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