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- Clinical Trial NCT04587869
Still Climbin': An Intervention to Improve Coping Among Black Sexual Minority Men
November 16, 2023 updated by: RAND
Still Climbin': A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Coping, Medical Mistrust, and Healthcare Engagement Among Black Sexual Minority Men
This study consists of a randomized controlled trial of a multi-session cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) group intervention that addresses coping with discrimination and medical mistrust among Black sexual minority men (SMM).
Primary intervention objectives include increasing health care engagement and receipt of evidence-based preventive care, as well as better coping and reduced anticipated and internalized stigma, and medical mistrust among intervention participants.
Study Overview
Status
Recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized controlled trial of Still Climbin', an 8-session cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) group intervention that addresses coping with discrimination and medical mistrust among Black sexual minority men (SMM).
Designed to be flexible for use in community settings, this intervention was developed in partnership with community stakeholders who emphasized the need for a community-based program outside of the health care system, and without a specific disease focus.
It intends to give Black SMM a safe space to receive support for the whole of their identity and to openly discuss barriers to health care.
Participants will be followed for 12 months.
The effectiveness of the Still Climbin' intervention will be assessed on health care engagement and receipt of evidence-based preventive care, through surveys administered at multiple points throughout the intervention period.
These outcomes will be confirmed with information from medical records.
A total of 370 Black participants will be recruited and randomly assign 185 to receive the coping intervention and 185 to a no-treatment control.
There will be about 10 groups of about 15 participants each for both intervention and control.
Participants will be randomized to an intervention or control group after they complete the baseline survey.
Participants will complete four surveys, starting with the baseline survey, and followed by 4-, 8-, and 12-month post-baseline follow-up surveys to assess health care engagement and receipt of evidence-based preventive care (e.g., cancer and diabetes screening, cardiovascular disease prevention, influenza vaccination, HIV prevention), and other topics such as coping strategies, stigma, and discrimination.
The intervention is hypothesized to show increased health care engagement and receipt of evidence-based preventive care, in addition to better coping and reduced medical mistrust than the control group.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Estimated)
370
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 Contact
- Name: Laura Bogart, PhD
- Phone Number: 7281 (310) 393-0411
- Email: lbogart@rand.org
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Terry Marsh, MPH
- Phone Number: 6846 (310) 393-0411
- Email: tmarsh@rand.org
Study Locations
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California
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90016
- Recruiting
- APLA Health
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Contact:
- Matt G Mutchler, PhD
- Email: mmutchler@csudh.edu
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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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- Biologically male at birth
- Identify as male
- Self-identify as a Black/African American
- Report having sex with men in the past 24 months
- Anticipate being in Los Angeles County and available for the next 12 months to attend study visits
- Able to interact and communicate in written and spoken English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unwilling/Unable to provide informed consent
- Cisgender women
- Transgender women
- Transgender men
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: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention
The intervention is an 8-session cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) group intervention that addresses coping with discrimination and medical mistrust among Black sexual minority men (SMM).
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A cognitive behavior therapy group intervention that addresses coping with discrimination and medical mistrust among Black sexual minority men (SMM).
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No Intervention: No-treatment control
Participants who are assigned to the control group will not receive the intervention.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Reduced proportion of participants who have inadequate healthcare utilization
Time Frame: 12-month pre-baseline to 12-month post-baseline
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Participants report (1) fewer than 1 ambulatory visit, (2) at least 1 emergency department visit (without subsequent hospitalization), or (3) at least 1 hospitalization
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12-month pre-baseline to 12-month post-baseline
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Increased proportion of participants receiving evidence-based care across conditions
Time Frame: 12 months pre-baseline to 12 months post-baseline
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Receipt of screening and prevention for chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes), and receipt of recommended immunizations (e.g., influenza)
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12 months pre-baseline to 12 months post-baseline
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in adaptive coping strategies
Time Frame: Baseline to 4-, 8-, and 12-months
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Average adaptive coping rating on the Brief COPE scale (higher=better coping; range=1-4)
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Baseline to 4-, 8-, and 12-months
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Laura Bogart, PhD, RAND
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 (Actual)
February 9, 2021
Primary Completion (Estimated)
June 1, 2025
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 1, 2025
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
October 1, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 8, 2020
First Posted (Actual)
October 14, 2020
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
November 18, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 16, 2023
Last Verified
November 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- R01MD014722 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
IPD Plan Description
Following publication of the main study papers, de-identified survey data will be made publicly available to researchers who successfully complete a registration process after requesting to use the data.
The data made available will not contain any direct or indirect identifiers.
Users must agree to the conditions of use governing access to the public release data, including restrictions against attempting to identify study participants, destruction of the data after analyses are completed, reporting responsibilities, restrictions on redistribution of the data to third parties, and proper acknowledgement of the data resource.
IPD Sharing Time Frame
For three years, following publication of the main study papers.
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
Users must agree to the conditions of use governing access to the public release data, including restrictions against attempting to identify study participants, destruction of the data after analyses are completed, reporting responsibilities, restrictions on redistribution of the data to third parties, and proper acknowledgement of the data resource.
Users must notify the institutional review board of their institution of their intention to use the data and their procedures for data management and security.
Users must submit proposals regarding intended use of the data; the RAND study team and the RAND Human Subjects Protections Committee (HSPC) will determine the scientific soundness of the proposal as part of the decision for the researcher to be able to access the dataset.
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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