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Enhancing Sexual Safety: Couples' Communication and HIV Testing Among YMSM

NCT04289116 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2025-11-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare different ways to deliver the couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) intervention that is suited for adolescents and young adults.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

We Test

This design tests the added benefits of adjunct intervention components delivered prior to receipt of CHTC-Assertive Communication Training (ACT) videos viewed by the couple separately and individually delivered Motivational Interviewing-based Communication Skills Training (MI-CST). These target the development of communication skills necessary to participate fully in HIV prevention and sexual safety discussions inherent to CHTC.

BEHAVIORAL

IHTC

Individual HIV Testing and Counseling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hunter College of City University of New York

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wayne State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Florida State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tyrel Starks, PhD · City University of New York

  • Sarah W Feldstein Ewing, PhD · University of Rhode Island

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-20
Primary Completion
2022-05-31
Completion
2022-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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