A Comprehensive Approach to Secondary HIV Prevention and Care Among Positives

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV
• Interventions: Behavioral: Prevention & Testing Control; Behavioral: Prevention & Testing

• Registration Number: NCT01935440
• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to conduct an HIV prevention intervention to train HIV seropositive drug users to be peer health educators.

Detailed Description

The primary objective of this funded research is to conduct an HIV prevention intervention to train HIV seropositive drug users to be peer health educators to: (1) recruit their high risk social network members for voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) at the research clinic, (2) promote risk reduction among social network members, and (3) promote engagement in HIV care by encouraging HIV seropositive network members to schedule and keep HIV primary care appointments. There will be four types of participants in the Full Trial: 1) Index, 2) Testing Network 3) Longitudinal Network and 4) HIV positive network participants. This longitudinal study includes baseline, 6-months, and 12-month assessments

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-08-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-08-30
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-05
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-31
• Study Completion: 2017-01-31
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 632

Inclusion Criteria

Index

1. 18 years old or older
2. documentation of HIV positive status
3. report one of following risk behaviors in past 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex

Testing network

1. 18 or older
2. provided testing coupon provided by an index participant

Longitudinal network participant-

1. tested HIV negative at the Lighthouse via redeeming a testing coupon
2. reported interacting with index who gave the coupon at least weekly
3. report one of following risk behaviors in the prior 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex

Positive Networks

1. HIV positive
2. report one of following risk behaviors in the prior 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex

Exclusion Criteria

Index- already enrolled in the study as a Network participant

Testing network- already enrolled in the study as a Network participant

Longitudinal network- a) already enrolled in the study as a Network participant b) already enrolled in the study as a Index participant

Positive network- a) already enrolled in the study as a Network participant b) already enrolled in the study as a Index participant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Prevention & Testing Control	Prevention & Testing Control	The comparison condition is focused on basic HIV risk reduction , safety and preventing drug overdose.
Prevention & Testing Intervention	Prevention & Testing	The intervention condition is training on peer outreach skills which includes talking to HIV positive social network members about HIV care, medication adherence and HIV risk reduction.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in HIV medication adherence	6 month
change in frequency in attending HIV medical appointments	6 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in sharing injection equipment	6 month
change in condom use	6 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lighhouse Studies @ Peer Point; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States