N/A
N=71
Enhancing Sexual Safety: Couples' Communication and HIV Testing Among YMSM
HIV/AIDS · HIV Infections
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04289116 ↗Enrolled (actual)
71
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Nov 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: HIV Transmission Risk Behavior — 9; 11; 0; 4 Participants — p=0.20
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- We Test (Behavioral); IHTC (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult · 15+ yrs
- Sex
- Male
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
- Primary completion
- May 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY HIV Transmission Risk Behavior |
9; 11; 0; 4; 8; 0 | 0.20 |
| SECONDARY Communication Skills |
123; 121.19; 129.00; 125.04; 119.04; 125.27 | 0.08 |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare different ways to deliver the couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) intervention that is suited for adolescents and young adults.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- At least one partner must be HIV-negative or status unknown
- THE INDEX PARTNER must be 15-24 years old
- YMSM under age 18 MUST HAVE AN AGE CONCORDANT PARTNER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY, I.E., MINORS may only participate in the study with a partner within 2 years of age OF THE MINOR SUBJECT'S AGE. THE AGE CONCORDANT PARTNER MUST BE AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
- INDEX PARTNER MUST BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE (ANY ACTIVITY THAT COULD LEAD TO ORGASM)
- CURRENTLY SEEING SOMEONE, DATING, EXPERIMENTING WITH RELATIONSHIPS OR IN A RELATIONSHIP
- HAVE HAD SEX, HOOKED UP WITH OR MADE OUT WITH THAT PERSON
- Both partners must be able to communicate in English.
- LIVE IN OR NEAR NEW YORK CITY OR DETROIT OR SAN DIEGO
- GENDER IDENTITY AS MALE OR nonbinary, GENDERQUEER, agender OR GENDER NONCOMFORMING
Exclusion Criteria
- Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms
- Current suicidal/homicidal ideation
- Current or prior Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on the part of either relationship partner
- IF EITHER PARTICIPATING PARTNER FELT PRESSURED OR COERCED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY OR FELT ANYONE MADE THEM FEEL THEY HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THEY STUDY WHEN THEY DID NOT WANT TO.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04289116). 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.