NCT01118416

Risk Reduction Intervention for Vulnerable Young Adult Males

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 317 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hunter College of City University of New York · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Sex
• Substance Use
• HIV

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HIV prevention intervention randomized control trial	Substance using HIV-negative young MSM who engage in sexual risk are randomized to either a motivational interviewing or an education condition to reduce sexual risk and drug use.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-09-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2010-05-06
• Last updated: 2013-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States