Connect 'n Unite: Couples-Based HIV/STI Prevention for Drug-Involved, Black MSM
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections
In brief
The study has the following primary aims: (1) to test whether participants assigned to CNU (a 7-session, manualized intervention entitled "Connect 'n Unite") engage in lower HIV/STI behavioral risk compared to participants assigned to WP (a wellness promotion attention control condition); (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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01394900
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 424
- Starts
- 2012-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-08-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-06-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male
- At least 18 years old
- Report having a "primary/main male partner" operationalized as a male with whom he has had an ongoing sexual relationship over the prior 6 months and has an emotional bond with more than any person
- Self-identify as African American and/or Black, or identify having a main partner who self-identifies in this manner
- Report using a illicit use of psychostimulant and/or psychoactive drugs in the past 90 days (or has a main male partner who meets this criterion)
- Report having unprotected anal sex with a man who is a non-main partner in the past 90 days (or has a main male partner who meets this criterion)
- Identify each other as their main partner
You may not qualify if…
- Either partner reports the occurrence of ≥1 incident of severe intimate partner violence (IPV) within the relationship in the past year as assessed using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales
- Either partner has a language or cognitive impairment that prevents comprehension of study procedures as assessed during informed consent
- Either partner reports being currently involved (i.e., has not completed the final follow-up assessment) in an HIV prevention research study
Where it is running
- Columbia University School of Social Work — New York, New York, United States
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