NCT06745947Recruiting
Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV Behaviors in Sexual Minority Individuals
Development of a Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV-related Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Individuals
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This research study is testing a new behavioral therapy called Episodic Future Thinking or EFT can help people reduce drug use and risky sexual behaviors while helping them adhere to their HIV prevention medication (PrEP). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive standard care, which includes counseling on HIV prevention, drug use reduction, and sexual health. The other group will receive standard care plus a new program called Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), where participants will think about and plan for their future goals using a mobile app and counseling sessions. Study procedures that are not part of regular care include filling out surveys, providing blood, urine, and swab samples for testing, and using the EFT app.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Dec 2024
- Start date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2027
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06745947
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 3 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2027
- 1 site 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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Prior treatment
- Currently receiving treatment for any substance use disorder,
- Any plans that would preclude study completion (e.g. surgery, major medical treatments such as chemotherapy, incarceration, travel/moving out of San Antonio, Texas)
Other illness
- HIV positive
- Having a medical or psychiatric illness that in the opinion of the PI would interfere with study participation
Other
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Unable to attend protocol directed study visits
Who the study is looking for
- Adults 18 - 34 years of age
- HIV negative (assessed via Rapid HIV Antibody Test)
- Identify as gay, or bisexual
- Recent (past 3 months) methamphetamine use
- Currently prescribed and taking HIV PrEP medication
- Self-reported HIV PrEP nonadherence in the past three months
- Urine screen test for PrEP nonadherence
- Self-reported condomless anal sex or a STI in the past three months
- Able to attend all study visits
- Fluent in English
Age in the registry: 18 years to 34 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Recruiting |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.