[Adapted from Abstract]
This paper presents a year long study protocol for a trial, to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first-line antiretroviral treatment in South India (Chennai and Bangalore).
Researchers plan to enroll 600 treatment naïve patients for first-line treatment as per the national antiretroviral treatment guidelines at two clinics in South India. Patients will be randomized into control and intervention arms. The control arm will receive the standard of care; the intervention arm will receive the standard of care plus mobile phone reminders.
Each reminder will take the form of an automated call and a picture message. Reminders will be delivered once a week, at a time chosen by the patient. Patients will be followed up for 24 months or till the primary outcome i.e. virological failure, is reached, whichever is earlier.
Self-reported adherence is a secondary outcome. Analysis is by intention-to-treat. A cost-effectiveness study of the intervention will also be carried out.
A step-by-step outline of designing a 24-month long trial to determine effectiveness of phone reminders for anti-retroviral adherence.
[Adapted from Abstract]
This paper presents a year long study protocol for a trial, to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first-line antiretroviral treatment in South India (Chennai and Bangalore).
Researchers plan to enroll 600 treatment naïve patients for first-line treatment as per the national antiretroviral treatment guidelines at two clinics in South India. Patients will be randomized into control and intervention arms. The control arm will receive the standard of care; the intervention arm will receive the standard of care plus mobile phone reminders.
Each reminder will take the form of an automated call and a picture message. Reminders will be delivered once a week, at a time chosen by the patient. Patients will be followed up for 24 months or till the primary outcome i.e. virological failure, is reached, whichever is earlier.
Self-reported adherence is a secondary outcome. Analysis is by intention-to-treat. A cost-effectiveness study of the intervention will also be carried out.
A step-by-step outline of designing a 24-month long trial to determine effectiveness of phone reminders for anti-retroviral adherence.
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