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NCT Number: NCT02546271

A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is an HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, which takes place in a group counselling format. All participants provided written informed consent at the outset of the study. Eligible participants filled out a 1-hour computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire. Subsequently, participants attended seven 2-hour group sessions, led by 2 peer facilitators, who were HIV-positive gay men, in groups of 5-8 men. Immediately and 3 months following the completion of the GPS program, participants were scheduled to attend a 1-hour session to complete the same questionnaire package. Participants received an honorarium and a list of community resources, including mental health or substance use counseling services, at the end of each assessment. Participants also participated in a program evaluation interview at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

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Key information

Conditions

Risk Behavior Behavior Risk-Taking

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in the study, participants had to:

  • identify as male,
  • report engaging in condomless anal sex with another male during the past 3 months,
  • self-report an HIV-positive status,
  • be over the age of 18 years old, and
  • be able to speak and read in English.

Exclusion criteria

  • Self-reported female gender,
  • no condomless anal sex with another male during past 3 months,
  • HIV-negative

Treatment and study plan

GPS

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Serodiscordant condomless anal sex with a casual partner

    Time frame: Past 3 months

    Condomless anal sex with an HIV-negative or unknown serostatus casual partner

Secondary outcomes

  1. Seroconcordant condonmless anal sex with a casual partner

    Time frame: Past 3 months

    Condomless anal sex with an HIV-positive casual partner

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Toronto Metropolitan University

Other

Registry information

Acronym: GPS

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Sep 10, 2015
Registry last updated
Jul 20, 2018

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