Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Health
Efficacy of a Community-based PrEP Uptake Intervention for People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in the US Northeast
Brown University
200 participants
Sep 2, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This randomized controlled trial will test the efficacy of "PrEP for Health," a behavioral intervention to improve the use of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among at-risk people who inject drugs (PWID) in two syringe service program (SSP) settings in Lawrence and Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts. The investigators will equally randomize 200 PWID to receive either (a) the "PrEP for Health" intervention condition involving theory-informed HIV and PrEP education, motivational interviewing, problem-solving and planning, and ongoing patient navigation (n=100), or (b) the standard of care condition involving PrEP information and referrals (n=100). Successful PrEP uptake (via medical/pharmacy records), post-treatment PrEP adherence (assessed at 3 months via drug levels in hair), and longer-term PrEP adherence (assessed at 6 and 12 months via drug levels in hair) will be evaluated. The degree to which intervention efficacy occurs through specific conceptual mediators and differs according to hypothesized moderators will also be evaluated.
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Interventions
Navigators will deliver Social Cognitive Theory-informed HIV and PrEP education.
Bachelors-level PrEP Navigators who are trained in motivational interviewing (MI) will use MI to promote the behavioral intervention.
Bachelors-level PrEP Navigators will assist participants with problem-solving and planning.
Ongoing PrEP navigation support to promote participants' initial and continued engagement with PrEP clinics affiliated with the two study sites
A brief video that describes what PrEP is and how it works to prevent HIV via sexual and injection transmission will be shown to participants.
Study staff will provide basic information about PrEP and referrals to PrEP clinicians.
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NCT04430257