Clinical trials: Sexual Risk Behavior
Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking
Men's Sexual Risk Behaviors: Alcohol, Sexual Aggression, and Emotional Factors
Although correct, consistent condom use can greatly reduce sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies, resistance of condom use is common among young adults.
- Conditions
- Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Sexual Aggression, Emotions
- Trial name
- NCT03900650
- Testing
- High provocation manipulation, Low provocation manipulation, Alcoholic beverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
HIV Infections
The Risk of HIV Acquisition Among Traditional Healers in South Africa
Traditional healers, community-based partners with the national health system of South Africa, are exposed to patient blood an average of 1,500 times during their careers due to the practice of delivering herbal remedies via…
- Trial name
- NCT04440813
- Testing
- Education and Training by Clinicians, Training and Education from Traditional Healers and Clinicians
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Heavy Drinking and Sexual Risk Behavior
Alcohol and Sex Risk Intervention for MSM Supplement
Open pilot trial to test the feasibility and efficacy of a brief intervention with text messaging to reduce sexual risk behavior and heavy drinking among MSM
- Trial name
- NCT03522948
- Testing
- Brief intervention with text messaging to reduce sexual risk and heavy drinking among MSM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Alcohol; Harmful Use, Binge Drinking
Computerized Brief Alcohol Intervention (BI) for Binge Drinking HIV At-Risk and Infected Women
African American (AA) women are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDs. The major risk factor for HIV acquisition among AA women is high-risk heterosexual sex, including unprotected vaginal and anal sex, and sex with a high-risk…
- Conditions
- Alcohol; Harmful Use, Binge Drinking, Risk Behavior, HIV Infection
- Trial name
- NCT01125371
- Testing
- Computerized brief alcohol intervention + IVR booster calls, Computerized brief alcohol intervention, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 439 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
HIV Infection
Integrated Care Centers to Improve HIV Outcomes in Vulnerable Indian Populations
This is a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated care centers (ICC) to improve access to HIV testing, prevention services, and treatment among high-risk populations of injection drug users (IDU) and…
- Trial name
- NCT01686750
- Testing
- Integrated care centers
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 21,726 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Evaluation of Many Men, Many Voices, An STD/HIV Prevention Intervention for Black MSM
The purpose of this program evaluation is to determine whether the "Many Men, Many Voices" HIV/STD prevention intervention is effective in reducing HIV sex risk behaviors and increasing HIV testing among African-American men who…
- Trial name
- 3MV (NCT00137631)
- Testing
- Many Men, Many Voices (3MV)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alcohol Use, Drug Use
Employment-based Reinforcement to Motivate Drug Abstinence in the Treatment of Drug Addiction. - 1
This application is a competing continuation of a grant in which we developed and pilot tested a computerized Therapeutic Workplace designed to train and employ adults as data entry operators.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Drug Use, Risk Behavior, Sexual Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT00249496
- Testing
- Contingency management, Employment Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Risk Reduction
PrEP Point-of-Care Brief-Intervention for Adherence Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men
Despite advances in HIV prevention, the HIV incidence among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) is increasing, threatening to derail achievement of the United States End the HIV Epidemic goals.
- Trial name
- PrEP2-BAY (NCT05353283)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing Counselling, Point-of-care Urine Tenofovir Measurement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Risk Reduction
Building Mobile HIV Prevention and Mental Health Support in Low-resource Settings
The purpose of this research study is to provide help and support for mental health and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk reduction among Romanian gay and bisexual men.
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Risk Reduction, Alcohol Abuse, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT03912753
- Testing
- Comunică, Education Attention Control
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
HIV/AIDS
Using Open Contest and Neuro-influence Experiment to Develop and Evaluate PrEP Promotion Messages for High Risk Men
The aim of this study is to examine the utility of neuroimaging technique to evaluate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) promotion messages for men who have sex with men (MSM) at risk of HIV in Baltimore.
- Trial name
- NCT04166851
- Testing
- PrEP campaign messages developed via open contest, PrEP campaign messages developed via social marketing approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Alcohol Abstinence
Guanfacine to Reduce Relapse Risk in Women With Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
Guanfacine may preferentially reduce craving and improve cognitive control in women with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), compared to men.
- Trial name
- NCT03137082
- Testing
- Guanfacine XR 3mgs/daily
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Substance Abuse, HIV Infections
Mirtazapine to Reduce Methamphetamine Use Among MSM With High-risk HIV Behaviors
Studies demonstrate that methamphetamine (meth) use is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among MSM, putting meth-using MSM at extraordinarily high risk for transmitting or acquiring HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT00497081
- Testing
- mirtazapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Steering Together in a New Direction: Reducing the Risk of HIV/STD Among African American Men
African American men have by far the highest rates of HIV in the US, but there are few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions to dissuade heterosexually active African American men from engaging sexual risk…
- Trial name
- STAND (NCT02572401)
- Testing
- STAND HIV Risk Reduction Intervention, Text Messaging Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, STI
A Savings Intervention to Reduce Men's Engagement in HIV Risk Behaviors
This randomized control trial will test an economic intervention to reduce Kenyan men's engagement in behaviors that increase the risk of HIV/STIs.
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus, STI, Alcohol Consumption, Incentives
- Trial name
- NCT05385484
- Testing
- Receives mobile banking account with incentives to save, Basic Health and financial education
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Sexual Behavior, Intimate Partner Violence
Integrated Prevention of HIV Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in South Africa
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of Safe South Africa, an integrated intervention for preventing HIV and Intimate Partner Violence perpetration for male adolescents 15-17 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT03179982
- Testing
- Safe South Africa
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Cardiovascular Diseases
The LEARN Study for CVD Prevention
The investigator is testing a virtual environment (VE) to address prevention of HIV-related comorbidities.
- Trial name
- LEARN (NCT05242952)
- Testing
- Gaming in a virtual environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Amphetamine-related Disorders
Long-term Behavior Change - 1
The purpose of this study is to determine if different reinforcement procedures (i.e., schedules) produce different patterns of long-term abstinence from methamphetamine.
- Trial name
- NCT00158197
- Testing
- contingency management voucher
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Reducing HIV Risk Among Adolescents: Evaluating Project HEART
This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training).
- Trial name
- NCT02579135
- Testing
- Safer Sex, Growth Mindsets
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Efficacy of an Abstinence-Only HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Young African-American Adolescents
This study will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of culturally appropriate HIV/sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction interventions in reducing sexual risk behavior among young African-American adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00640653
- Testing
- Abstinence-only HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention, Safer-sex-only HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention, Long comprehensive HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 662 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Risk Behavior, Drug Use
Couples Health Project: Couples-based Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Transmission Risk
This project tests the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the Couples Health Project (CHP). CHP is a brief (3-session) couples-based Motivational Interviewing intervention which addresses drug use and sexual…
- Conditions
- Risk Behavior, Drug Use, Sex, Anal
- Trial name
- CHP (NCT03386110)
- Testing
- Couples Health Project (CHP), Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York