Improving Prevention Systems to Reduce Disparities for High Priority Populations (FastTrack)

Hunter College of City University of New York

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: HIV Infections

Treatments: Other: Partner Services Standard of Care; Other: Fast Track Partner Services-Sexual Health Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03778164

R01MH115835

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project collaborates with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) to develop and test a field-based comprehensive sexual health intervention for HIV-exposed contacts notified by its Partner Services (i.e., HIV contact tracing) program. The goal of the study is to develop and test the impact of this new intervention on improving rates of HIV testing, linkage to HIV prevention/care, and PrEP uptake among highest risk contacts recently exposed to HIV. We will conduct a 6-month pilot project, followed by a cross-sectional stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in which 12 clusters of NYC neighborhoods are exposed to the intervention sequentially, with three clusters moving from control to intervention every 6 months (n = 1150). Primary outcomes are HIV testing, timely PrEP/ARV uptake, and linkage to PrEP/HIV care. Secondary outcomes are STD testing and receipt of STD treatment (if indicated).

Enrollment: 1,150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Contacts referred to the Partner Services program during the study time period

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,150 participants in 2 patient groups

Fast Track Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This arm refers to the new Partner Services-Sexual Health intervention offered to contacts by the Partner Services program

Treatment:

Other: Fast Track Partner Services-Sexual Health Intervention

Standard of Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm refers to the current standard practice for partners contacted by the Partner Services program

Treatment:

Other: Partner Services Standard of Care