HIV InfectionsNCT01161485
Reduction of Drug Use and HIV Risk Among Out-of-Treatment Methamphetamine Users
A study testing HIV Testing and Counseling, Contingency Management and Strengths-based case management in people with HIV Infections, run by University of Colorado, Denver at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
There is a need to identify and test effective strategies to reduce meth use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors in heterosexuals. This project will compare the efficacy of a manually-driven HIV testing and counseling (HIV T/C) intervention, with HIV T/C plus a manualized Contingency Management (CM)… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV Infections
- What is being tested?
- HIV Testing and Counseling, Contingency Management and Strengths-based case management
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 502 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Aug 2010to 25 May 2016
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age or older
- Be competent (not too intoxicated or mentally disabled) to give informed consent at the time of the interview
- Meth use (verified through urine drug screening and a self-report of meth use of at least 4 times per month for the last 3 months)
- Self-reported sex with someone of the opposite sex in last 30 days
- Ability to provide a reliable address and phone number for contact
- Not in drug treatment in the past 30 days
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- Willingness to be tested for HIV at baseline and follow-up
- Not transient and no know reason why he/she will not be available for follow-up interviews
- Not currently mandated by the criminal justice system to receive treatment based on self-report.
Who cannot join
- Participation in drug treatment in the past 30 days
- Currently participating in another Project Safe study
- Pregnant or attempting to become pregnant
- Intoxicated or impaired mentally to the point that they cannot voluntarily consent to participate tin the project and/or respond to the interview
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
There is a need to identify and test effective strategies to reduce meth use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors in heterosexuals. This project will compare the efficacy of a manually-driven HIV testing and counseling (HIV T/C) intervention, with HIV T/C plus a manualized Contingency Management (CM), with HIV T/C plus CM plus a manualized Strengths-Based Case Management (CM/SBCM) model. As HIV T/C is the standard of care, the investigators are testing to determine if the investigators can enhance this standard. The specific aims and hypotheses of this protocol are:
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on reducing drug use, specifically meth use. Hypothesis 1: CM/SBCM will reduce drug use more than those in CM (which will have more reduction than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through increased service utilization.
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on reducing HIV and STI risk behaviors, specifically sex risk behaviors but also needle risk for injection drug users (IDUs). Hypothesis 2: CM/SBCM will have greater decreases in HIV risk behaviors than those in CM (which will have greater decreases than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through reduced drug use.
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on improving mental health status. Hypothesis 3: CM/SBCM will have greater improvements in mental health status than those in CM (which will have greater improvements than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through increased service utilization and reduction of drug use, and potentially moderated by baseline meth use.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections
- Being tested
- HIV Testing and Counseling, Contingency Management, Strengths-based case management
- Keywords
- HIV Infections, Treatment, Methamphetamine
- Medical subject headings
- HIV Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
HIV Testing and CounselingBehavioural
A manualized individual-level model consisting of two education and counseling sessions that structurally bracket confidential HIV antibody screening.
Contingency ManagementBehavioural
In voucher-based CM programs, drug users who submit urine samples that are negative for specified drugs are reinforced with vouchers. Based on operant conditioning, CM rewards those who comply with the targeted behavior and does not reward when compliance is not achieved. In this study a mid-value reinforcement CM schedule will be used in order to balance community cost concerns with the need to show comparative efficacy in reducing meth use and concomitant sex risk behaviors in a largely unstudied risk group. Participants in the CM arm will be asked to come to the study site three times a week to leave a urine sample, get the result, and will then be offered a voucher if their urine is clean and given brief verbal feedback.
Strengths-based case managementBehavioural
Strengths-based case management (SBCM) is a specific type of case management that is based on the following principles: 1) clients are most successful when they identify and use their strengths, abilities, and assets; 2) goal-setting is guided by the clients' perceptions of their own needs; 3) the client-case manager relationship is promoted as essential; 4) a creative approach to the use of the community will lead to the discovery of needed resources; and 5) case management is conducted in the community. It differs from more traditional case management models that emphasize resource brokerage and client advocacy in its recognition that only the individual can change his/her behavior.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| HIV Testing and Counseling | Active comparator | HIV Testing and Counseling Receives: Behavioral: HIV Testing and Counseling |
| Contingency Management (CM) | Active comparator | Contingency management is based on Skinner's principles of operant conditioning in behavioral psychology, dating back to the 1930s (Skinner 1938). The basis of this model is that behavior is learned and reinforced by environmental contingencies that reward or punish. Receives: Behavioral: HIV Testing and Counseling; Behavioral: Contingency Management |
| CM with Strengths-based case management | Experimental | Strengths-based case management (SBCM) is a specific type of case management that is based on the following principles: 1) clients are most successful when they identify and use their strengths, abilities, and assets; 2) goal-setting is guided by the clients' perceptions of their own needs; 3) the client-case manager relationship is promoted as essential; 4) a creative approach to the use of the community will lead to the discovery of needed resources; and 5) case management is conducted in the community. Receives: Behavioral: HIV Testing and Counseling; Behavioral: Contingency Management; Behavioral: Strengths-based case management |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Reduction of drug use, specifically methamphetamine
Measured: 12-month follow-up interview
Reduction of HIV and STI risk behaviors, specifically sex risk behaviors but also needle risk for injection drug users
Measured: 12-month follow-up interview
Improved mental health status
Measured: 12-month follow-up interview
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Jul 2010 (estimated)
- Study startAug 2010
- Primary completion13 Jun 2015
- Study completion25 May 2016
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HIV InfectionsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of Colorado, DenverThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 502 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Karen F Corsi, ScD, MPH, Principal investigator, University of Colorado, Denver
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01161485
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 10-0518
- Status last verified
- Jan 2017
- First submitted
- 9 Jul 2010
- Last updated
- 20 Jan 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Jan 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Reduction of Drug Use and HIV Risk Among Out-of-Treatment Methamphetamine Users
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01161485
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 10-0518
- Conditions
- HIV Infections
- Keywords
- HIV Infections, Treatment, Methamphetamine
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 502 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Colorado, DenverUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Aug 2010
- Primary completion
- 13 Jun 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- 25 May 2016 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Jul 2010 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
There is a need to identify and test effective strategies to reduce meth use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors in heterosexuals. This project will compare the efficacy of a manually-driven HIV testing and counseling (HIV T/C) intervention, with HIV T/C plus a manualized Contingency Management (CM), with HIV T/C plus CM plus a manualized Strengths-Based Case Management (CM/SBCM) model. As HIV T/C is the standard of care, the investigators are testing to determine if the investigators can enhance this standard. The specific aims and hypotheses of this protocol are:
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on reducing drug use, specifically meth use. Hypothesis 1: CM/SBCM will reduce drug use more than those in CM (which will have more reduction than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through increased service utilization.
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on reducing HIV and STI risk behaviors, specifically sex risk behaviors but also needle risk for injection drug users (IDUs). Hypothesis 2: CM/SBCM will have greater decreases in HIV risk behaviors than those in CM (which will have greater decreases than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through reduced drug use.
- To compare the relative efficacy of HIV T/C vs. CM vs. CM/SBCM on improving mental health status. Hypothesis 3: CM/SBCM will have greater improvements in mental health status than those in CM (which will have greater improvements than HIV T/C), potentially mediated through increased service utilization and reduction of drug use, and potentially moderated by baseline meth use.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| HIV Testing and Counseling | Active comparator | Behavioral: HIV Testing and CounselingHIV Testing and Counseling |
| Contingency Management (CM) | Active comparator | Behavioral: HIV Testing and Counseling, Behavioral: Contingency ManagementContingency management is based on Skinner's principles of operant conditioning in behavioral psychology, dating back to the 1930s (Skinner 1938). The basis of this model is that behavior is learned and reinforced by environmental contingencies that reward or punish. |
| CM with Strengths-based case management | Experimental | Behavioral: HIV Testing and Counseling, Behavioral: Contingency Management, Behavioral: Strengths-based case managementStrengths-based case management (SBCM) is a specific type of case management that is based on the following principles: 1) clients are most successful when they identify and use their strengths, abilities, and assets; 2) goal-setting is guided by the clients' perceptions of their own needs; 3) the client-case manager relationship is promoted as essential; 4) a creative approach to the use of the community will lead to the discovery of needed resources; and 5) case management is conducted in the community. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (9 listed)
- 18 years of age or older
- Be competent (not too intoxicated or mentally disabled) to give informed consent at the time of the interview
- Meth use (verified through urine drug screening and a self-report of meth use of at least 4 times per month for the last 3 months)
- Self-reported sex with someone of the opposite sex in last 30 days
- Ability to provide a reliable address and phone number for contact
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Participation in drug treatment in the past 30 days
- Currently participating in another Project Safe study
- Pregnant or attempting to become pregnant
- Intoxicated or impaired mentally to the point that they cannot voluntarily consent to participate tin the project and/or respond to the interview
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| HIV Testing and CounselingA manualized individual-level model consisting of two education and counseling sessions that structurally bracket confidential HIV antibody screening. | Behavioural | CM with Strengths-based case management, Contingency Management (CM), HIV Testing and Counseling |
| Contingency ManagementIn voucher-based CM programs, drug users who submit urine samples that are negative for specified drugs are reinforced with vouchers. Based on operant conditioning, CM rewards those who comply with the targeted behavior and does not reward when compliance is not achieved. In this study a mid-value reinforcement CM schedule will be used in order to balance community cost concerns with the need to show comparative efficacy in reducing meth use and concomitant sex risk behaviors in a largely unstudied risk group. Participants in the CM arm will be asked to come to the study site three times a week to leave a urine sample, get the result, and will then be offered a voucher if their urine is clean and given brief verbal feedback. | Behavioural | CM with Strengths-based case management, Contingency Management (CM) |
| Strengths-based case managementStrengths-based case management (SBCM) is a specific type of case management that is based on the following principles: 1) clients are most successful when they identify and use their strengths, abilities, and assets; 2) goal-setting is guided by the clients' perceptions of their own needs; 3) the client-case manager relationship is promoted as essential; 4) a creative approach to the use of the community will lead to the discovery of needed resources; and 5) case management is conducted in the community. It differs from more traditional case management models that emphasize resource brokerage and client advocacy in its recognition that only the individual can change his/her behavior. | Behavioural | CM with Strengths-based case management |
Primary outcome
Reduction of drug use, specifically methamphetamine
Time frame: 12-month follow-up interview
Reduction of HIV and STI risk behaviors, specifically sex risk behaviors but also needle risk for injection drug users
Time frame: 12-month follow-up interview
Improved mental health status
Time frame: 12-month follow-up interview
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Jan 2017.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Karen F Corsi, ScD, MPH principal investigator
University of Colorado, Denver
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing HIV Testing and Counseling, Contingency Management and Strengths-based case management in people with HIV Infections, run by University of Colorado, Denver at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jan 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Reduction of drug use, specifically methamphetamine (time frame: 12-month follow-up interview). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jan 2017.