High Risk Crack Use Settings and HIV in El Salvador (Encuentro)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01279421 |
Recruitment Status
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Active, not recruiting
First Posted
: January 19, 2011
Last Update Posted
: August 30, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Behavioral: Social Network HIV Testing Behavioral: Peer Network Intervention | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 4382 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | High Risk Crack Use Settings and HIV in El Salvador |
Study Start Date : | November 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2016 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Social Network HIV Testing
Participants in this arm will be recruited through social networks and will receive an HIV test.
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Behavioral: Social Network HIV Testing
Crack users will be recruited for HIV testing and receive 3 coupons to recruit other crack users for HIV testing.
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Experimental: Peer Network Intervention
Eight (8) current or former crack users will be recruited to facilitate small networks of crack users in a three-day intervention. They will also facilitate monthly meetings open to all community members regarding HIV prevention and interpersonal violence.
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Behavioral: Peer Network Intervention
Peer leaders will recruit small networks of crack users and facilitate a three-day prevention intervention.
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- Increased HIV testing rates among crack users [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Decreased number of sexual risk behaviors among crack users [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Community and organizational factors associated with successful implementation of multi-level, community-based HIV prevention intervention [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- used crack cocaine in the last 2 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- not giving informed consent
- under 18 years of age
- considered by research staff to be unfit or unable to give informed consent
- engages in continued disruptive behavior while participating in the project
- not using crack or cocaine in the last month

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01279421
El Salvador | |
Fundasalva | |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Principal Investigator: | Julia B. Dickson-Gomez, Ph.D. | Medical College of Wisconsin | |
Study Director: | Gloria Bodnar, Ph.D. | Fundacion Antidrogas de El Salvador (FUNDASALVA) |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Julia Dickson-Gomez, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01279421 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PRO00013931 R01DA020350 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | January 19, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 30, 2017 |
Last Verified: | August 2017 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Infection Virus Diseases Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases, Female |