A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)

HIV Infections Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00691041
• Other study ID #: CDC-NCHHSTP-5221
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 3, 2008
• Last updated: June 12, 2012
• Start date: August 2008
• Est. completion date: March 2010

Study information

• Verified date: June 2012
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal GovernmentUnited States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the efficacy of a network-oriented "outreach intervention" to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) related risk behaviors among African American men who have sex with men (AA MSM)and their social network. The hypothesis is to determine whether the new intervention is more efficacious at reducing high risk sexual behaviors than the standard normal of care provided to the public (a single session of individual HIV counseling and testing.

Description:

The intervention increases participants' personal level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention and inspires participants to diffuse the information to their social network.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 233
• Est. completion date: March 2010
• Est. primary completion date: March 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Identify as a black / African American male

• Report sex with at least 2 people in past 3 months/ 1 being male

• Willingness to take HIV test or provide documentation if HIV+

• Willingness to identify and recruit friend/relative to study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under age 18

• Identify as female or transgender

• Not identify as Black / African American

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Infections

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Unity in Diversity
HIV/STI counseling and testing and a 7 session intervention to increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention (to decrease HIV acquisition or transmission) and to diffuse the information to their social network

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Lighthouse	Baltimore	Maryland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Latkin C, Yang C, Tobin K, Penniman T, Patterson J, Spikes P. Differences in the social networks of African American men who have sex with men only and those who have sex with men and women. Am J Public Health. 2011 Oct;101(10):e18-23. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2 — View Citation

Latkin C, Yang C, Tobin K, Roebuck G, Spikes P, Patterson J. Social network predictors of disclosure of MSM behavior and HIV-positive serostatus among African American MSM in Baltimore, Maryland. AIDS Behav. 2012 Apr;16(3):535-42. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011- — View Citation

Tobin KE, German D, Spikes P, Patterson J, Latkin C. A comparison of the social and sexual networks of crack-using and non-crack using African American men who have sex with men. J Urban Health. 2011 Dec;88(6):1052-62. doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9611-4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To increase participants knowledge of HIV/STI risks to assist with decreasing high risk sex/drug behaviors		3 months after completing intervention	No
Secondary	To increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV/STI prevention and diffusing the information to their social network)		3 months after completing the intervention	No