NCT01068015

(Men Who Have Sex With Men) MSM Community Intervention Trial

A COMMUNITY-BASED, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF COMPREHENSIVE HIV/STIs INTERVENTION AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN 8 CITIES IN CHINA

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,214 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC · Other Government
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the community based comprehensive HIV/STIs intervention among MSMs in China.

Detailed description

National sentinel surveillance data show that HIV infections are increasing fast among men who have sex with men(MSM) in China. In some cities HIV prevalence among MSM is higher than 10%.It is urgent for China to explore innovative intervention to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission among this population. The purposes of this study are: 1. To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive interventions to decrease the HIV/STIs incidence among MSM population in China. The comprehensive intervention components include male circumcision, POL intervention, HIV testing and counseling and condom promotion. 2. To determine the acceptability of male circumcision among MSM population in China.

Conditions

• HIV
• Syphilis
• Herpesvirus 2, Human

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	behavior intervention and male circumcision	MSM in intervention arm can receive circumcision service for free, POL intervention, intensive HIV counseling and intensive condom promotion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-02-12
• Last updated: 2010-04-08

Locations

8 sites across 1 country: China