Trauma Intervention for Affect Regulation, AIDS, and Substances (TIARAS)

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Substance Related Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Contingency Management; Behavioral: Neutral Writing; Behavioral: Expressive Writing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02923141

20160744

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Purpose of this study is to see if it is possible to deliver an intervention that targets trauma, substance use, and engagement in HIV care with HIV-positive women.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV positive
• woman or trans woman
• substance use
• elevated PTSD symptoms
• HIV care difficulties

Exclusion criteria

• not HIV positive
• no substance use
• men
• no HIV care difficulties
• no history of trauma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

Neutral Writing + Contingency Management

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will attend four attention-matched control sessions, consisting of face-to-face administration of psychological measures and neutral writing exercises. Participants will also take part in 36 contingency management sessions in which they provide self-collected urine for toxicology screening and receive financial incentives for each negative drug result.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contingency Management

Behavioral: Neutral Writing

Expressive Writing + Contingency Management

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will attend four expressive writing sessions focusing on traumatic or stressful events. Participants will also take part in 36 contingency management sessions in which they provide self-collected urine for toxicology screening and receive financial incentives for each negative drug result.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Expressive Writing

Behavioral: Contingency Management