(Men Who Have Sex With Men) MSM Community Intervention Trial

National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Syphilis; HIV; Herpesvirus 2, Human

Treatments: Other: behavior intervention and male circumcision

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01068015

Intervention20100105

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the community based comprehensive HIV/STIs intervention among MSMs in China.

Full description

National sentinel surveillance data show that HIV infections are increasing fast among men who have sex with men(MSM) in China. In some cities HIV prevalence among MSM is higher than 10%.It is urgent for China to explore innovative intervention to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission among this population.

The purposes of this study are:

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive interventions to decrease the HIV/STIs incidence among MSM population in China. The comprehensive intervention components include male circumcision, POL intervention, HIV testing and counseling and condom promotion.
2. To determine the acceptability of male circumcision among MSM population in China.

Enrollment: 3,214 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or above
• Male have oral sex or anal sex within 6 months with a man
• Accept questionnaire survey and blood test
• Can participate in three surveys in one year
• HIV Negative
• No mental disease and can understand informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,214 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This arm receives free circumcision service, POL intervention, intensive HIV counseling and intensive condom promotion.

Treatment:

Other: behavior intervention and male circumcision

usual

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm receives no extra HIV prevention services.

Treatment:

Other: behavior intervention and male circumcision