Brief Electronic Intervention for Heavy Drinking and Sex Risk Among MSM Seeking HIV Testing

Brown University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Abuse; HIV Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Attention-Matched Control; Behavioral: Brief Electronic Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03435783

1411001155

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall objective of this research is to use both qualitative and quantitative data to inform the development of a technology-based intervention for heavy drinking and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) who are seeking free HIV testing. Investigators will be conducting a randomized-controlled pilot test of the intervention among MSM seeking HIV testing in community-based settings to explore its potential impact on alcohol and HIV-related behavioral outcomes. This research will ultimately produce a combined, theory-based, and technology- delivered intervention for heavy drinking and sex risk that is fully portable and has been preliminarily tested for efficacy in community settings where high-risk MSM engage with prevention services.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Biologically male
2. Aged 18 or older
3. Fluent English speaker
4. Unprotected anal sex with a casual male partner at least once in the past 3 months
5. Heavy alcohol use during the past 2-weeks (>14 drinks per week, or at least one occasion of 5+ drinks on a given occasion)
6. Breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) of .000 at the time of enrollment
7. No history of complex alcohol withdrawal
8. HIV-negative

Exclusion criteria

1. Individuals who are HIV-positive
2. Individuals who participated in other phases of the research
3. Individuals who report being coerced to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Electronic Intervention

Attention-matched control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention-Matched Control