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A Study of Peer Education to Prevent HIV Transmission Among Injection Drug Users and Their HIV Risk Contacts

NCT00038688 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2610

Last updated 2009-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Injection drug use is the major mode of HIV transmission in many countries. Injection drug users (IDUs) transmit HIV not only through shared drug injection equipment but also through heterosexual and homosexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission. Studies have shown that peer education programs can reduce HIV risk behavior in IDUs. However, it is not known if reduced HIV risk behavior leads to fewer HIV infections. The purpose of this study is to find out if a peer education program can reduce the number of new HIV infections by changing the behavior of IDUs and their HIV risk contacts.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer HIV Education Program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Carl Latkin, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Countries

  • United States
  • Thailand

Study Locations

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