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Clinical Trials/NCT00712088
NCT00712088CompletedNot Applicable

Project ICARE: Intervening for Community Awareness, Respect, & Empowerment - Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior of African American Men Who Have Sex With Men

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 site in 1 country275 target enrollmentStarted: July 1, 2008Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
275
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Unprotected Sex

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This project will test the efficacy of a behavioral intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV infection among African American Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM).

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Be 18 years of age or older;
  • •Self-identify as African American
  • •Understand and read English;
  • •Live within the Chicago area;
  • •Report at least two (male or female) sex partners in the past three months, and unprotected anal sex with at least one male sex partner in the past three months.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Have been diagnosed with HIV within the past three months (to allow for psychological and behavioral adjustment following an initial HIV diagnosis);
  • •Have a specific plan to move from the Chicago area within the next nine months;
  • •Report active injection drug use other than hormones or steroids.
  • •Participated in the intervention video or the pilot phase of this study.

Arms & Interventions

1: Group Intervention

Experimental

Group level intervention

Intervention: Project ICARE (Behavioral)

2: HCT

Active Comparator

Offer of HIV counseling and testing

Intervention: HCT (Behavioral)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Unprotected Sex

Time Frame: past three months

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sponsor Class
Fed

Study Sites (1)

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