Motivational Interviewing to Increase PrEP Uptake (MI-PrEP)

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Risk Factor

Treatments: Behavioral: Enhanced Treatment as Usual (E-TAU); Behavioral: Experimental Intervention (MI-PrEP)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03592719

20180516

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test a counseling program for Black women at high risk for HIV

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV-negative
• Identify as Black and/or African American
• Age 18 or older
• Cis-gender Female
• English speaking
• Is capable of completing and fully understanding the informed consent process and the study procedures and
• Meets the Center for Disease Control's indications for PrEP use (17): (a) any sex with opposite sex partners in the past 6 months and (b) not in a monogamous partnership with a recently tested HIV-negative partner or (c) any injection of drugs not prescribed by a clinician in the past 6 months AND (d) at least one of the following: (i) infrequently uses condoms in sex with one/more partners of unknown HIV status (ii) in a sexual relationship with an HIV-positive partner or (iii) any sharing of injection/drug preparation equipment in past 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Not capable of completing/fully understanding the consent process and the study procedures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

MI-PrEP

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive the manualized two-session intervention entitled "Motivational Interviewing to Increase PrEP Uptake"

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental Intervention (MI-PrEP)

Enhanced Treatment as Usual (E-TAU)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive two sessions which entail psychoeducation on PrEP.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced Treatment as Usual (E-TAU)