BIG Chicago: A Trial of Basic Income Guarantee for Young People Living With HIV
Recruiting · NCT07502365 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Chicago
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What this trial is about
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two interventions - Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) + Treatment as Usual and Treatment as Usual among individuals living with HIV who have experienced financial hardships. The main question it aims to answer is: Compared with the Treatment as Usual group, will participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group be more likely to improve care engagement and viral suppression? Participants on the study will be: * Randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to participate in either BIG + Treatment as Usual or Treatment as Usual. Participants will have an equal chance of being placed in either group. * Complete 9 surveys over a 36 month period. * Complete a release of information so electronic medical record data can be accessed for the 18 months prior to treatment engagement and for 36 months from program enrollment. * Participants in the Treatment as Usual group will not receive any intervention. * HIV viral load testing will be confirmed at 3 timepoints (baseline, 12 months, and 18 months). * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will receive $500 monthly income for 18 months. * Participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group will complete 3 social network surveys to assess how receiving BIG impacts their social networks. * A subset of participants in the BIG + Treatment as Usual group (30 participants) will complete 5 individual interviews over the course of receiving BIG and the 18 months after.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Living with HIV for 24 months or longer;
- Ages 18-35;
- English-speaking;
- One or both of the following:
- Experienced a gap in HIV provider care of 6 or greater months during the prior 12-month period;
- Had an unsuppressed viral load at any point within the prior 12-month period (unsuppressed meaning a viral load of 200 copies/mL or higher);
- Household income at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level; and
- Experiencing financial distress, as based on a financial well-being score of 1-4 (high financial distress).
Exclusion criteria
- Unwilling/unable to provide informed consent
- Unable to confirm HIV status
- Unable to conduct the study in English
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois, United States