Initiative for Chinese Sex Workers to Promote Wellbeing and Improve HIV Prevention by Reducing intersEctional Stigma

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: HIV Prevention; Wellbeing

• Registration Number: NCT07103525
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

During the development phase (Aim 1), investigators will use a community-driven process to further refine a preliminary intervention design that was developed based on previous research.

For the intervention phase (Aim 2), investigators will conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of the multi-level intervention. For the individual-level component of the intervention, investigators will recruit 70 Chinese immigrant FSWs who work in MPs in Queens, NYC (n=35 intervention participants and n=35 control participants).

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of intervention implementation (Aim 3), investigators will conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with 12 FSW study participants and the 2 peer advocates and focus groups with 4-5 staff from each of the 3 organizations (3 focus groups total and 12-15 focus group participants in total).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-05
• Study Start: 2026-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2027-11
• Study Completion: 2028-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• Female Sex Workers: A person who identifies as a woman, Chinese, a massage parlor (MP) worker in Queens, who is at least 18 years old, and has provided sexual services in the past 12 months, will be eligible.
• Community advisory board (CAB) members: self identifies as a community member providing services to immigrant Chinese women and is at least 18 years old.
• Peer Advocates: self identifies as current or previous sex worker, is a Chinese adult woman, and speaks both Mandarin and English.
• Medical Providers: self identifies as a current medical provider who works with Chinese immigrant adults and speaks English.

Exclusion Criteria

• Female Sex Workers: Because completion of HIV testing is our primary study outcome, women who received an HIV test in the previous 3 months or who know they are HIV-positive will be excluded from the study.
• Community advisory board (CAB) members: Does not speak English or is under the age of 18.
• Peer Advocates: Does not speak English/Mandarin or is under the age of 18.
• Medical Providers: Does not speak English or does not provide care to Chinese immigrant adults (e.g., pediatricians).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Participants who Completed HIV Testing	Follow-Up Visit 1 (Approximately Week 6)	Assessed via self-report.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Participants with PrEP Uptake	Follow-Up Visit 1 (Approximately Week 6)	Assessed via self-report; percentage of participants who begin PrEP treatment.

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

NYU Langone Health; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Columbia University Irving Medical Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

CUNY-Hunter College; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States