A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

Risk Behavior Clinical Trial

— GPS  

Official title:

A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02546271
• Other study ID #: CIHR 194226
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2009
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: Ryerson University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is an HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, which takes place in a group counselling format. All participants provided written informed consent at the outset of the study. Eligible participants filled out a 1-hour computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire. Subsequently, participants attended seven 2-hour group sessions, led by 2 peer facilitators, who were HIV-positive gay men, in groups of 5-8 men. Immediately and 3 months following the completion of the GPS program, participants were scheduled to attend a 1-hour session to complete the same questionnaire package. Participants received an honorarium and a list of community resources, including mental health or substance use counseling services, at the end of each assessment. Participants also participated in a program evaluation interview at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: November 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

In order to be eligible to participate in the study, participants had to:

1. identify as male,

2. report engaging in condomless anal sex with another male during the past 3 months,

3. self-report an HIV-positive status,

4. be over the age of 18 years old, and

5. be able to speak and read in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported female gender,

• no condomless anal sex with another male during past 3 months,

• HIV-negative

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Risk Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• GPS

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ryerson University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Serodiscordant condomless anal sex with a casual partner	Condomless anal sex with an HIV-negative or unknown serostatus casual partner	Past 3 months
Secondary	Seroconcordant condonmless anal sex with a casual partner	Condomless anal sex with an HIV-positive casual partner	Past 3 months

External Links

•   Program website