A Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00691496 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: June 5, 2008
Last Update Posted
: June 13, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Behavioral: Behavioral intervention to reduce sexual risk among African-American men who have sex with men | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 326 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men |
Study Start Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2009 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Receives HIV testing and counseling and 5 week intervention
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Behavioral: Behavioral intervention to reduce sexual risk among African-American men who have sex with men
5 week intervention to increase skill level of participants with talking to their social networks and sexual partners about reducing high risk sexual behaviors while preparing a healthy meal
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No Intervention: 2
Receives only HIV Testing and Counseling
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- The primary goal of the intervention is to reduce HIV transmission or acquisition by reducing the frequency of unprotected anal intercourse among African-American MSM. [ Time Frame: 3 months after completing intervention ]
- Encourage participants to engage in discussions to reduce sexual risk within their social network and with sexual partners. [ Time Frame: 3 months after completing the intervention ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria: identify as African-American, Black, Caribbean Black or multiethnic Black, report sex with men
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participated in pilot
- Identify as transgender
- Plan to move before end of study
- Refuse HIV testing at baseline or identified as a newly diagnosed HIV through testing at the baseline
- Under 18 years of age

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00691496
United States, New York | |
New York Blood Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10003 |
Principal Investigator: | Beryl Koblin, PhD | New York Blood Center |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00691496 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDC-NCHHSTP-5157 |
First Posted: | June 5, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 13, 2012 |
Last Verified: | June 2012 |
Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
HIV Prevention African-American gay |
bisexual intervention trial HIV Seronegativity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |