Clinical trial NCT00691041: A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)
Official title: A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: HIV Infections
Keywords: HIV Prevention
Men who have sex with men
African American
Unprotected sex
HIV Seronegativity
Lead sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sponsor class: FED
First posted: 2008-06-05
Enrollment: 233
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to examine the efficacy of a network-oriented "outreach intervention" to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) related risk behaviors among African American men who have sex with men (AA MSM)and their social network. The hypothesis is to determine whether the new intervention is more efficacious at reducing high risk sexual behaviors than the standard normal of care provided to the public (a single session of individual HIV counseling and testing.

Detailed description: The intervention increases participants' personal level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention and inspires participants to diffuse the information to their social network.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Identify as a black / African American male
* Report sex with at least 2 people in past 3 months/ 1 being male
* Willingness to take HIV test or provide documentation if HIV+
* Willingness to identify and recruit friend/relative to study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under age 18
* Identify as female or transgender
* Not identify as Black / African American

Primary outcomes:
measure: To increase participants knowledge of HIV/STI risks to assist with decreasing high risk sex/drug behaviors
timeFrame: 3 months after completing intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: To increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV/STI prevention and diffusing the information to their social network)
timeFrame: 3 months after completing the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Lighthouse
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University -Bloomberg School of Public Health
name: Carl Latkin, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Tobin KE, German D, Spikes P, Patterson J, Latkin C. A comparison of the social and sexual networks of crack-using and non-crack using African American men who have sex with men. J Urban Health. 2011 Dec;88(6):1052-62. doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9611-4.
citation: Latkin C, Yang C, Tobin K, Penniman T, Patterson J, Spikes P. Differences in the social networks of African American men who have sex with men only and those who have sex with men and women. Am J Public Health. 2011 Oct;101(10):e18-23. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300281. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
citation: Latkin C, Yang C, Tobin K, Roebuck G, Spikes P, Patterson J. Social network predictors of disclosure of MSM behavior and HIV-positive serostatus among African American MSM in Baltimore, Maryland. AIDS Behav. 2012 Apr;16(3):535-42. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0014-z.