A Social Network Approach for Improving Medication Assisted Treatment and HIV Prevention and Medical Care Among People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine
NCT ID: NCT05824702
Last Updated: 2025-11-06
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
241 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-09-20
2025-09-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Experimental: Peer education and network support
The intervention sessions will consist of 6 group sessions including 1) Introduction to Peer Educator role and peer Communication skills, 2) HIV and drug treatments, 3) using a decision balance tool with network members for drug treatment, 4) Promoting HIV prevention and medical care \& using text messages as peer educators for promoting MAT and HIV prevention and care, 5) Preventing and responding to relapse, and 6) HIV care retention and medication adherence.
Peer education & communications
The intervention trains peer educators to promote medication-assisted drug treatment among peer who inject drugs and are living with HIV.
comparison: Standard of care of health education
The comparison condition will include 5 group sessions focused on: 1) retention in MAT by addressing the myths about MAT; 2) information to MAT clients on finding local MAT and other health services in areas where they migrate; 3) importance of HIV prevention (including PreP) and HIV treatment including adherence to HIV; 4) harm reduction, safe drug use, overdose prevention and first aid in case of overdose; 5) addressing Hepatitis C, chronic conditions and mental health issues by emphasizing the importance of timely addressing these health problems and providing information on available local and national services.
Standard of care educational
This is an educational equal attention control group
Interventions
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Peer education & communications
The intervention trains peer educators to promote medication-assisted drug treatment among peer who inject drugs and are living with HIV.
Standard of care educational
This is an educational equal attention control group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Report at least 1 drug network member living with HIV, not on methadone, and seen weekly
* Willing to talk with drug users in their network about medication for drug dependence and accompany them to methadone clinic
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy
OTHER
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Carl A Latkin, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Locations
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Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy
Kiev, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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