Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention and Control in Tanzania

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Encouraging Safe Sexual Practices Among Youth Using Cash Rewards: A Randomized Trial in the Kilombero/Ulanga Districts, Tanzania

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00922038
• Other study ID #: 025202
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 12, 2009
• Last updated: June 16, 2009
• Start date: February 2009

Study information

• Verified date: June 2009
• Source: University of California, Berkeley
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review BoardTanzania: National Institute for Medical Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project evaluates the effect of a combined economic and psycho-social intervention to reduce risky sexual activity and its consequences. The main hypothesis to be tested is that risky sexual activity and resulting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be reduced through an intervention of counseling, regular STI testing, and positive reinforcement using cash rewards. The intervention is being implemented in a population of young people in rural Tanzania where more conventional behavioral change interventions have had limited effect in battling a generalized HIV epidemic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2411
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Plan to live in study area for next 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cash reward
Enrollees testing negative for treatable sexually transmitted infections will receive cash rewards.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (7)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Berkeley	Health Effects Institute, Population Health Research Institute, RTI International, University of California, San Francisco, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, World Bank

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections measured in laboratory testing (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Trichomonas, Mycoplasma genitalium, HSV-2, HIV)		4, 8, and 12 months	No