California Collaborative Treatment Group Consortium/ALERT (Active Linkage, Engagement and Retention to Reduce HIV)

Status:Ongoing
Phase:Demo Project
Principal Investigator(s):Sheldon Morris & David Moore
Objective:Plans to enroll 400 eligible high-risk MSM, for two years who will receive daily TDF/FTC-based PrEP, into a randomized study that evaluates whether a text messaging–based adherence intervention can improve adherence to the PrEP medication.
Prevention Option(s):PrEP
Study Design:Open label, Randomized
Official Code: NCT01761643
Trial Sponsors: California Collaborative Treatment Group, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) of the University of California, City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, Gilead, UCLA, University of California San Diego, University of Southern California
Start Date
End Date
January 31, 2013
July 31, 2016
Enrollment:400
Age range: 18 Years ↔ any
Population:Cisgender Men, Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex with Men