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Couples Health Project: Couples-based Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Transmission Risk

NCT03386110 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2021-08-19

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Summary

This project tests the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the Couples Health Project (CHP). CHP is a brief (3-session) couples-based Motivational Interviewing intervention which addresses drug use and sexual HIV transmission risk among partnered HIV negative YMSM (ages 18-29). The proposed project includes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 50 couples who are randomized to complete either the CHP intervention or an attention-matched education control condition.

Conditions

  • Risk Behavior
  • Drug Use
  • Sex, Anal

Interventions

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.

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Hunter College of City University of New York

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tyrel J Starks, PhD · Hunter College of City University of New York

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-06
Primary Completion
2020-09-14
Completion
2020-09-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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