NCT06307977Recruiting
Couples Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Risk in Vulnerable Male Couples
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study utilizes a randomized controlled trial design to evaluate the efficacy of couples motivational interviewing (MI) to reduce the frequency and severity of illicit drug use and frequency of HIV transmission risk behavior (TRB). Participants are randomized to one of two conditions: couples MI or standard couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 360 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 25 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- Jan 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06307977
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 360
- From 25 May 2024 to the primary completion date, Jan 2028
- 3 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.
Other
- Current suicidal/homicidal ideations
Who the study is looking for
- Have a main partner who is another cisgender male and have been in a relationship for 3 month or longer
- Index participant must be between 18 and 55; Main partner can be any age 18 and older
- One participant must be HIV negative (as confirmed by rapid test)
- One participant must have used at least 1 drug in the past 30 days (cocaine/crack, opiates, misuse of prescription medication, stimulants, psychedelics, ecstasy, ketamine, GHB, amyl nitrite)
- Index participant must have engaged in TRB in the past 30 days- Defined as CAS with a casual partner, or a serodiscordant or non-monogamous main partner
- Live in the United States
- Speak and read English
Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charlottesville | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Wayne State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Hunter College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
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