A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

NCT02546271 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CIHR 194226
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is an HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, which takes place in a group counselling format. All participants provided written informed consent at the outset of the study. Eligible participants filled out a 1-hour computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire. Subsequently, participants attended seven 2-hour group sessions, led by 2 peer facilitators, who were HIV-positive gay men, in groups of 5-8 men. Immediately and 3 months following the completion of the GPS program, participants were scheduled to attend a 1-hour session to complete the same questionnaire package. Participants received an honorarium and a list of community resources, including mental health or substance use counseling services, at the end of each assessment. Participants also participated in a program evaluation interview at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Conditions

Risk Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Serodiscordant condomless anal sex with a casual partner

  Condomless anal sex with an HIV-negative or unknown serostatus casual partner

  Past 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Seroconcordant condonmless anal sex with a casual partner

  Past 3 months

Study Arms (1)

Treatment Group

EXPERIMENTAL

GPS program - an 8-week, peer-led group counselling program using motivational interviewing techniques.

Behavioral: GPS

Interventions

GPS BEHAVIORAL

Treatment Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• In order to be eligible to participate in the study, participants had to:
• identify as male,
• report engaging in condomless anal sex with another male during the past 3 months,
• self-report an HIV-positive status,
• be over the age of 18 years old, and
• be able to speak and read in English.

You may not qualify if:

• Self-reported female gender,
• no condomless anal sex with another male during past 3 months,
• HIV-negative

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Toronto Metropolitan University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Hart TA, Stratton N, Coleman TA, Wilson HA, Simpson SH, Julien RE, Hoe D, Leahy B, Maxwell J, Adam BD. A Pilot Trial of a Sexual Health Counseling Intervention for HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men Who Report Anal Sex without Condoms. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 7;11(4):e0152762. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152762. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27054341 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Risk-Taking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Trevor A Hart, PhD

  Toronto Metropolitan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr. Trevor hart

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2015
• First Posted: September 10, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2013
• Study Completion: November 1, 2013
• Last Updated: July 20, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-07