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Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients 210 Prevention

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Clinical Trial NCT06848686 is an interventional study for HIV that is recruiting. It started on February 3, 2025 with plans to enroll 210 participants. Led by San Diego State University, it is expected to complete by February 1, 2027. The latest data from ClinicalTrials.gov was last updated on January 29, 2026.
Brief Summary
HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service info...Show More
Official Title

Prevention Ambassadors: an HIV Self-testing Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients

Conditions
HIV
Other Study IDs
NCT ID Number
NCT06848686
Start Date (Actual)
2025-02-03
Last Update Posted
2026-01-29
Completion Date (Estimated)
2027-02
Enrollment (Estimated)
210
Study Type
Interventional
PHASE
N/A
Status
Recruiting
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Design Allocation
Randomized
Interventional Model
Parallel
Masking
Single
Arms / Interventions
Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
ExperimentalPrevention Ambassadors
Prevention Ambassadors
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services plus training to build the capacity of PWUD to distribute HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with information and referrals to other PWUD in their social networks to promote HIV testing and HIV service engagement among PWUD.
OtherSSP Standard of Care
SSP Standard of Care
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services.
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome MeasureMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
HIV testing (past 3 months)
Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record
3-month follow-up
Linkage to PrEP/HIV care (past 3 months)
Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record
3-month follow-up
PrEP/ART uptake (past 3 months)
Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record
3-month follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome MeasureMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
PA Acceptability (Peer-Recruit Participants)
Self-reported via survey
Baseline
PA Acceptability (Index Participants)
Self-reported via survey
3-month follow-up
PA Feasibility (Peer-Recruit Participants)
Self-reported via survey
Baseline
PA Feasibility (Index Participants)
Self-reported via survey
3-month follow-up
Participation Assistant
Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Ages
Adult, Older Adult
Minimum Age
18 Years
Eligible Sexes
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
  • Being greater than or equal to 18 years old
  • Reporting drug use (past month)
  • Having other people who use drugs (PWUD) in one's social network
  • Being willing to talk about HIV testing and services with at least 2 PWUD in their networks and attempt to refer them to the study
  • Speaking English fluently

Peer-Recruit Participant Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being greater than or equal to 18 years old
  • Reporting drug use (past 3 months)
  • Being recruited by an index participant (evidenced by presenting the coupon used to recruit them)
  • Speaking English fluently

- Persons who participated in formative study activities related to the development of the PA intervention will not be eligible to participate.
San Diego State University logoSan Diego State University
Study Central Contact
Contact: Heather Pines, 619-594-2481, [email protected]
1 Study Locations in 1 Countries

California

San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 92182, United States
Heather Pines, Contact, 619-594-2481, [email protected]
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