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Expanding the Potential of Couples HIV Testing: Adjunct Modules to Reduce Drug Use Among Vulnerable Male Couples

Active Not RecruitingNA

Sponsor: Hunter College of City University of New York

Conditions: Substance Use, HIV Infections

Interventions: Communication skills training video, Drug use module

Countries: United States

This study utilizes a randomized controlled trial design to evaluate the efficacy of two intervention components for couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC): a communication skills training video and a substance use module. Participants are randomized in a full-factorial design to one of 4 conditions: CHTC as usual; CHTC + communication skills training videos; CHTC + substance use module; or CHTC plus both adjunct components.

Eligibility overview

Sex: MALE

Age: 17 Years to 29 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* · Have a main partner who is another male and have been in a relationship for 3 month or longer

  * One participant must be between 17 and 29; Main partner can be any age above 17.
  * One participant must be HIV negative (as confirmed by rapid test)
  * One participant must have used at least 1 drug in the past 90 days (cocaine/crack, opiates, misuse of prescription medication, stimulants, psychedelics, ecstasy, ketamine, GHB)
  * One participant must have engaged in Transmission Risk Behavior (TRB) in the past 90 days

    o Defined as Condom-less Anal Sex (CAS) with a casual partner and/or CAS with a non-monogamous or serodiscordant main partner
  * Live in the NYC or Detroit metropolitan area
  * Speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

* · Any signs of serious mental illness or cognitive deficit

  * History of IPV with their main partner and safety concerns in the current relationship.

Locations (2)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
New York, New York, United States