Implementing an Evidence-based Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Intervention in Young Adult Homeless Service Settings
Key facts
- Who runs it
- RAND
- Where
- Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Venice, United StatesSee the 3 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 360 people, planned
- Starts
- 15 Apr 2027
- Expected to end
- 30 Sept 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- AWARE
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 25 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- aged 18-25 years
- receiving services at the drop-in center
- plans to stay in the geographic area for the next month
- English speaking
Who cannot take part
- Observed cognitive impairment during enrollment
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 25 years old?
Where in United States
- My Friend's PlaceLos Angeles, United StatesContact: Laura Onasch-VeraNot yet recruiting
- 412 Youth ZonePittsburgh, United StatesContact: Kortney HartmanNot yet recruiting
- Safe Place for YouthVenice, United StatesContact: Noelle StanfieldNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if AWARE-a brief, 4-session group program based on motivational interviewing-reduces alcohol and other drug use and sexual risk behavior among young adults experiencing homelessness (ages 18-25). The study will also learn how well AWARE can be delivered in real-world drop-in center settings and what it would take to keep the program running long-term.
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The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does AWARE reduce the frequency, quantity, and consequences of alcohol use more than services as usual? * Does AWARE reduce sexual risk behavior (condomless sex with primary and casual partners, number of sexual partners, and alcohol or other drug use during sexual activity)? * How consistently and well can AWARE be delivered at community drop-in centers?
Researchers will compare AWARE to services as usual at three drop-in centers in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh to see if AWARE works to better.
Participants will:
* Attend up to 4 group sessions of AWARE or continue receiving usual services at their drop-in center * Complete surveys about their alcohol and drug use, sexual behavior, and health at study enrollment, and 3 and 6 month follow-ups.
The 2 groups in the trial
- AWARE conditionTreatment being tested
AWARE is a four-session Motivational Interviewing (MI)-informed group risk reduction intervention that incorporates education, skills building and personalized feedback. Participants will have access to all usual care services while receiving AWARE.
Treatment: AWARE
- Standard care conditionNo study treatment, for comparison
Participants in the Standard Care condition have access to "usual care" at the drop-in center where the study is being conducted.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07933406, who can take part
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026