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Risk Reduction for Urban Substance Using Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

NCT01327898 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 515

Last updated 2014-07-25

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Summary

The specific aims of the 5-year study are to: 1) describe the nature and extent of substance use and sexual risk behaviors in a sample of 500 sexually active, substance using, not-in-treatment men who have sex with men (MSM) in urban South Florida (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale); 2) identify the independent covariates of baseline substance abuse and sexual risks; 3) evaluate, through random assignment of participants, the relative effectiveness of two intervention conditions in reducing sexual risks and substance use, as measured at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up assessments: a) an innovative five-session risk reduction intervention derived from psychological empowerment theory titled Project GOAL; and, b) an enhanced community standard-of-care HIV counseling Comparison Condition.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

empowerment theory-based small group discussion

four small group discussion sessions followed by one individual counseling session

BEHAVIORAL

individual resilience counseling

one individual resilience counseling session

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Nova Southeastern University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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