612-824-5433; Jay@aliveness.org

Executive Director

CONTACT

612-824-5433; matt@aliveness.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Scientist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2024
• First Posted: July 3, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2025
• Study Completion: February 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)