Community and Systems-level HIV Prevention in Peru

April 25, 2022 updated by: University of California, San Francisco

Combination HIV Prevention, Linking Prevention and Care, for Hispanic Men

This project involves adapting 3 new intervention components, and then testing them, in combination with a multi-level, community-based intervention, to promote HIV prevention and sexual health among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru. The total intervention has a community-based intervention and a systems-level intervention at the hospital where people living with HIV get care and medications.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

Mpowerment (MP) is an evidence-based community-level, structural, social and behavioral intervention for HIV prevention for young men who have sex with men (MSM). MP targets individual and community empowerment and community mobilization, self-affirmation, sexual self-knowledge and creation of a supportive and affirming social environment. MP has been widely used in the U.S. but not in Peru, with the exception of earlier pilot research. In the earlier research, MP was adapted for the sociocultural issues facing MSM and transgender (trans) women in Peru, and only focused risk reduction and increasing HIV testing. In addition to the MP (which is called the community-based intervention), a health systems component has been added. The health systems includes (1) sensitization of hospital staff (where people living with HIV obtain their medication) to the issues facing transgender women and MSM; (2) the use of Navigators, who help MSM and trans women at the hospital navigate the system of care and remain in care; and (3) a focus on "positive prevention", in which providers talk about the positive aspects of maintaining in care and being virally suppressed instead of only talking about "avoiding death." There is a 2.5 year implementation of the intervention, called "Projecto Orgullo Plus" or Project Pride Plus, which involves a longitudinal cohort of MSM/trans in two large districts of Lima, Peru. Primary outcomes will be unprotected anal sex and HIV testing. Secondary outcomes will be self-reported visits to hospital for care and adherence to medications.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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458

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Peru
      • Lima, Peru
        • Cayetano Heredia University

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must live in either East Lima District or South Lima District
  • identify as man who has sex with men or transgender woman who has sex with men
  • be between the ages of 18 - 40

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not residing in either East or South District of Lima
  • not MSM or transgender woman

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Generacion Actual
Generacion Actual includes Community-based and a Health Systems Components. This multi-level intervention reaches out to all MSM/trans by mobilizing them to encourage friends to reduce risk behavior and increase HIV testing, and for HIV+ friends, encourage them to link, stay in care, and take medications regularly. The community based component includes a leadership group, community space, community mobilization events, and group sessions to address a variety of psychosocial issues as well as HIV literacy. The Health Systems component includes sensitization of the HIV testing and care staff to working with MSM and trans, Navigators to help MSM/trans to navigate the complex health system; and positive prevention training of providers; all evidence-based approaches.
Behavioral: Generacion Actual
See description in arm description.
Other Names:
  • Mpowerment
No Intervention: Comparison
No intervention is implemented in the comparison arm.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
condomless anal sex
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
condomless anal sex with HIV+ or unknown status partners, assessed via questionnaire
37 months post-baseline
HIV testing ever
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
if have ever tested for HIV
37 months post-baseline
HIV testing frequency
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
frequency of HIV testing by report on questionnaire
37 months post-baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
If enrolled in care
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
Has the person, after testing HIV+, enroll in care
37 months post-baseline
Seeking regular HIV care
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
If have seen HIV provider recently by report on questionnaire
37 months post-baseline
Taking medications adherently
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
If have missed any times of taking HIV medications by report on questionnaire
37 months post-baseline
If virally suppressed
Time Frame: 37 months post-baseline
Has the person been told that he/she is virally suppressed
37 months post-baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Susan M Kegeles, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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April 6, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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January 30, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
January 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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November 13, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 10, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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December 12, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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April 26, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 25, 2022

Last Verified

Last Verified

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April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 5R01MH109401-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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