Status:
COMPLETED
Enhancing Sexual Safety: Couples' Communication and HIV Testing Among YMSM
Lead Sponsor:
Florida State University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Hunter College of City University of New York
Oregon Health and Science University
Conditions:
HIV/AIDS
HIV Infections
Eligibility:
MALE
15-24 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare different ways to deliver the couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) intervention that is suited for adolescents and young adults.
Detailed Description
Investigators will conduct a comparative effectiveness trial (CET) of CHTC for adolescent-age (15-24 years) same-sex male couples. This design tests the added benefits of adjunct intervention componen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At least one partner must be HIV-negative or status unknown
- THE INDEX PARTNER must be 15-24 years old
- YMSM under age 18 MUST HAVE AN AGE CONCORDANT PARTNER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY, I.E., MINORS may only participate in the study with a partner within 2 years of age OF THE MINOR SUBJECT'S AGE. THE AGE CONCORDANT PARTNER MUST BE AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
- INDEX PARTNER MUST BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE (ANY ACTIVITY THAT COULD LEAD TO ORGASM)
- CURRENTLY SEEING SOMEONE, DATING, EXPERIMENTING WITH RELATIONSHIPS OR IN A RELATIONSHIP
- HAVE HAD SEX, HOOKED UP WITH OR MADE OUT WITH THAT PERSON
- Both partners must be able to communicate in English.
- LIVE IN OR NEAR NEW YORK CITY OR DETROIT OR SAN DIEGO
- GENDER IDENTITY AS MALE OR nonbinary, GENDERQUEER, agender OR GENDER NONCOMFORMING
Exclusion
- Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms
- Current suicidal/homicidal ideation
- Current or prior Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on the part of either relationship partner
- IF EITHER PARTICIPATING PARTNER FELT PRESSURED OR COERCED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY OR FELT ANYONE MADE THEM FEEL THEY HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THEY STUDY WHEN THEY DID NOT WANT TO.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 20 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
71 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04289116
Start Date
January 20 2020
End Date
May 31 2022
Last Update
November 3 2025
Active Locations (2)
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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
2
The City University of New York
New York, New York, United States, 10018