Risk Reduction Intervention for Vulnerable Young Adult Males
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sex
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
- Enrollment
- 317
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sexual risk
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The primary aim of this study is to test a brief 4-session risk reduction intervention, based on Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) to reduce the co-occurrence of club drug use and sexual risk taking behaviors among non-treatment seeking young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in NYC.
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized clinical trial. A sample of 300 non-treatment seeking YMSM (ages 18-24) who report risky sex and club drug use in the past 90 days are being enrolled using active and passive community-based recruitment strategies in NYC. After baseline assessment, participants are being randomly assigned to one of two study arms: a Brief Risk Reduction Intervention Condition - a four session MET intervention piloted for feasibility and acceptability among YMSM, designed to increase readiness to change club drug use and unprotected sex; or an Education Comparison Condition - four sessions of facilitated education regarding the effects of club drugs and unprotected sex. Participants undergo follow-up assessments 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after baseline.
Investigators
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Professor
Hunter College of City University of New York
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •At least 5 days of drug use (cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, or GHB) in the past 90 days;
- •At least 1 instance of unprotected anal sex in the past 90 days;
- •Biological male;
- •HIV-negative;
- •Residential stability;
- •Ability to communicate in written English.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms;
- •Currently suicidal/homicidal;
- •Evidence of gross cognitive impairment;
- •Reports current enrollment in a drug or HIV related intervention or research study.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sexual risk
Time Frame: every three months over the course of a year
Participants in the MET condition will report greater reductions in the number of unprotected anal intercourse acts and in the proportion of days of club drug use than those in the education comparison condition at the end of the intervention period (3 months) and will maintain greater reductions in the number of unprotected anal intercourse acts and the proportion of days of club drug use than those in the education comparison condition at the three follow-up assessments (6, 9, and 12 months).
Secondary Outcomes
- motivation to change club drug use and unsafe sex over 12 months(every three months over the course of a year)