Using the Ending Self-Stigma Intervention to Reduce Internalized Stigma Among People Living With HIV Who Use Substances
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: HIV, Stigma, Social, Substance Use
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an intervention to reduce stigma among people living with HIV who use opioids and cocaine. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does reducing internalized stigma about HIV and/or drug use lead to improved HIV care outcomes? After a year spent adapting an existing intervention to be applied specifically among people living with HIV who use substances, 70 participants will be randomized to receive either treatment-as-usual or the newly adapted intervention. The intervention itself will consist of five one-on-one sessions with a trained interventionist to discuss and work through the stigmas people commonly associate with HIV and/or substance use.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05704764
- Run by
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
- People needed
- 70
- Starts
- 2023-02-17
- Expected to finish
- 2026-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18+ years of age
- English speaking
- Living with HIV
- Self-report recent drug and/or alcohol use OR currently enrolled in substance use treatment
- Willing and able to provide full informed consent
- Responds affirmatively to having ever experienced one or more of the following types of stigma related to HIV status or SU: (1) enacted, (2) anticipated, and/or internalized.
You may not qualify if…
- Does not meet all inclusion criteria.
Where it is running
- Friends Research Institute, Inc. Satellite Office — Newhall, California, United States
- University of Maryland School of Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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