Computer-Assisted Tailored Cue-card Health [CATCH] Study

RTI International

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; STDs; Hepatitis, Viral, Human

Treatments: Behavioral: Tailored Cue Cards

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01170741

1R21DA026771

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will draw from proven interventions to refine and pilot test a cue card driven computer-assisted intervention, along with HIV/STI testing, that will be tailored to each participant's demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, and biological test results. The specific aims of the proposed study are:

1. To refine a cue card driven computer-assisted risk reduction intervention that will be tailored to each participant's demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, ethnicity), risk behaviors, and biological test results (HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and herpes).
2. To pilot test the tailored intervention's effects on sexual risk behaviors (e.g., frequency of unprotected sex, condom use), drug use during sex and injection risk behaviors (e.g., direct syringe sharing, indirect sharing practices) using a two-group randomized design that compares the tailored intervention with a delayed treatment control condition.
3. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the tailored intervention in a rural setting.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

The sample of 120 will be drawn from the Raleigh-Durham, NC metro area with the following targets:

• 40 MSM (at least 12 African American, 12 non-Hispanic white and 12 Hispanic) - eligibility includes unprotected sex with another male in the past 30 days
• 40 sex workers (at least 6 male and 6 female of each race/ethnicity) - eligibility includes unprotected sex within the last 30 days and exchange of sex for money or drugs within the past 30 days
• 40 drug users who are not sex workers or MSM (at least 2 males and 2 females of each race/ethnicity) - eligibility includes use of methamphetamine, crack or powder cocaine, or heroin in the past 30 days and unprotected intercourse and/or syringe sharing in the past 30 days.

Additional eligibility criteria include the following:

• be 18 years of age or older
• self-identify as male or female
• self-identify as African American, non-Hispanic white or Hispanic
• not currently be in or seeking substance use treatment
• speak and understand written English proficiently
• be a resident of Wake, Durham, Orange, Johnston or Chatham counties, with no plans to move in the next 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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122 participants in 1 patient group

Delayed Control Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants assigned to the delayed treatment control condition will be offered biological testing and the tailored cue-card intervention upon completion of their 3- month follow-up interview. Use of a delayed treatment control group design will permit us to separate intervention effects on HIV risk behaviors from the general effects of participating in the study and completing a detailed HIV risk assessment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tailored Cue Cards