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Connect 'n Unite: Couples-Based HIV/STI Prevention for Drug-Involved, Black MSM

NCT01394900 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 424

Last updated 2024-06-04

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Summary

The study has the following primary aims: (1) to test whether participants assigned to CNU (a 7-session, manualized intervention entitled "Connect 'n Unite") engage in lower HIV/STI behavioral risk compared to participants assigned to WP (a wellness promotion attention control condition); (2) to test whether participants assigned to CNU have lower cumulative incidence of STIs-chlamydia and gonorrhea-confirmed via biological assay compared to participants assigned to WP; and (3) to test whether participants assigned to CNU engage in less drug use compared to participants assigned to WP.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CNU Intervention

Notions that strengthen the closeness with one's partner, connect with similar couples, and visibly strengthen a community as key to combating dynamics that cause poor communication, isolation, fragmentation of the Black MSM community.

BEHAVIORAL

WP Intervention

Attention control condition - WP focuses on nutrition, fitness, healthcare, and stress management. Given the prevalence of health problems among the target population, WP emphasizes adherence to medical guidance and medication regimens.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elwin Wu, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2019-08-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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