Targeting Interventions at Venues Where Risk of HIV Transmission is High

HIV Clinical Trial

— PLACE  

Official title:

Targeting Interventions at Venues Where Risk of HIV Transmission is High

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01423357
• Other study ID #: PLACE
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: August 23, 2011
• Last updated: August 24, 2011
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2010

Study information

• Verified date: August 2011
• Source: University of Zambia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Zambia: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether distribution of condoms and condom demonstrations by youth peer educators in venues where people meet new sexual partners in Livingstone, Zambia, leads to increased condom use among guests socializing in these venues.

Description:

In countries where the HIV prevalence is high, focusing on high risk places such as venues where people meet new sexual partners is probably more effective in reducing the transmission rate of HIV than targeting interventions just at perceived high risk groups. A survey conducted in 2005 in places where people met new sexual partners in Livingstone found that guests socializing there were engaging in high risk sex, but condoms were not always available in the venues. In this intervention study, youth peer educators will distribute condoms and demonstrate condom use in venues where people meet new sexual partners. After the intervention has run for a year, condom use among guests socializing in such venues in the intervention township will be compared with condom use among people socializing in similar venues in a comparison township.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 537
• Est. completion date: March 2010
• Est. primary completion date: March 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Socializing in a venue where people are said to be meeting new sexual partners

• Age 18 years and above

Exclusion Criteria:

• Too drunk to give sensible answers

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV

Intervention

Other:
• Condom distribution and peer education
Condom distribution and condom demonstrations by youth peer educators at least twice a week

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Zambia	Dambwa	Livingstone
Zambia	Maramba	Livingstone

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Zambia	University of Bergen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Zambia, 

References & Publications (1)

Sandøy IF, Siziya S, Fylkesnes K. Lost opportunities in HIV prevention: programmes miss places where exposures are highest. BMC Public Health. 2008 Jan 24;8:31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-31. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Condom use with last sexual partner met in this venue	Guests socializing in venues where people meet new sexual partners are asked about condom use with the last sexual partner met in the venue where interview conducted	in post-intervention survey (1 year after start of intervention)	No
Secondary	Condom availability in the last 12 months in venues where people meet new sexual partners	One person representing each venue included in the survey is asked about the availability of condoms in the venue in the last 12 months	in post-intervention survey (1 year after start of intervention)	No