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N/A N=400 Randomized Health Services Research

Brief Intervention for Rural Women at High Risk for HIV/HCV

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus · Hepatitis C · Drug Abuse

Enrolled (actual)
400
Serious AEs
0.8%
Results posted
Oct 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Having Unprotected Casual Sex — 27; 25 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
MI-based HIV Risk Reduction (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
Female
Sponsor
Michele Staton
Primary completion
May 2019

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants Having Unprotected Casual Sex
27; 25
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Exchanging Sex
9; 8
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Recently Receiving Physical or Behavioral Health Treatment
83; 84

Summary

The overall aim of this study is to reduce risk behaviors and increase health and behavioral health service utilization among disadvantaged, drug-using rural women at high risk for HIV and HCV. This project has potential to make a significant contribution to science by providing knowledge about the health, risk behaviors, and service utilization of a vulnerable and understudied group of women during a time of emerging and significant public health risk in a rural Appalachian setting. Successful completion of the aims of this project will advance the delivery of a low-cost, potentially high impact intervention with implications for a number of other real world settings (such as criminal justice venues) where other disadvantaged high-risk drug users can be identified and targeted for intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • ASSIST score of 4+
  • engagement in at least one sex risk behavior in the past 3 months
  • willingness to participate in brief intervention sessions
  • no evidence of cognitive impairment
  • no evidence of active psychosis (currently experiencing hallucinations)
  • no self-reported current symptoms of physical withdrawal from a recent episode of drug use
  • incarceration period of 1 week - 3 months in order to complete intervention sessions

Exclusion Criteria

  • ASSIST score of <4
  • no engagement in at least one sex risk behavior in the past 3 months
  • not willing to participate in brief intervention sessions
  • evidence of cognitive impairment
  • evidence of active psychosis (currently experiencing hallucinations)
  • self-reported current symptoms of physical withdrawal from a recent episode of drug use
  • incarceration period of less than 1 week or greater than 3 months in order to complete intervention sessions
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01840722). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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