Advanced HIV Prevention (PrEP Chicago)

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV

Treatments: Behavioral: PrEP Intervention Group; Other: Control Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02896699

IRB15-1250

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the feasibility of a network intervention to train individuals to disseminate PrEP information and motivate initial PrEP interest and knowledge of PrEP in their social networks.

Full description

The specific aims of this study are:

1. To recruit 450 participants in Chicago, Illinois, and to train them as peer change agents (randomized to cross-over groups) to disseminate PrEP information and motivate PrEP interest and knowledge of PrEP in their local networks.
2. To evaluate feasibility of the program over 2 years of participant follow-up through: 1) peer change agent exit survey; 2) peer change agent booster sessions; 3) peer change agent communication with University of Chicago PrEP program social media; 4) referrals into the project and; 5) calls into the PrEP warmline.

Enrollment: 424 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lives on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois
• Born male
• Has had sex with men in the previous year
• Is an active Facebook user
• Does not have plans to leave Chicago

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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424 participants in 2 patient groups

PrEP Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Group training session including HIV Education, PrEP Education, Following the training session Booster phone calls HIv and syphillis testing

Treatment:

Behavioral: PrEP Intervention Group

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group HIV risk vignettes

Treatment:

Other: Control Group