Project ICARE: Intervening for Community Awareness, Respect, & Empowerment

N/ACompletedNCT00712088

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention275 enrolled

Overview

This project will test the efficacy of a behavioral intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV infection among African American Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

275

Conditions

HIV Infections

Interventions

Project ICAREBEHAVIORAL

Group-level intervention (Project ICARE)

HCTBEHAVIORAL

Offer of HIV counseling and testing

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Be 18 years of age or older; * Self-identify as African American * Understand and read English; * Live within the Chicago area; * Report at least two (male or female) sex partners in the past three months, and unprotected anal sex with at least one male sex partner in the past three months. Exclusion Criteria: * Have been diagnosed with HIV within the past three months (to allow for psychological and behavioral adjustment following an initial HIV diagnosis); * Have a specific plan to move from the Chicago area within the next nine months; * Report active injection drug use other than hormones or steroids. * Participated in the intervention video or the pilot phase of this study.

Locations (1)

Howard Brown Health Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Unprotected Sex

Time frame: past three months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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