Status:

COMPLETED

PTSD and Risk Behavior in HIV Positive Female Adolescents

Lead Sponsor:

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Conditions:

PTSD

Sexual Abuse

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-24 years

Brief Summary

This is a qualitative study using a purposive sampling methodology to interview HIV-positive female adolescents who have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. An open-ended, in-depth interview, oc...

Detailed Description

This study is expected to take approximately 12 months to accrue participants and complete all the interviews. The interview will be conducted in one or two sessions and will be up to two hours in dur...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 through 24 years old, inclusive, at the time of administration of the Screening Questionnaire.
  • Female birth gender
  • Verbal confirmation of acquisition of behaviorally-acquired HIV infection including from injection drug use (IDU) or heterosexual intercourse (vaginal, oral and/or anal) after the age of 9 years
  • HIV-1 infection as documented by a positive result on any of the following licensed tests at any time: any antibody test confirmed by Western blot, HIV culture, plasma HIV-1 RNA PCR \> 1,000 copies/mL or a HIV DNA PCR
  • History of physical and/or sexual abuse prior to age 18 years old documented by a Screening Questionnaire
  • Voluntary vaginal and/or anal intercourse with a male within the 4 months prior to screening.
  • Ability to understand and communicate in spoken English sufficient to provide informed consent and to be interviewed
  • Availability of enrollment slots for the participant's assigned substance-use category at the time of the Screening Questionnaire. (Approximately half of the participants will report substance use) This will be monitored throughout the study enrollment period.
  • Willingness to have the qualitative study interview audio-taped
  • Willingness and ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion

  • Currently suicidal or homicidal by clinician judgment
  • Visibly distraught and/or visibly emotionally unstable (e.g., depressive mood, exhibiting manic, suicidal, or violent behavior);
  • Visibly intoxicated or under the influence of psychoactive agents; or
  • Presents as acutely ill.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00271882

Start Date

March 1 2006

End Date

September 1 2006

Last Update

February 28 2017

Active Locations (3)

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University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States, 33101

2

Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467-2490

3

The Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

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