Drug AbuseNCT00198861
Neurobehavioral Model of HIV in Injection Drug Users
An observational study of Drug Abuse and HIV Infections, run by The City College of New York at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this R01 study is to evaluate the association between neuropsychological executive dysfunction and HIV infection among young injection and non-injection drug users. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 15 to 50 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Drug Abuse, HIV Infections
- What is being tested?
- Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- How many people
- 836 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Feb 2002to Mar 2016
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 15 to 50 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Study population: In total, we seek to recruit 150 HIV positive and 800 HIV negative drug users who are between the ages of 15 and 50 years and who have used illicit drugs within the previous five years of enrollment.
Who may be able to join
- Drug users aged 15 to 50 years old.
Who cannot join
- Acute psychotic, suicidal, homicidal ideation.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
The purpose of this R01 study is to evaluate the association between neuropsychological executive dysfunction and HIV infection among young injection and non-injection drug users. A longitudinal study will be conducted in which the cohort of seronegative drug users completing a baseline neuropsychological battery are re-assessed on three subsequent occasions, roughly six months apart. The primary aim of the longitudinal study is to estimate the magnitude of the suspected causal relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors while adjusting for time-invariant (e.g. sex, ethnicity) and time-varying (e.g. degree of drug abuse) covariates. We also seek to evaluate: (1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors. If successful, this project will shed new light on significant and potentially malleable HIV-risk factors in injection and non-injection drug users. This will be important evidence because injection drug abuse continues to account for a large proportion of HIV seroconversions particularly among young women and minorities. As such, this RO1 research project serves as an important initial step in a line of innovative investigations about suspected causal associations between neuropsychological deficits and HIV-risk behaviors in drug users. Ultimately, this line of investigation should lead to changes in public and clinical practices designed to prevent HIV infection.
- Conditions
- Drug Abuse, HIV Infections
- Being tested
- Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users
- Keywords
- HIV Epidemiology, Neurology, Neuropsychological, HIV Risk Factors, Cognitive Risk Factors, HIV
- Medical subject headings
- Substance-Related Disorders, HIV Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Injection and Non-Injection Drug UsersOther
(1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users | (1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors Receives: Other: Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
HIV-Risk Behavior Outcomes
Among the drug-related HIV-risk behaviors are drug use cessation and relapse, risky injection practices, including direct and indirect syringe sharing, disinfection practices, and injection in high risk contexts (e.g. shooting galleries). Sexual practices include number and types of partners (gender), type(s) of sexual acts (oral, vaginal and anal intercourse), condom use, survival sex (sex for money, drugs, shelter, food and protection), and incident sexually transmitted diseases.
Measured: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Secondary outcomes (2)
Executive Functions
Executive function measures will be derived for working memory, response inhibition, planning, decision making, and conceptual reasoning/cognitive flexibility. A measure of working memory may be derived from the Digits Backward portion of the WAIS-III Digit Span subtest. Components of response inhibition will be assessed by a Go No-Go task that measures impulse control and the Stroop Color-Word Test that measures interference control. A measure of impulse control may be derived from the errors of commission score from the Go No-Go task.
Measured: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Serologic Outcomes
HIV antibody testing is performed at the baseline and semi-annual follow-up visits using standard ELISA screening and confirmatory Western Blots. In addition, Hepatitis B and C antibody testing is performed at baseline and follow-up visits.
Measured: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2002
- Primary completionMar 2015
- Study completionMar 2016
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Drug AbuseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 836 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The City College of New York
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Johns Hopkins University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Dr. William Latimer, The City College of New York
- Investigators
- William W. Latimer, PhD, MPH, Principal investigator, University of Florida
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00198861
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 5R01DA014498-05
- Other IDs
- 5R01DA014498
- Status last verified
- Aug 2016
- First submitted
- 13 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 2 Aug 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Aug 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Neurobehavioral Model of HIV in Injection Drug Users
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00198861
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 5R01DA014498-05
- Conditions
- Drug Abuse, HIV Infections
- Keywords
- HIV Epidemiology, Neurology, Neuropsychological, HIV Risk Factors, Cognitive Risk Factors, HIV
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 836 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The City College of New YorkUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Johns Hopkins University
- Study start
- Feb 2002
- Primary completion
- Mar 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2016 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this R01 study is to evaluate the association between neuropsychological executive dysfunction and HIV infection among young injection and non-injection drug users. A longitudinal study will be conducted in which the cohort of seronegative drug users completing a baseline neuropsychological battery are re-assessed on three subsequent occasions, roughly six months apart. The primary aim of the longitudinal study is to estimate the magnitude of the suspected causal relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors while adjusting for time-invariant (e.g. sex, ethnicity) and time-varying (e.g. degree of drug abuse) covariates. We also seek to evaluate: (1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors. If successful, this project will shed new light on significant and potentially malleable HIV-risk factors in injection and non-injection drug users. This will be important evidence because injection drug abuse continues to account for a large proportion of HIV seroconversions particularly among young women and minorities. As such, this RO1 research project serves as an important initial step in a line of innovative investigations about suspected causal associations between neuropsychological deficits and HIV-risk behaviors in drug users. Ultimately, this line of investigation should lead to changes in public and clinical practices designed to prevent HIV infection.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users | – | Other: Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users(1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 15 to 50 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
- Study population
- In total, we seek to recruit 150 HIV positive and 800 HIV negative drug users who are between the ages of 15 and 50 years and who have used illicit drugs within the previous five years of enrollment.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Drug users aged 15 to 50 years old.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Acute psychotic, suicidal, homicidal ideation.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users(1) the degree to which specific executive dysfunctions predispose heroin and cocaine users to high-risk injection practices or sex behaviors, and (2) whether observed relationship between executive dysfunction and HIV-risk behaviors can be understood independent of levels of drug -taking frequency, or whether the observed data are more consistent with complex patterns of interdependency between executive dysfunction, drug-taking frequency, and HIV-risk-behaviors. | Other | Injection and Non-Injection Drug Users |
Primary outcome
HIV-Risk Behavior Outcomes
Time frame: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Among the drug-related HIV-risk behaviors are drug use cessation and relapse, risky injection practices, including direct and indirect syringe sharing, disinfection practices, and injection in high risk contexts (e.g. shooting galleries). Sexual practices include number and types of partners (gender), type(s) of sexual acts (oral, vaginal and anal intercourse), condom use, survival sex (sex for money, drugs, shelter, food and protection), and incident sexually transmitted diseases.
2 secondary outcomes
Executive Functions
Time frame: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Serologic Outcomes
Time frame: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Aug 2016.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
William W. Latimer, PhD, MPH principal investigator
University of Florida
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Drug Abuse and HIV Infections, run by The City College of New York at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Aug 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
HIV-Risk Behavior Outcomes (time frame: Outcome measure will be assessed at 6, 12 , and up to 18 months after enrollment.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Aug 2016; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.