Exploring, Predicting, and Intervening on Long-term Viral Suppression Electronically

Description

This study will follow a digital cohort via the REMAIN App. The REMAIN App is adapted from the HealthMPowerment (HMP) platform and tailored to our focus population’s unique needs. Digital cohorts, or eCohorts, utilize the flexibility and capacity of the internet to complement traditional approaches to epidemiological research, helping address some of the limitations and challenges associated with conventional cohort studies.

Aim 1 of this study is to recruit and retain a geographically and demographically diverse cohort of PLWH who are sub optimally engaged in care and with a history of, at high risk for, or not currently virally suppressed. Outcomes for this are levels of recruitment and retention to hit the study objectives to enroll 1,000 PLWH at risk for or experiencing VNS and follow them for up to 48 months. Aim 2 is to evaluate longitudinal patterns of care engagement within the cohort by modeling and advanced epidemiologic methods utilizing remote collection of biomarkers of HIV disease (e.g., viral load), online surveys, and brief, frequent app-based “check-ins”. Outcomes include both those related to VS and engagement in care as well as engagement in the digital cohort.