Addressing Substance Use Through CVCT

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Sex, Unsafe, Drug Use

In brief

The proposed study developed and tested two adjunct components for use in Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) with gay-male couples: a communication skills training video and a substance use agreement module. Phase I of the study involved the creation of intervention materials and Phase II was comprised of a small randomized controlled trial comparing the additive effects of the novel components to CHTC as usual.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03125915

Run by

Hunter College of City University of New York

People needed

140

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2018-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Both members of the couple:
• are born male and current male gender identity;
• identify as gay, bisexual or same-sex attracted;
• read English at 8th grade level or better;
• have access to the Internet;
• agree to audio and video recording of intervention sessions;
• At least one member of the couple:
• reports the use of any drug listed on the DAST-10 in the previous 30 days.
• s identified as HIV negative during screening and baseline assessments.
• The couple
• has been together for at least 3 months;
• has engaged in oral or anal sex with one another in the past 3 months;

You may not qualify if…

• At baseline either member of the couple reports intimate partner violence (IPV), which is defined as serious physical or sexual violence that occurs outside the context of consensual bondage or sado-masochistic sexual play, which results in concerns about safety.
• At the first in-person meeting, staff will be empowered to deem the couple ineligible for the intervention if they identify inconsistencies between information provided in the eligibility screener and the in-person meeting (e.g., discrepancies in age or duration of relationship) or any issues that might hinder participation (e.g., attending meeting high or drunk). The couple may also be deemed ineligible if participant responses are sufficiently inconsistent to call into question the validity of their individual responses.

Where it is running

• Hunter College — New York, New York, United States

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