Alcohol Misuse, Gut Microbial Dysbiosis and PrEP Care Continuum: Application and Efficacy of SBIRT Intervention

NCT ID: NCT06005298

Last Updated: 2024-07-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-01

Study Completion Date

2027-10-24

Brief Summary

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This randomized control trial study among Pre-exposure prophylactic users (PrEP) aims to learn and determine the efficacy of Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBRIT) in reducing the risk of alcohol use. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. How alcohol use impacts the PrEP continuum and to understand how early intervention and treatment approach affects alcohol use and PrEP adherence.
2. Investigate the effectiveness of the SBIRT intervention in preventing hazardous alcohol use and its impact on gut dysbiosis in PrEP users.
3. To determine alterations in the gut microbiome (dysbiosis), intestinal homeostasis, systemic inflammation, and markers of liver disease associated with hazardous alcohol use among PrEP users.

Detailed Description

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The study pursues a randomized control trial (RCT) with persons who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to determine the efficacy of SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, \& Referral to Treatment) in reducing the risk of alcohol drinking and associated pathogenic changes in the gut liver axis.

Participants in this study will attend visits at 3 months, 6 months,s and 12 months for about 60 to 90 minutes. These visits may include filling out a survey, participating in an interview, meeting with an SBIRT interventionist, and providing the aforementioned samples: Blood, urine, stool, saliva, oral and vaginal, if applicable.

This study will use a syndemic approach to expand the HIV/AIDS prevention toolkit among populations impacted by alcohol with a range of patterns of episodic and long-term use and associated behavioral and biological risks for HIV acquisition.

Specifically, the team will execute a randomized control trial among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users demonstrating heightened alcohol use to test the effectiveness of the Screening, Brief Intervention, \& Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention to reduce alcohol use and examine the subsequent impact on the gut microbiome compared to individuals receiving treatment as usual and PrEP users not demonstrating elevated alcohol use. Finally, we will employ qualitative methods (in-depth interviews) and analysis to understand decision-making factors influencing PrEP adherence and alcohol use over time.

Conditions

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Alcohol Use Disorder Risk Behavior, Health Dysbiosis HIV Infections

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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AUDIT <8

Participants whose audit score is less than eight are assigned to this arm. AUDIT is a 10-item screening tool developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess alcohol consumption, dependence, and experience of alcohol-related harm. AUDIT \<8 is non-hazardous.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

AUDIT >8 + SBIRT

This is an experimental arm, and AUDIT \>8 is hazardous. The goal is to make connections on the impact of the SBIRT intervention on PrEP engagement and alcohol use among the participants to create a full picture of the impact of the intervention on groups exhibiting different types of alcohol use.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

SBIRT has been defined by SAMHSA as a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of early intervention for individuals with risky alcohol and drug use and the timely referral to more intensive substance abuse treatment for those who have substance abuse disorders. There is consensus that a comprehensive SBIRT model includes screening, brief intervention/brief treatment, and referral to treatment. In addition there are following characteristics:

* It is brief (e.g., typically about 5-10 minutes for brief interventions; about 5 to 12 sessions for brief treatments)
* The screening is universal.
* One or more specific behaviors related to risky alcohol and drug use are targeted.
* The services occur in a public health non-substance abuse treatment setting.
* It is comprehensive (comprised of screening, brief intervention/treatment, and referral to treatment).
* Strong research or experiential evidence supports the model's effectiveness.

AUDIT > 8 NO SBIRT

This is NOT an experimental arm, despite an AUDIT score \> 8.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

SBIRT has been defined by SAMHSA as a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of early intervention for individuals with risky alcohol and drug use and the timely referral to more intensive substance abuse treatment for those who have substance abuse disorders. There is consensus that a comprehensive SBIRT model includes screening, brief intervention/brief treatment, and referral to treatment. In addition there are following characteristics:

* It is brief (e.g., typically about 5-10 minutes for brief interventions; about 5 to 12 sessions for brief treatments)
* The screening is universal.
* One or more specific behaviors related to risky alcohol and drug use are targeted.
* The services occur in a public health non-substance abuse treatment setting.
* It is comprehensive (comprised of screening, brief intervention/treatment, and referral to treatment).
* Strong research or experiential evidence supports the model's effectiveness.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age: 18-85 years
* Confirmation of seronegative HIV, Hep B, and Hep C status
* PrEP users
* English-speaking or Spanish speaking
* Cognitively competent to provide consent
* Attend a participating healthcare facility

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to consent
* Existing diagnosis of major psychiatric illness
* Unstable medical conditions (e.g., cancer)
* Taking immunosuppressants or Chemotherapy
* Taking daily antibiotics or probiotics
* Severe gastrointestinal/liver disease
* Autoimmune disease
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shirish S Barve

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shirish S Barve

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Shirish Barve, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Louisville

Locations

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University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Andrea Reyes Vega, MD, MSc

Role: CONTACT

502852884

Vania Remenik, MD

Role: CONTACT

5028528884

Facility Contacts

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Andrea M Reyes Vega, MD,MSc

Role: primary

502-852-8884

Vania Remenik, MD

Role: backup

References

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Blumenthal J, Pasipanodya EC, Jain S, Sun S, Ellorin E, Morris S, Moore DJ. Comparing Self-Report Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Questions to Pharmacologic Measures of Recent and Cumulative Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Exposure. Front Pharmacol. 2019 Jul 5;10:721. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00721. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31333454 (View on PubMed)

Higgins-Biddle JC, Babor TF. A review of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), AUDIT-C, and USAUDIT for screening in the United States: Past issues and future directions. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2018;44(6):578-586. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1456545. Epub 2018 May 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29723083 (View on PubMed)

Conigrave KM, Hall WD, Saunders JB. The AUDIT questionnaire: choosing a cut-off score. Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Addiction. 1995 Oct;90(10):1349-56. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.901013496.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 8616463 (View on PubMed)

Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF, de la Fuente JR, Grant M. Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption--II. Addiction. 1993 Jun;88(6):791-804. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02093.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 8329970 (View on PubMed)

Humeniuk R, Henry-Edwards S, Ali R, Poznyak V, Monteiro MGea. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): manual for use in primary care. Geneva, Swizterland World Health Organization;2010.

Reference Type RESULT

Zhang W, O'Brien N, Forrest JI, Salters KA, Patterson TL, Montaner JS, Hogg RS, Lima VD. Validating a shortened depression scale (10 item CES-D) among HIV-positive people in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040793. Epub 2012 Jul 19.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22829885 (View on PubMed)

Ghare S, Singhal R, Bryant V, Gautam S, Tirumala CC, Srisailam PK, Reyes-Vega A, Ghooray D, McClain CJ, Hoffman K, Petrosino J, Bryant K, Govind V, Cohen R, Cook RL, Barve S. Age-Associated Gut Dysbiosis, Marked by Loss of Butyrogenic Potential, Correlates With Altered Plasma Tryptophan Metabolites in Older People Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Feb 1;89(Suppl 1):S56-S64. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002866.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35015746 (View on PubMed)

Fulcher JA, Li F, Cook RR, Zabih S, Louie A, Okochi H, Tobin NH, Gandhi M, Shoptaw S, Gorbach PM, Aldrovandi GM. Rectal Microbiome Alterations Associated With Oral Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 29;6(11):ofz463. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz463. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 32258202 (View on PubMed)

Dube MP, Park SY, Ross H, Love TMT, Morris SR, Lee HY. Daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine reduced Streptococcus and increased Erysipelotrichaceae in rectal microbiota. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 12;8(1):15212. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33524-6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 30315206 (View on PubMed)

Perler BK, Reinhart EM, Montgomery M, Maynard M, Shapiro JM, Belenky P, Chan PA. Evaluation of the Microbiome in Men Taking Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention. AIDS Behav. 2021 Jul;25(7):2005-2013. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03130-7. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 33394167 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R01AA030485-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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22.0606

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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