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NCT Number: NCT07103525

Initiative for Chinese Sex Workers to Promote Wellbeing and Improve HIV Prevention by Reducing intersEctional Stigma

During the development phase (Aim 1), investigators will use a community-driven process to further refine a preliminary intervention design that was developed based on previous research.

For the intervention phase (Aim 2), investigators will conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of the multi-level intervention. For the individual-level component of the intervention, investigators will recruit 70 Chinese immigrant FSWs who work in MPs in Queens, NYC (n=35 intervention participants and n=35 control participants).

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of intervention implementation (Aim 3), investigators will conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with 12 FSW study participants and the 2 peer advocates and focus groups with 4-5 staff from each of the 3 organizations (3 focus groups total and 12-15 focus group participants in total).

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Key information

Conditions

HIV Prevention Wellbeing

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CUNY-Hunter College, New York, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Female Sex Workers: A person who identifies as a woman, Chinese, a massage parlor (MP) worker in Queens, who is at least 18 years old, and has provided sexual services in the past 12 months, will be eligible.
  • Community advisory board (CAB) members: self identifies as a community member providing services to immigrant Chinese women and is at least 18 years old.
  • Peer Advocates: self identifies as current or previous sex worker, is a Chinese adult woman, and speaks both Mandarin and English.
  • Medical Providers: self identifies as a current medical provider who works with Chinese immigrant adults and speaks English.

Exclusion criteria

  • Female Sex Workers: Because completion of HIV testing is our primary study outcome, women who received an HIV test in the previous 3 months or who know they are HIV-positive will be excluded from the study.
  • Community advisory board (CAB) members: Does not speak English or is under the age of 18.
  • Peer Advocates: Does not speak English/Mandarin or is under the age of 18.
  • Medical Providers: Does not speak English or does not provide care to Chinese immigrant adults (e.g., pediatricians).

Treatment and study plan

INSPIRE Initiative

Behavioral

Culturally relevant, multi-level intervention designed to increase HIV testing through reducing intersectional stigma. Intervention includes series of four one-on-one conversations (45 minutes each over a six-week period) via mobile phone between the Hunter peer advocates and FSWs, which are reinforced through weekly text messages from the peer advocates and through role-model stories shared online.

Standard of Care

Behavioral

Standard HIV prevention information with no tailored components via one mobile phone verbal conversation with peer advocates.

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants who Completed HIV Testing

    Time frame: Follow-Up Visit 1 (Approximately Week 6)

    Assessed via self-report.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants with PrEP Uptake

    Time frame: Follow-Up Visit 1 (Approximately Week 6)

    Assessed via self-report; percentage of participants who begin PrEP treatment.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jiepin Cao

CONTACT

[email protected]

919-717-7093

Sahnah Lim, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

917-214-9070

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Registry information

Official study title

INSPIRE: Initiative for Chinese Sex Workers to Promote Wellbeing and Improve HIV Prevention by Reducing intersEctional Stigma

Acronym: INSPIRE

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Aug 5, 2025
Registry last updated
May 29, 2026

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