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NCT04217174
An Avatar-based Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Health in African American MSM
NA trial testing My Personal Health Guide in Medication Adherence in 315 participants. Completed in 30 November 2024.
31 May 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Illinois at Chicago |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 315 |
| Start date | 4 March 2020 |
| Primary completion | 31 May 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 30 November 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- My Personal Health Guide
- My Personal Food Guide
Conditions studied
- Medication Adherence — all drugs for Medication Adherence →
- Retention in Care — all drugs for Retention in Care →
Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Who can join
Adults 18 to 34, male only, with Medication Adherence or Retention in Care. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The investigators propose to determine the efficacy of "My Personal Health Guide," a theory-based innovative talking relational human Avatar mobile phone application to engage HIV-positive AAMSM in adherence and retention in care. Providing an empathetic talking Avatar source of HIV-related information, motivation, and behavioral skills that is as private and convenient as their own mobile phone might produce a high impact by overcoming barriers to HIV adherence and retention in care such as stigma and health literacy.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Evidence of Efficacy of the My Personal Health Guide Mobile Phone App on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex With Men at 1 Month: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Dworkin MS, Herrera K, Upton S, Luc CM, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41632958 · DOI 10.2196/75005
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04217174 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Illinois at Chicago
- Last refreshed: 26 January 2026
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