HIV Prevention Among At-risk Latinos in the Heartland

Официальное название

Regular HIV Testing and HIV Prevention Among At-Risk Latino Men in the Heartland

Обзор

This study is a randomized controlled trial that evaluates the efficacy of a network intervention to promote regular HIV testing and prevention (risk reduction and PrEP awareness and referrals) among friendship networks of Latino men who have sex with men and transwomen (LMSMT) in three mid sized Midwestern cities.

Подробное описание

To benefit from early HIV diagnosis, the CDC suggests that groups at higher HIV risk get tested regularly. The study will evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to promote regular HIV testing and prevention (risk reduction and PrEP awareness and referrals) among friendship networks of Latino men who have sex with men and transwomen (LMSMT) in three midsized Midwestern cities. The intervention uses the relationships that permeate networks of LMSMT by training well-positioned members to encourage a collective response to the epidemic and to disseminate HIV testing and prevention messages and resources within the network. Thus, we will (a) recruit 36 friendship networks of LMSMT in Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Indianapolis (N ≈ 432); (b) test them for HIV and recommend that they test regularly; (c) invite key members of 18 randomly selected networks to a 4-session training to promote regular HIV testing and prevention in their networks; (d) conduct chart reviews to verify regular testing and PrEP visits and assess regular testing, PrEP visits, and risk behavior and mediators at 6, 12 and 18-month follow up.

Вмешательства

• Диагностический тест HIV counseling and testing
  Receive HIV testing risk assessment and advice about risk reduction and future testing.
• Поведенческое Network intervention
  Key individuals are trained to provide advice about regular testing and risk reduction.

Первичные конечные точки

• Mean percentage of participants who report having tested for HIV twice in the past 12 months. [Срок оценки: Past 12 months]
• Mean percentage of PrEP-eligible participants who report having consulted with a provider about PrEP. [Срок оценки: Past 6 months]
• Mean percentage of participants who report having had unprotected sex with a casual partner. [Срок оценки: Past 6 months]
• Mean percentage of participants who report having tested for HIV in the past 6 months. [Срок оценки: Past 6 months]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Latinx men who have sex with men or transgender women 18 or more years of age.
• Lives in the Milwaukee, Cleveland or Indianapolis area.
• Can provide informed consent.
• Additional inclusion criteria for networks: 80% or more of the network is of Latinx descent.

Критерии исключения

• Cis-gender female.
• Did not have sex with men or identify as homosexual or bisexual.
• Cannot provide consent.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Да

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Открытое

Основная цель

Профилактика

Центры проведения

США · 3 центра

• Shalom Health Care Center — Indianapolis
• AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland — Cleveland
• Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers — Milwaukee

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT04563715 · 32961 · R01MH116787

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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