Alcohol and Sex Risk mHealth-Enhanced Brief Intervention for BLMSM

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heavy Drinking and Sexual Risk Behavior

In brief

Randomized controlled pilot trial to test the feasibility and efficacy of a brief intervention with app-based messaging to reduce sexual risk behavior and heavy drinking among Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino MSM.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04821427

Run by

Boston University Charles River Campus

People needed

24

Starts

2021-04-04

Expected to finish

2021-09-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-23

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 50. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Black/African American or Latino/Hispanic
• At least one heavy drinking episode in past month
• At least one episode of condomless anal intercourse with another man in the past 6 months
• Own a smartphone
• English speaking

You may not qualify if…

• HIV+
• Currently on PrEP
• Monogamous/exclusive relationship
• Past or current treatment for alcohol (past 3 years)
• Current or past psychiatric treatment (past 3 months)
• Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia
• Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test score >5
• Lifetime diagnosis of substance use disorder
• ASSIST score of >/=27 for any individual substance

Where it is running

• Boston University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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