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Testing a Community-Friendly Risk Reduction Intervention for Injection Drug Users

CompletedNA

Sponsor: University of Connecticut

Conditions: HIV, Opioid Dependence

Interventions: Community-friendly Health Recovery Program, Time-and-Attention-Matched Control Condition

Countries: United States

To conduct a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a community-friendly behavioral intervention designed to reduce HIV risk behavior among injection drug users (IDUs) in drug treatment by comparing risk-behavior outcomes of four weekly intervention sessions with a time-and-attention-matched control condition.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 18 years of age
* Opioid-dependent and seeking methadone maintenance treatment
* Report drug- or sex-related HIV risk behavior in previous 6 months
* Able to read and understand the questionnaires, Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI), and consent form
* Available for the full duration of the study with no anticipated circumstances impeding participation (e.g., jail term)
* Not actively suicidal, homicidal, or psychotic as assessed by trained research staff under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist

Exclusion Criteria:

Locations (1)

New Haven, Connecticut, United States