Multimedia WORTH With Black Drug-Involved Women on Probation

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, Gonorrhea, Trichomonas, Chlamydia Trachomatis, Drug Use

In brief

The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will rigorously evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of delivering a multimedia evidence-based intervention (WORTH) and streamlined HIV testing to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with Black/African-American (hereafter referred to as Black) women drug users in probation sites in New York City (NYC), compared to streamlined HIV testing alone. Repeated assessments will occur at baseline and 3, 6, and 12-months post intervention. The primary outcomes will be to reduce cumulative incidence of biologically confirmed STIs (i.e., Chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomonas and the number of unprotected sex acts.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02391233

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

354

Starts

2015-11-15

Expected to finish

2019-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• She is 18 or older.
• She is currently supervised by a criminal justice entity, such as a community court or probation.
• She reports engaging in unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner in the past 90 days
• She reports any illicit drug use or binge drinking in the past 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• Ability to speak and understand English is not sufficient to participate in assessments or intervention sessions.
• The woman's sexual activity is limited to a monogamous relationship lasting more than 12 months, and she has not engaged in any of the additional HIV risk behaviors in the past 90 days:
• Having sex with more than one partner
• Having sex with a partner known or suspected to be HIV positive or an injection drug user (IDU)
• Sharing injection drug use needles or equipment
• The woman is actively trying to get pregnant/have a baby.
• Inability to complete informed consent process due to a psychiatric or cognitive impairment.
• The participant was born male.

Where it is running

• Columbia University — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.