An Innovative HIV Prevention Intervention Using Social Networking Technology

NCT01381653 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: R03DA031607
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

An existing face-to-face HIV prevention intervention (The Young Men's Health Project, YMHP; R01DA20366) will be iteratively adapted and pilot-tested to target difficult to engage high-risk young men who have sex with men (YMSM) via online social networking and aims to reduce both high-risk sexual behavior and drug use.

Conditions

Sexual Risk; Substance Use

Keywords

sexual risk; substance use; HIV prevention; intervention acceptability and feasibility; young men who have sex with men

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• feasibility and acceptability of intervention delivery

  Participants (N=40) who received eight 30-minute sessions of Motivational Interviewing (to reduce substance use and sexual risk) over instant messaging on Facebook will be interviewed to evaluate the intervention delivery and structure, including their perceived connection with the counselor and concerns with receiving an intervention online.

  1 month

Study Arms (1)

Motivational Interviewing

EXPERIMENTAL

Eight 30-minute sessions utilizing Motivational Interviewing will be delivered to reduce substance use and sexual risk in a group of high risk young men who have sex with men.

Other: Behavioral: HIV prevention intervention

Interventions

Behavioral: HIV prevention intervention OTHER

Substance using HIV-negative young men who have sex with men who engage in sexual risk and use social networking (Facebook) will be recruited and enrolled in a brief intervention utilizing Motivational Interviewing over chat window to reduce their substance use and sexual risk. They will also evaluate their intervention experience at the end of their eight sessions and post-assessment.

Also known as: Reductions in sexual risk and substance use

Motivational Interviewing

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Phase I:
• For the focus group portion of the study (N=20), we will invite former YMHP participants who declined the intervention or only completed one session, agreed to be contacted for future studies, indicated using Facebook, are still between the ages of 18-29 and live in NYC.
• Phase II:
• To qualify for the intervention portion of the study, participants must report
• at least 5 days of drug use (of 1 or more of the following drugs: cocaine, methamphetamine (MA), or ecstasy (MDMA) in the prior three months;
• high-risk sexual behavior (1 or more acts of unprotected insertive or receptive anal sex with a male partner of unknown or HIV+ serostatus), in the prior three months;
• biologically male;
• age 18 to 29;
• HIV-;
• reliable Internet access;
• Facebook use at least four times per week;
• able to write in English given that intervention participation involves writing;
• NYC residency.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will be excluded for any of the following reasons:
• Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms;
• Currently suicidal/homicidal;
• Evidence of gross cognitive impairment;
• Self-reported current enrollment in a drug or HIV-related intervention or research study.
• We exclude those with serious cognitive or psychiatric impairments because this would compromise ability to participate, regardless of whether these impairments are attributed to drug use. Such impairments would make completion of assessments difficult.
• Excluded participants will be referred to local community health and social services resources, for which we have established linkages to facilitate access to care regardless of ability to pay.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hunter College of City University of New York: lead

Study Sites (1)

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

New York, New York, 10001, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Corina T Lelutiu-Weinberger, PhD

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

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 22, 2011
• First Posted: June 27, 2011
• Study Start: November 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2013
• Study Completion: March 1, 2013
• Last Updated: June 3, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-05

Locations

US (1)