MyLife MyStyle Evaluation Project

NCT ID: NCT01640392

Last Updated: 2019-08-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 528 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-04-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of the MyLife MyStyle Evaluation Project is to determine whether the MyLife MyStyle group-level intervention reduces HIV sexual-risk behaviors among 18- to 29-year-old African American men who have sex with men (MSM). Specifically, the project will test whether participants of the MyLife MyStyle program will report at least a 15% absolute decrease in frequency of unprotected anal sex with male partners at three and six months post-intervention compared with the wait-list control participants.

Detailed Description

In Los Angeles County, as well as nationally, the primary mode of HIV transmission for African American men is sexual contact with another man. According to national data from 45 states with name-based HIV surveillance in 2006, the majority of all new HIV infections among African American males were associated with sex with other men. The disproportionate impact of HIV in AAMSM in Los Angeles County is also observed in provisional HIV surveillance data. Between 2002 and 2004, AAMSM composed 16.3% of the new HIV diagnoses among males in Los Angeles County, with an average annual HIV diagnosis rate 2.0 and 2.5 times greater than the rates of new HIV diagnosis for White and Latino MSM, respectively. In addition to demonstrating the highest HIV prevalence and incidence estimates, AAMSM also had the highest proportion of previously unrecognized HIV infection (67%) compared with all other racial/ethnic groups. Given significant and continuing disparities in HIV infection among African Americans in the United States, and specifically among AAMSM, more intervention programs must be planned, implemented, and tested in order to reduce the heavy toll of HIV/AIDS in this population. Components of these intervention programs must be culturally competent and should include promotion of HIV counseling and testing to reduce the high prevalence of unrecognized HIV infection in AAMSM. Interventions should also take into consideration the many co-factors that may hinder AAMSM from addressing their HIV risk such as racism, poverty, stigma, and homophobia. The MyLife MyStyle Evaluation Project aims to implement and evaluate the efficacy of a "homegrown" group-level intervention to reduce HIV risk (unprotected anal sex with male partners) among young African American MSM in Los Angeles County, CA.

Conditions

Unsafe Sex

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

HIV prevention groups

Participants randomly assigned to the MyLife Intervention arm receive three 1.5-hour HIV behavioral risk-reduction group sessions over a 1-3 week period.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

MyLife MyStyle group-level intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Three 1.5-hour HIV behavioral risk-reduction group sessions conducted with up to 12 young African American/Black men (ages 18-29 years) over a 1-3 week period.

Wait-list control

Participants randomly assigned to the Wait-list Control arm receive the MyLife MyStyle group sessions once they have completed a 6-month follow-up assessment.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

MyLife MyStyle group-level intervention

Three 1.5-hour HIV behavioral risk-reduction group sessions conducted with up to 12 young African American/Black men (ages 18-29 years) over a 1-3 week period.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Identify as African American or Black
• Identify as male
• Age 18 to 29 years
• Reside within Los Angeles County
• Self-reported anal sex with a male partner in the past 12 months
• Has not participated in an HIV prevention intervention in the past 3 months
• Able to complete ACASI and MyLife sessions in English

Exclusion Criteria

• Identify as a transgender female
• Plan to move out of Los Angeles County before the end of their follow-up period (within 7 months)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 29 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

In The Meantime Men's Group, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Trista Bingham, MPH, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Locations

In The Meantime Men's Group, Inc.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

1 U01SP001573-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id