Table 2:

BEAT2 Participant Experience Study Post-ATI Interview Guide

1. What has been your experience in the clinical trial up to now?

2. Let’s think about what you expected about been off HIV treatment when you first joined the clinical study. What were some of your original expectations of being in the clinical trial?

3. What, if any, have been some positive experiences that stood out to you during the clinical trial so far?

4. What, if any, have been some negative experiences that have stood out to you during the clinical trial so far?

5. You have just decided to return to taking your HIV treatments after taking some time off of them for the trial, correct? What was that like for you?

6. How much time and effort do you feel you are putting into this clinical trial?

7. What do you hope to get out of being in this clinical trial?

8. What excites/excited you about being in this clinical trial?

9. What worries/worried you about being in this clinical trial?

10. At a time when we are all concerned about COVID-19, how has COVID-19 affected your trial experience?

11. Do you have any recommendations for how we could improve the experience for people who participate in future clinical trial?

12. Is there anything you would like from the research team at the end of the trial?

13. What would you like the study investigators to know about your experience in this clinical trial?