Status:

COMPLETED

International Social Network Intervention

Lead Sponsor:

Medical College of Wisconsin

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Behavior

Eligibility:

All Genders

14+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This grant involves 24 social networks of young men who have sex with men, Roma, and young high-risk heterosexual adult men and women living in Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia.

Detailed Description

For over 4 years, our international collaborative research team has carried out a social network HIV prevention intervention trial with community populations of young men who have sex with men (YMSM),...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Members of a friendship group will be eligible for enrollment if they are of legal age to independently consent to participate in this study. In its review and approval of this protocol, the IRB at BotkinHospital, St. Petersburg, Russia verified and confirmed in writing to us that the age of research participation consent is 15. In its review and approval of this protocol, the IRB at the Health and Social Development Foundation determined that the age of research participation consent in Bulgaria is 16. In Hungary, the IRB at the Institute of Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences determined that the age of independent consent to participate in this study is 14.
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Exclusion

  • Individuals will be excluded from enrollment into the study if they are below the age for providing independent consent or are not capable of providing informed consent based on impairment due to the presence of sever psychopatology, substance use, or similar conditions observed at the time of informed consent. Social networks will be excluded from the study if: (1) more than 33% of named network members do not agree to participate; (2) fewer than 50% of members report occurrence of unprotected intercourse during the past 3 months at baseline; or (3) more than 10% of a network's members are also members of another network enrolled in the study.
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

1292 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00838773

Start Date

May 1 2007

End Date

March 1 2016

Last Update

April 25 2016

Active Locations (3)

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1

Health and Social Development Foundation

Sofia, Bulgaria

2

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Budapest, Hungary

3

Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases #30

Saint Petersburg, Russia