Exploring the Feasibility of a Peer-Driven Intervention to Improve HIV Prevention Among Prisoners Who Inject Drugs

NCT ID: NCT05786027

Last Updated: 2024-02-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-01

Study Completion Date

2023-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to develop, conduct, and assess the feasibility of a) a pilot peer-driven intervention (PDI) to reduce HIV risk and increase the uptake of primary HIV prevention services (i.e. prison addiction treatment programs), and b) explore the PDI's usefulness from the perspective of both prisoners and prison staff to make recommendations for the PDI future improvement and adaptation.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will develop and pilot a 12-week in-prison peer-driven intervention to increase the uptake of primary HIV prevention strategies (readiness to initiate addiction treatment (MMT or Atlantis), initiation of MMT/Atlantis, retention in MMT/Atlantis; or the use of SSP), and reduce the use of opioids and HIV risk behaviors, in HIV-negative PWID in prison.

Aim 1: To develop, conduct, and assess the feasibility and the immediate and durable effects of a 12-week within-prison PDI to reduce HIV risk and increase uptake of primary HIV prevention among prisoners who abuse drugs and are ≥1 year prior to release at baseline. The quasi-experimental design where two prisons will be assigned to experiment and two comparable prisons will be assigned to control, will strive to account for the potential threats to internal validity (e.g. history and maturation), and to external validity (e.g. various interaction effects between characteristics of selected participants and their engagement in HIV prevention). The focus of this registration is Aim 1.

Aim 2: Using the data from structured ethnographic observation of PDI sessions, and qualitative interviews immediately after the PDI with prisoner participants, staff of prison addiction treatment programs, and researchers who implemented the PDI, to explore why the PDI is successful (or not), and optimize the PDI manual.

Conditions

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HIV

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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Peer Driven Intervention (PDI)

Participants from two experimental (E) prisons that are HIV-negative will be assigned to this arm. Participants will receive 12 weeks of PDI and weekly opioid urine tests. Prior to intervention participants will receive training by a Health Educator (HE) in Health Advocate (HA) and Peer roles.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PDI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 12-week in-prison peer-driven intervention to increase the uptake of primary HIV prevention strategies (readiness to initiate addiction treatment (MMT or Atlantis), initiation of MMT/Atlantis, retention in MMT/Atlantis; or the use of SSP), and reduce the use of opioids and HIV risk behaviors, in HIV-negative PWID in prison.

Treatment As Usual (TAU)

Participants from two control (C) prisons that are HIV-negative will be assigned to this arm. Participants will receive treatment as usual (which includes universal access to SSP, MMT, and Atlantis program for individuals with opioid dependence) and weekly urine opioid tests for 12 weeks.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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PDI

A 12-week in-prison peer-driven intervention to increase the uptake of primary HIV prevention strategies (readiness to initiate addiction treatment (MMT or Atlantis), initiation of MMT/Atlantis, retention in MMT/Atlantis; or the use of SSP), and reduce the use of opioids and HIV risk behaviors, in HIV-negative PWID in prison.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV negative by self-report before the study confirmed by HIV rapid test
* Has ever injected drugs
* ≥1 year before prison release (release dates are fixed and accurate)
* currently not enrolled in MMT/Atlantis
* Capable of providing informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Julia Rozanova, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

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Prison System

Bishkek, , Kyrgyzstan

Site Status

Countries

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Kyrgyzstan

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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1K01DA047194-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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1K01DA047194-05

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2000023524

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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