Project Hope: Hospital Visit is an Opportunity for Prevention and Engagement With HIV-positive Crack Users

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Crack Cocaine Use, Risky Sexual Behavior

In brief

The proposed study uses a two-arm randomized experimental design to evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-guided, "Prevention Care Advocate" intervention with HIV-positive crack users. Study participants will be recruited from the HIV inpatient hospital wards of two inner-city hospitals that serve a similar population of HIV-positive patients: Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in Miami, Florida and Grady Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00447798

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

413

Starts

2005-06-01

Expected to finish

2011-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• HIV positive
• Sexually active
• Recruited from inpatient/hospital setting
• Crack user

You may not qualify if…

• HIV negative
• Not sexually active
• Not recruited from inpatient/hospital setting
• Non crack user

Where it is running

• University of Miami Hospital & Clinics/ Jackson Memorial Hospital — Miami, Florida, United States
• Grady Health System-Grady Memorial Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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