Connect 'n Unite: Couples-Based HIV/STI Prevention for Drug-Involved, Black MSM
Summary
This study rigorously tests the efficacy of a couples-based HIV and sexually transmitted infection (HIV/STI) preventive intervention for African American/Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in same sex intimate relationships in which at least one partner is using stimulants (herein referred to as "stimulant-using, Black MSM couples"). This study is a logical progression from the investigative team's CDC-funded pilot study that successfully pilot tested a couples-based intervention originally for heterosexual couples ("Connect") adapted for a new target population of methamphetamine-using, Black MSM couples. That pilot study culminated with a manualized, 7-session intervention entitled "Connect 'n Unite" (CNU—pronounced "seein' you"—for short) as a candidate couples-based HIV preventive intervention for stimulant-using, Black MSM couples. This study is a randomized clinical trial with 240 stimulant-using, Black MSM couples to test the impact of CNU versus a wellness promotion (WP) attention control condition on behavioral and biologically assayed outcomes over a 12-month follow-up period. The study has the following primary aims: (1) to test whether participants assigned to CNU engage in lower HIV/STI behavioral risk compared to participants assigned to WP; (2) to test whether participants assigned to CNU have lower cumulative incidence of STIs—chlamydia and gonorrhea—confirmed via biological assay compared to participants assigned to WP; and (3) to test whether participants assigned to CNU engage in less drug use compared to participants assigned to WP.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
Conditions
HIV
Intervention
Connect 'n Unite, Wellness Promotion
Location
Columbia University School of Social Work
New York
New York
United States
10027
Status
Recruiting
Source
Columbia University
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01394900
- ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on June 18, 2013
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T04:00:28-0400
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