Alcohol and Sex Risk Intervention for MSM Supplement

Boston University Charles River Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heavy Drinking and Sexual Risk Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief intervention with text messaging to reduce sexual risk and heavy drinking among MSM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03522948

3R01AA022301-02S1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

3468

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

This study seeks to develop and provide an initial test of a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use and sex risk behavior among among men who have sex with men. The study seeks to recruit MSM who are non-monogamous, have engaged in unprotected anal intercourse over the past 3 months, and who have engaged in heavy drinking defined as > 14 drinks per week or at least 1 heavy drinking episode (5+ drinks on a single occasion) in the past month. All participants will complete baseline measures about past month behavior and if eligible will be assigned to the intervention condition. This intervention consists of a single brief in-person intervention coupled with 4 weeks of text messaging related to individualized goals about alcohol use and sexual behavior. Follow-up assessments are scheduled for within 1 week of completion of the text messaging component of the intervention. Primary outcomes are feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and message components. Secondary outcomes are changes in frequency of unprotected intercourse and heavy drinking episodes.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 21 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Non-monogamous bisexual/gay male with Kinsey score indicating mainly homosexual identification, heavy drinking, UAI in past 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

HIV+ Past or current tx for alcohol use (past 3 years), bipolar disorder or schizophrenia Current psychiatric treatment Medications contraindicated by alcohol Medical conditions contraindicated by alcohol Substance specific ASSIST scores of 27 or greater

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Open pilot

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention is a brief, in-person motivational intervention followed by 4 weeks of text messaging to reduce heavy episodic drinking and sexual risk behavior (unprotected anal intercourse) among men-who-have-sex-with-men.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief intervention with text messaging to reduce sexual risk and heavy drinking among MSM