Status:

COMPLETED

Peer Leaders as HIV Risk Reduction Change Agents Among Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Ukraine

Lead Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

HIV Infection

HIV Risk Behaviors

Eligibility:

All Genders

16+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Using a randomized clinical trial (RCT), this study is designed to assess the effectiveness of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) risk-reduction interventions targeting injection drug users (IDUs) in ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • active drug injector
  • 16 years of age or older
  • not too intoxicated to give informed consent
  • not planning to leave the area in the next 6 months and no pending court date that might result in incarceration
  • agree to HIV testing and counseling
  • not involved in prior project research activities in teh previous 24 months
  • Indexes: must be able to recruit two eligible network members into the study
  • Network: agree to participate in five peer educator training sessions

Exclusion

  • being too intoxicated at the time of the interview
  • impaired mentally due to physical or psychological problems to the point that they cannot voluntarily consent to participate in the study and/or respond to the interview
  • have a known reason why they will not be available for the intervention or the follow-up interview
  • have been involved in prior project research activities in the previous 24 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

2304 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01159704

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

March 1 2017

Last Update

June 19 2019

Active Locations (3)

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NGO

Donetsk, Ukraine

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NGO

Nikolayev, Ukraine

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NGO

Odesa, Ukraine