Intervention to Improve Engagement in Care Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-positive Men

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV, Patient Compliance

In brief

The study involves delivering one of two interventions - either Promoting Action Towards Health (PATH) or Personalized Cognitive Counseling (PCC) - to 440 men who have sex with men (MSM) who have recently been diagnosed with HIV and assessing whether participants who received PATH achieve greater suppression of HIV viral load, demonstrate greater uptake of care and adherence to treatment, and engage in less sexual HIV transmission risk behavior than participants who received PCC. * PATH consists of two preliminary sessions plus "booster" sessions after 1, 3, and 6 months. * Personalized Cognitive Counseling consists of one session. Participants will complete assessments before participating in their intervention (i.e., at "baseline") and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 month follow-up points. Participants' viral loads will be measured at approximately 6 and 12 months following baseline.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01559805

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

202

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2021-12-14

Last updated by the study team

2022-01-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• receiving an HIV diagnosis within the previous 12 months
• entry into HIV primary care
• residence in the greater New York metropolitan area
• aged 18 or older
• provision of written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• demonstrating cognitive impairment, acute psychosis, or suicidal intent or plans

Where it is running

• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center — New York, New York, United States
• Harlem United Community AIDS Center, Inc. — New York, New York, United States
• Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University — New York, New York, United States

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