DVD-based HIV/HCV Prevention Intervention for Drug-Involved Latino Criminal Justice Clients

October 19, 2016 updated by: University of Delaware

DVD-based HIV/HCV Intervention for Drug-Involved Latino Criminal Justice Clients

The purpose of the study are the following: 1) Pilot test and conduct baseline and 3 month follow up assessments to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the DVD-based HIV/HCV intervention by randomly assigning 210 Latino corrections-involved, outpatient abuse treatment clients to either the experimental intervention or to a wait list control group; and 2) to evaluate both participant and interventionist acceptability of this novel DVD-based intervention.

They study hypothesis are the following:

  1. participants in the intervention condition will report greater reductions in sexual risk behaviors (e.g., unprotected sexual contact) from baseline to 3 month follow-up compared to the control group;
  2. participants will report greater reductions in drug risk behaviors (e.g., sharing injection equipment, drug use during sex) from baseline to 3 month follow-up compared to the control group;
  3. participants who report more HIV prevention information, motivation, and behavioral skills will report fewer sexual risk behaviors.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The specific aims for Stage1b are: (1) to pilot test and evaluate the effectiveness of the DVD-based HIV intervention by recruiting 210 Latino offenders mandated to substance abuse treatment; and (2) to evaluate both participant and interventionist acceptability of this novel DVD intervention. Participants will be recruited from a local community agency that provides outpatient substance abuse treatment services for court-mandated individuals. Eligible participants will be self-identified Latino/Hispanic, between the ages of 18 and 49, heterosexual, and all participants will be involved with the criminal justice system. Participants will be randomized into either an intervention or a wait-list control condition. The intervention consists of one DVD-based group session facilitated by an interventionist. Sexual risk, drug use, mental health, and background information will be assessed at baseline, and again at 3 months after the intervention session. At the end of the intervention session, each participant will complete an acceptability questionnaire, and the interventionist will complete a checklist to assess treatment fidelity. It is hypothesized that both sexual risk and drug use behaviors will decrease between baseline and follow-up for the intervention group compared to the control group. The project is innovative because it will develop a DVD-based, culturally-appropriate and language specific, HIV/Hepatitis C virus prevention intervention for Latino offenders. The proposed research is significant, because it is expected to produce a brief HIV/Hepatitis C virus intervention that can be implemented within the criminal justice system and targets a high risk group.

It is hypothesized that participants in the intervention condition will report significant reductions in sexual risk behaviors (e.g., unprotected sexual contact) and drug risk behaviors (e.g. sharing injection equipment, drug use while having sex) from baseline to 3 - month follow-up when compared to control group. The main analysis here is to compare the proportion (or mean) of primary outcomes for those measured at 3-month (post-intervention) to those measured at baseline (pre-intervention) between the intervention and control group. The null is that there will be no differences, and alternative hypotheses would be that the intervention group will report more of a reduction in risk behaviors than control group. These hypotheses can be tested by either repeated-measures ANCOVA or regression with the robust cluster estimator obtained after controlling for intervention condition.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

201

Phase

  • 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

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33143
        • University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 49 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • must be between 18 - 49 years of age
  • self-identify as Hispanic or Latino
  • be involved in the criminal justice system
  • report a history of drug use
  • be in an outpatient substance abuse program
  • self-identify as heterosexual

Exclusion Criteria:

  • be HIV positive
  • be cognitively impaired

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: DVD Intervention
DVD Intervention presented at one 90 minute group session
Behavioral: DVD Intervention
Participants will be randomly assigned, with a baseline and 3 month follow up assessments
No Intervention: Wait list Control Group
Group will get no intervention until after 90 day follow up

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Sexual risk behaviors
Time Frame: 90 days
90 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Drug Use Behaviors
Time Frame: 90 days
90 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Delaware

Collaborators

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Gladys E Ibanez, PhD, Florida International University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

April 16, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 21, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 19, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5R34DA031063 (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

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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