Reducing High Risk Behavior in Treatment Court

HIV Clinical Trial

Official title:

Delivering HIV Risk Reduction Services in Treatment Court

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01481428
• Other study ID #: #1002
• Secondary ID: R01DA030257
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Public Health Management Corporation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be the first to examine the efficacy of using a brief, computerized HIV risk reduction intervention in treatment courts.

Description:

Four hundred consenting treatment drug court participants will be randomly assigned to either an HIV intervention group (n = 200) or an attention control group. All clients will attend their regularly scheduled status hearings which are scheduled approximately every six weeks. Clients in the HIV intervention group will receive a brief computerized, self-administered HIV risk reduction intervention following each of their first three status hearings. Clients in the attention control condition will view a series of educational life-skill videos of matched length following each of their first three status hearings. The primary outcome will be engagement in high risk behaviors as measured by the Risk Assessment Battery (RAB). Secondary HIV-related outcomes will include: (1) rate of HIV testing, (2) condom procurement, and (3) self-reported condom use. Tertiary outcomes related to treatment court compliance will include: (1) drug court graduation, (2) urinalysis-confirmed drug abstinence, (3) case management attendance, and (4) satisfaction with case management. In addition, we will conduct preliminary cost and cost-effectiveness analyses on the delivery of the brief computerized HIV intervention. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and 9- and 15-months post admission.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 371
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. be at least 18 years of age;

2. be charged with a non-violent felony offense

3. have no more than two prior non-violent convictions or diversionary opportunities

4. be willing to participate in the treatment court program for at least 12 months

5. be in need of treatment for substance abuse or dependence as assessed by case management.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Elderly subjects and those with medical problems will be included in the research as long as they do not have any physical or psychiatric condition that would impede their ability to give competent consent to research participation or to understand the research instruments.
• Those individuals who are intoxicated, cognitively impaired, or psychiatrically unstable when approached will not be included; however, such individuals may subsequently be included if the disqualifying condition subsides.
• Spanish speaking only individuals.
• Client remanded to jail or residential treatment facilities at the time of Treatment Court enrollment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV
• Substance Abuse
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Computer-facilitated HIV intervention
Individuals assigned to the experimental condition will complete the self-directed CARE HIV intervention during each of their first three sessions. The 20 minute intervention sessions involve several components including a brief risk assessment, review of identified risks, structured skill building videos, and the development of a risk prevention action plan. Because of the adaptive nature of the CARE program, the content of each session will be tailored to address the current risks of the participant. While the main focus of the intervention is on risk, individuals who report being HIV infected will receive a referral to treatment if they are not currently receiving medical care and their session will address, among other things, adherence to HIV care.
• Attention Control
Life skills training DVDs that match the duration of the anticipated experimental condition. The DVDs address topics such as positive listening skills, anger management, and stress reduction.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Philadelphia Treatment Court	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Treatment Research Institute	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Engagement in high risk behaviors	Measured by the Risk Assessment Battery (RAB)	15 month follow-up
Secondary	Rate of HIV testing		15 month follow-up
Secondary	Condom Procurement		15 month follow-up
Secondary	Self-reported Condom Use		15 month follow-up