ANCHORS Alcohol & Sexual Health Study: UH3 Project

NCT ID: NCT04331704

Last Updated: 2025-07-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

88 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-12

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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80 young adult men will complete an initial survey and receive 1 of 2 types of alcohol and sexual health education and information to encourage prevention of alcohol-related problems, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Participants will then take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention and complete a daily 5-minute, telephone-based interactive voice response (IVR) assessment of alcohol/substance use, sexual behavior and PrEP taking for 30 days. Medication will all be active PrEP. There is no placebo control in this study. Follow-up will occur after 30-days and 6-months later.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alcohol Use, Unspecified Substance Use Sex Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Personalized Information

Participants randomized to this condition will complete a web-based questionnaire and then receive personalized information regarding their alcohol use and sexual health behavior. They will complete daily, phone-based IVR monitoring for assessment purposes and receive further personalized information based on their responses.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PrEP acronym (pre-exposure prophylaxis)

Intervention Type DRUG

A daily tablet containing 245 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and 200 mg emtricitabine (Truvada; Gilead Sciences) for up to 30 days.

Initial Web Survey

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Web-based assessment questions regarding alcohol and other substance use and sexual health behaviors

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) assessment with personalized information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily telephone-based assessment on alcohol and other substance use, sexual health behavior and PrEP taking with personalized and information based on daily IVR responses

Personalized information based on web-based survey responses & standardized information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Personalized and information on alcohol use and sexual health behavior based on responses to the web-based survey along with standardized information.

Educational Information

Participants randomized to this condition will complete a web-based questionnaire and then receive educational material regarding their alcohol use and sexual health behavior. They will complete daily phone-based IVR monitoring for assessment purposes.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PrEP acronym (pre-exposure prophylaxis)

Intervention Type DRUG

A daily tablet containing 245 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and 200 mg emtricitabine (Truvada; Gilead Sciences) for up to 30 days.

Initial Web Survey

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Web-based assessment questions regarding alcohol and other substance use and sexual health behaviors

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) monitoring

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily telephone-based assessment on alcohol and other substance use, sexual health behavior and PrEP taking

Educational material on alcohol and sexual health behavior

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Educational material to provide information, resources and techniques to enhance awareness regarding alcohol and other substance use, along with sexual health behavior.

Interventions

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PrEP acronym (pre-exposure prophylaxis)

A daily tablet containing 245 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and 200 mg emtricitabine (Truvada; Gilead Sciences) for up to 30 days.

Intervention Type DRUG

Initial Web Survey

Web-based assessment questions regarding alcohol and other substance use and sexual health behaviors

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) monitoring

Daily telephone-based assessment on alcohol and other substance use, sexual health behavior and PrEP taking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Educational material on alcohol and sexual health behavior

Educational material to provide information, resources and techniques to enhance awareness regarding alcohol and other substance use, along with sexual health behavior.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) assessment with personalized information

Daily telephone-based assessment on alcohol and other substance use, sexual health behavior and PrEP taking with personalized and information based on daily IVR responses

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Personalized information based on web-based survey responses & standardized information

Personalized and information on alcohol use and sexual health behavior based on responses to the web-based survey along with standardized information.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ability to read and write English
* Consumption of 5 or more drinks per drinks in a day at least once in the past 30-days
* Sexual intercourse with another man without condom use at least once in the past 30 days
* HIV seronegative at medical screening
* Report currently taking PrEP willingness to take PrEP

Exclusion Criteria

* History of clinically significant withdrawal from alcohol, defined as any one of the following: a) a lifetime history of seizures, delirium, or hallucinations during alcohol withdrawal; b) a Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment scale score \> 8; c) a report of drinking to avoid withdrawal symptoms in the past 12 months; or d) a lifetime history of medical treatment for withdrawal.
* Self report injection drug use
* DSM-5 criteria for moderate or severe current substance use disorder besides alcohol and nicotine.
* Serious psychiatric symptoms
* Use of medications that interfere with PrEP including diuretics, nephrotoxic drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antiretroviral drugs or other drugs that may interfere with tenofovir excretion
* Active hepatitis B infection
* The following medical exclusions: serious or life-threatening conditions; inadequate biochemical, hepatic, hematologic, or pancreatic function according to laboratory testing
* Participant reports currently taking injectable PrEP
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert L. Cook, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Locations

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University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Robert L. Cook, PhD

Role: CONTACT

(352) 273-5869

Facility Contacts

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Robert L. Cook, PhD

Role: primary

352-273-5869

Other Identifiers

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UH3AA026214

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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OCR31862

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

F31AA028751

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB201902818-N

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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