Risk Reduction Intervention for Vulnerable Young Adult Males

NCT01118416 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: R01DA020366
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 317
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary aim of this study is to test a brief 4-session risk reduction intervention, based on Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) to reduce the co-occurrence of club drug use and sexual risk taking behaviors among non-treatment seeking young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in NYC.

Conditions

Sex; Substance Use; HIV

Keywords

sexual risk; substance use; HIV; prevention; intervention; Motivational Enhancement Therapy; young men who have sex with men

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sexual risk

  Participants in the MET condition will report greater reductions in the number of unprotected anal intercourse acts and in the proportion of days of club drug use than those in the education comparison condition at the end of the intervention period (3 months) and will maintain greater reductions in the number of unprotected anal intercourse acts and the proportion of days of club drug use than those in the education comparison condition at the three follow-up assessments (6, 9, and 12 months).

  every three months over the course of a year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• motivation to change club drug use and unsafe sex over 12 months

  every three months over the course of a year

Study Arms (2)

intervention condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to the intervention condition will undergo 4 one-hour sessions of motivational interviewing (MI), during which their sexual risk taking and substance use patterns will be discussed with a trained counselor with the goal of reducing instances of unprotected anal sex and substance use.

Behavioral: HIV prevention intervention randomized control trial

Education condition

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants randomized to the education condition will undergo 4 one-hour sessions during which they will view video segments and discuss sexual risk taking and substance use with a health educator, with the goal of reducing instances of unprotected anal sex and substance use by making informed decisions.

Behavioral: HIV prevention intervention randomized control trial

Interventions

HIV prevention intervention randomized control trial BEHAVIORAL

Substance using HIV-negative young MSM who engage in sexual risk are randomized to either a motivational interviewing or an education condition to reduce sexual risk and drug use.

Education condition; intervention condition

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 29 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• At least 5 days of drug use (cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, or GHB) in the past 90 days;
• At least 1 instance of unprotected anal sex in the past 90 days;
• Biological male;
• HIV-negative;
• Residential stability;
• Ability to communicate in written English.

You may not qualify if:

• Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms;
• Currently suicidal/homicidal;
• Evidence of gross cognitive impairment;
• Reports current enrollment in a drug or HIV related intervention or research study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hunter College of City University of New York: lead

Study Sites (1)

Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training of Hunter College, CUNY

New York, New York, 10018, United States

Location

Related Links

• Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus; Substance-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Jeffrey T Parsons, PhD

  Hunter College of CUNY and Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 5, 2010
• First Posted: May 6, 2010
• Study Start: June 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2010
• Study Completion: October 1, 2011
• Last Updated: June 3, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-05

Locations

US (1)