NCT05000866Completed
Expanding the Potential of Couples HIV Testing: Adjunct Modules to Reduce Drug Use Among Vulnerable Male Couples
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study utilizes a randomized controlled trial design to evaluate the efficacy of two intervention components for couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC): a communication skills training video and a substance use module. Participants are randomized in a full-factorial design to one of 4 conditions: CHTC as usual; CHTC + communication skills training videos; CHTC + substance use module; or CHTC plus both adjunct components.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 484 (actual)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2021
- Start date
- 13 Oct 2021
- Primary completion date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT05000866
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 484
- From 13 Oct 2021 to the primary completion date, 24 Jun 2026
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- · Any signs of serious mental illness or cognitive deficit
- History of IPV with their main partner and safety concerns in the current relationship.
Who the study is looking for
- · Have a main partner who is another male and have been in a relationship for 3 month or longer
- One participant must be between 17 and 29; Main partner can be any age above 17.
- One participant must be HIV negative (as confirmed by rapid test)
- One participant must have used at least 1 drug in the past 90 days (cocaine/crack, opiates, misuse of prescription medication, stimulants, psychedelics, ecstasy, ketamine, GHB)
- One participant must have engaged in Transmission Risk Behavior (TRB) in the past 90 days
- o Defined as Condom-less Anal Sex (CAS) with a casual partner and/or CAS with a non-monogamous or serodiscordant main partner
- Live in the NYC or Detroit metropolitan area
- Speak English
Age in the registry: 17 years to 29 years · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Unknown status |
| Hunter College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
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