Pepped on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Counseling and Problem-Solving PrEP Adherence Intervention for Stimulant Using Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM).

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PrEP Uptake, Stimulant Abuse, Adherence, Medication

In brief

Pepped on PrEP is an innovative pilot RCT designed by an interdisciplinary team to develop a counseling and problem-solving PrEP adherence intervention with a Behavioral Activation (BA) approach that aims to re-engage participants in safe but pleasurable activities in life and addresses stimulant-abuse as well as associated factors including depression, as barriers to optimal PrEP adherence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03137342

Run by

Brown University

People needed

15

Starts

2017-05-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age: 18 years or older
• Sex: assigned male sex at birth
• Self-reports having sex with another man in the past month while using stimulants
• Self-reports behavioral risk for HIV infection (consistent with the Center for Disease Control guidelines) for prescribing PrEP: condomless anal intercourse with at least one HIV-infected or unknown serostatus partner in the preceding six months)
• Not currently prescribed PrEP at initial visit
• Able to speak and understand English (for consenting and counseling)
• Lives in New England

You may not qualify if…

• ) Potential participants unable to provide informed consent, including people with severe mental illness requiring immediate treatment or with mental illness limiting their ability to participate.

Where it is running

• Brown University School of Public Health — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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