HIV Prevention in the Primary Care Setting

In the third decade of the HIV pandemic, what was once a uniformly and rapidly fatal disease has been transformed into a chronic illness by advances in the understanding of HIV pathogenesis and therapeutics. As a result, HIV-infected individuals are living longer and better lives. This phenomenon, coupled with a continued steady rate of new HIV infections in this country, has led to the highest U.S. HIV prevalence rates since the beginning of the epidemic. In the past, HIV prevention efforts were separate from routine primary care delivery due to multiple factors including stigma and time constraints. Recent events, including increases in sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates among HIV-infected persons and evidence that infected individuals can be super-infected by HIV strains resistant to antiretroviral therapy, have inspired the SPNS program initiative to develop demonstration projects for interventions to reduce risky sexual exposures among HIV-infected patients receiving primary care.

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Conditions

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UAB 1917 Clinic

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

About this study

Goals of the Demonstration Project. The goals of this project are as follows:

Goal 1: To utilize recent technological advances and refine a theory-based, computerized intervention system currently being evaluated in a Birmingham STD clinic. Our proposed interventions will target men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) and will be designed to: increase condom use for specific sexual activities with both main and casual (other) partners; decrease numbers of sexual partners among those reporting multiple partners; and increase the frequency of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners.

Goal 2: To evaluate a computer-guided, theory-based, provider-delivered intervention in the context of standard care in an HIV primary care facility in collaboration with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS). We will test the following hypotheses after 18 months of follow-up:

Hypothesis 1: That the proportion of HIV-positive MSM reporting 100% condom use with main partners will be significantly increased in the intervention group compared to the usual care group.

Hypothesis 2: That the proportion of patients reporting 100% condom use with casual partners will be significantly increased among patients in the intervention group compared to the usual care group.

Hypothesis 3: That the proportion of patients with multiple sexual partners will be significantly reduced among intervention group participants compared with the usual care group.

Hypothesis 4: That the proportion of HIV-positive MSM who disclose their HIV status to sex partners who are HIV-negative or are of unknown HIV status will be significantly increased among the patients receiving the intervention compared to the patients in the usual care group.

Goal 3: In collaboration with the Center and SPNS program, to conduct a holistic evaluation of the intervention program.

Goal 4: To compare the cumulative incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic treatable STDs (gonococcal and chlamydial infections) between patients in the intervention and usual care groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Active male patients over the age of 16 receiving routine primary care at the 1917 Clinic, reporting sexual contact with another man in the previous 6 months. Active patients will be defined as new patients (patients' first visit) with plans to continue follow-up at 1917 Clinic or an established patient seen at least once during the past year
Willingness to follow-up for at least 18 months
Ability to sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Female patient
Male patient who is unwilling to follow-up for at least 18 months
Male patient who is not a primary care patient at the clinic
Unwillingness or inability to sign informed consent.

Treatment and study plan

Increase condom use

Behavioral

Voluntary increase in condom use

Primary outcomes

Proportion of participants reporting 100% condom use preintervention versus post intervention

Time frame: End of enrollment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Special Projects of National Significance

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Sep 28, 2006
Registry last updated: Jun 12, 2017

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