Couples Health Project: Couples-based Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Transmission Risk (CHP)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03386110 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 29, 2017
Results First Posted : August 19, 2021
Last Update Posted : August 19, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Risk Behavior Drug Use Sex, Anal | Behavioral: Couples Health Project (CHP) Behavioral: Education | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Couples Health Project: Couples-based Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Transmission Risk |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 6, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 14, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 14, 2020 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Couples Health Project (CHP)
The CHP intervention is a three session intervention that occurs once a week for three weeks. The CHP intervention will be delivered by MI-trained mental health counselors. The CHP intervention is comprised of 3 sessions. 25 couples will be allocated to this arm.
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Behavioral: Couples Health Project (CHP)
The CHP intervention focuses on addresses drug use and HIV transmission risk by enhancing dyadic communication skills and motivation to work towards shared health goals. The last session of the CHP intervention consists of a Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) session. |
Active Comparator: Education
The Education intervention is a attention-matched control three-session intervention that occurs once a week for three weeks. The education intervention will be delivered by trained health educators. The education intervention is comprised of 3 sessions. 25 couples will be allocated to this arm.
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Behavioral: Education
The Education intervention consists of a 3-session health education intervention that addresses sexual risk and substance use through a lecture and question and answer format with a male couple. Additionally, the last session of the education intervention consists of a Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) session. |
- Illicit Drug Use [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3-month follow-up; 6-month follow-up ]The self-reported number of illicit drug use instances (not including marijuana) in the past 30 days
- Number of HIV Transmission Risk Events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The self-reported number of events of condomless anal sex (CAS) with casual partners in the past 30 days
- Marijuana Use [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The self-reported number of marijuana drug use instances in the past 30 days
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 29 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Gender Based Eligibility: | Yes |
Gender Eligibility Description: | Eligibility is based on self-identification of a male birth gender and current self-identification of a male gender identity of both parts of the couple. |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least one member of the couple must be 18 to 29 years of age
- Both members assigned male gender at birth and currently identify as male
- At least one member of the couple reports an HIV-negative serostatus
- Couple has been together for at least 3 months
- The use of at least one of the following substances in the past 30 days (only one partner): marijuana, cocaine/crack, amphetamines, ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, nitrates, prescriptionn drug misuse
- At least one member of the couple, in the past 30 days, had condomless anal sex (CAS) with a casual partner and/or CAS with a non-monogamous or serodiscordant main partner.
- Both members must be able to communicate in English
- Both members must reside in the NYC metro area
Exclusion Criteria:
- Either member of the couple reports IPV, which is defined as serious physical or sexual violence that occurs outside the context of consensual bondage or sado-masochistic sexual play, which results in concerns of safety.
- Inconsistencies between information provided in the eligibility screener and the in-person meeting or any issues that might hinder participation. The couple may also be deemed ineligible if participant responses are sufficiently inconsistent to call into question the validity of their individual responses
- The couple reports a sero-concordant HIV-positive serostatus
- Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms (assessed at Baseline)
- Currently suicidal/homicidal
- Evidence of gross cognitive impairment
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03386110
United States, New York | |
Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training | |
New York, New York, United States, 10018 |
Principal Investigator: | Tyrel J Starks, PhD | Hunter College of City University of New York |
Documents provided by Tyrel Starks, Hunter College of City University of New York:
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Responsible Party: | Tyrel Starks, Associate Professor of Psychology, Hunter College of City University of New York |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03386110 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
R34DA043422 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) R34DA043422 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | December 29, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 19, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | August 19, 2021 |
Last Verified: | July 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | A databank may be used to share data consistent with the NIH resource sharing agreement. The requester will contact the PI of the study and the PI will contact the CUNY Office for Research Compliance per university guidelines for data sharing. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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