# Assess and Adapt to the Impact of COVID-19 on CVD Self Management and Prevention Care in Adults Living with HIV (AAIM-High) > **NIH NIH U01** · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $446,517 ## Abstract Social distancing in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and COVID-19 disease pandemic may amplify isolation and loneliness due to the requirement to limit in-person interactions with loved ones, friends, community members, healthcare providers, etc. Social isolation increases susceptibility to illness, stress, hypertension, depression, and mortality and decreases engagement in self-management and physical activity. People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and are particularly vulnerable to the stress and social isolation caused by the public health measures to combat COVID-19. Using mixed-methods and a human-centered design approach, we have developed and are currently testing in a randomized controlled trial a nurse-led intervention to EXtend the HIV/AIDS TReatment cAscade for CVD prevention (EXTRA-CVD). Racially and ethnically diverse participants on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (n=300 total; 64 enrolled to date) with high BP AND high cholesterol from 3 HIV-specialty clinics [University Hospitals, MetroHealth (both Cleveland, OH) and Duke Health (Durham, NC)] are randomized 1:1 to intervention vs. education control. In response to NOT-OD-20-757, we propose this administrative supplement to leverage the EXTRA-CVD platform to Assess and Adapt to the Impact of COVID-19 on CVD Self-Management and Prevention Care in Adults Living with HIV (AAIM-High). The proposed activities are IRB approved and ready to begin immediately if funded. In a formative Aim 1, we will assess the impact of COVID-19 related social distancing on HIV and CVD self-management behaviors among participants in EXTRA-CVD using well-validated instruments, NIH common data elements and a sequential mixed-methods design. In Aim 2, we will conduct a hybrid type 3 implementation study to evaluate the implementation of a virtually enhanced EXTRA-CVD intervention to improve BP control in PLWH. Using a human-centered design approach, we will convene our EXTRA-CVD stakeholder Design Team, to refine virtual enhancements to the intervention, such as virtual adherence support groups, cardiovascular prevention specialist remote consultation, and community health worker technology coaches. We will enroll adult PLWH participants (n=75) on suppressive ART with high BP whom are otherwise ineligible for the parent trial because they do not also have high cholesterol or because they are unwilling or unable to participate in the in-person trial. Thus, this supplemental study arm will not poach potentially eligible participants from the parent trial. Implementation outcomes based on a RE-AIM framework will be compared to parent trial participants: reach (% agreeing to participate), effectiveness (change in home systolic BP), adoption (frequency of home BP use), implementation (qualitative assessment of feasibility/acceptability), and maintenance (qualitative). This supplement will increase the impact and scalability of the EXTRA-CVD study without ... ## Key facts - **NIH application ID:** 10164926 - **Project number:** 3U01HL142099-03S2 - **Recipient organization:** CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY - **Principal Investigator:** Hayden B Bosworth - **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.) - **Funding institute:** NIH - **Fiscal year:** 2020 - **Award amount:** $446,517 - **Award type:** 3 - **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2021-07-31 ## Primary source NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10164926 ## Citation > US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10164926, Assess and Adapt to the Impact of COVID-19 on CVD Self Management and Prevention Care in Adults Living with HIV (AAIM-High) (3U01HL142099-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10164926. Licensed CC0. --- *[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*