Acceptability of Health CareNCT04813484
Addressing Violence and HIV Care Among Transgender Women
A study testing Kickin it with the Gulz in people with Acceptability of Health Care and HIV Infections, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This project seeks to adapt and pilot a trauma-informed combination intervention named 'Kickin' it with the Gurlz' that was designed with, for, and by transgender women of color to improve HIV care continuum outcomes. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Acceptability of Health Care, HIV Infections
- What is being tested?
- Kickin it with the Gulz
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 11 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 15 Jan 2021to 15 May 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
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 18 years and older
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- At least 18 years old
- Assigned male at birth; identifies as female, transgender woman, or another feminine gender identity
- Self-identifies as a person of color (any racial/ethnic identity except non-Hispanic white)
- Self-reports as HIV-positive
- History of trauma (i.e., endorses at least 2 items on the adapted Trauma History Screener which includes IPV and experiencing or witnessing other forms of violence for transgender women
- Living or willing to travel to Detroit
- English-speaking
- Willing and able to provide informed consent.
Who cannot join
- Evidence of severe cognitive impairment or active psychosis that may impede ability to provide fully informed consent
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Addressing Violence and HIV Cascade of Care Outcomes Among Transgender Women
This project seeks to adapt and pilot a trauma-informed combination intervention named 'Kickin' it with the Gurlz' that was designed with, for, and by transgender women of color to improve HIV care continuum outcomes. The intervention components include a violence and gender affirmation screening tool, a peer-led adaptation of Seeking Safety, and individual-level peer navigation sessions. The project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary promise of the multicomponent by conducting a one-arm pilot with 30 transgender women of color who have a history of trauma. Participants will complete baseline, immediate post-intervention, and 3-month follow up assessments.
Read the detailed description
This project seeks to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the trauma-informed combination care intervention to improve HIV care continuum outcomes including the development of community-informed strategies for subsequent RCTs. We will conduct a one-arm pilot of the adapted multicomponent trauma-informed intervention named "Kickin it with the Gurlz." This project will collect feasibility and acceptability data related to identifying, recruiting, enrolling, intervening with, and retaining participants (i.e. recruitment length, screening procedures, feasibility of conducting sessions, intervention acceptability, retention rates, feasibility of verifying self-reported and medical chart review data on viral load and exit interviews with participants and staff at program conclusion). The study will recruit 30 participants into the pilot study. Participants will complete baseline, end of program, and 3-month post-intervention follow-up surveys. Exit interviews and interviews with key stakeholders will identify strategies for implementing trauma-informed HIV treatment efficacy trials with transgender women of color within close-knit communities, such as acceptable and feasible control conditions, acceptable and feasible violence and gender affirmation screening, biomedical confirmation methods, contamination concerns, and potential changes needed within existing health care systems.
- Conditions
- Acceptability of Health Care, HIV Infections
- Being tested
- Kickin it with the Gulz
- Medical subject headings
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care, HIV Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Kickin it with the GulzBehavioural
The intervention is a multicomponent intervention, including a screening, groups, and individual sessions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Kicking it with the Gurlz | Experimental | This multicomponent intervention includes a violence and gender affirmation screening tool, a peer delivered adaptation of the group-level Seeking Safety Program, and individual-level peer navigation sessions. Receives: Behavioral: Kickin it with the Gulz |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Acceptability Quantitative
The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) will be used to assess intervention satisfaction. Scores are averaged across items once. Items 2, 4, 5, and 8 are reverse scored. Total scores range from 0 to 4, with the higher number indicating greater satisfaction.
Measured: 3-month follow up
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Mar 2021
- Study start15 Jan 2021
- Primary completion15 May 2023
- Study completion15 May 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Acceptability of Health CareStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of MichiganThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- 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
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- One-arm pilot
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 11 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Kristi Gamarel, University of Michigan
- Investigators
- Kristi Gamarel, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Michigan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04813484
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- F056257
- Other IDs
- R21MH121974
- Status last verified
- Apr 2025
- First submitted
- 21 Mar 2021
- Last updated
- 24 Apr 2025
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Our team is committed to collaboration with NIH officials, other researchers, the health and social services community, and other entities for rapid dissemination of data and sharing of materials. We will make our results available to the community of researchers and general public interested in transgender health to avoid unintentional duplication of research, as well as to others in the health and social services community, including HIV clinics, LGBT community based organizations, and AIDS service organizations.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Apr 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Addressing Violence and HIV Cascade of Care Outcomes Among Transgender Women
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04813484
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- F056257
- Conditions
- Acceptability of Health Care, HIV Infections
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 11 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of MichiganUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Study start
- 15 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 May 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 15 May 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 24 Mar 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 24 Apr 2025
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This project seeks to adapt and pilot a trauma-informed combination intervention named 'Kickin' it with the Gurlz' that was designed with, for, and by transgender women of color to improve HIV care continuum outcomes. The intervention components include a violence and gender affirmation screening tool, a peer-led adaptation of Seeking Safety, and individual-level peer navigation sessions. The project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary promise of the multicomponent by conducting a one-arm pilot with 30 transgender women of color who have a history of trauma. Participants will complete baseline, immediate post-intervention, and 3-month follow up assessments.
Detailed description
This project seeks to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the trauma-informed combination care intervention to improve HIV care continuum outcomes including the development of community-informed strategies for subsequent RCTs. We will conduct a one-arm pilot of the adapted multicomponent trauma-informed intervention named "Kickin it with the Gurlz." This project will collect feasibility and acceptability data related to identifying, recruiting, enrolling, intervening with, and retaining participants (i.e. recruitment length, screening procedures, feasibility of conducting sessions, intervention acceptability, retention rates, feasibility of verifying self-reported and medical chart review data on viral load and exit interviews with participants and staff at program conclusion). The study will recruit 30 participants into the pilot study. Participants will complete baseline, end of program, and 3-month post-intervention follow-up surveys. Exit interviews and interviews with key stakeholders will identify strategies for implementing trauma-informed HIV treatment efficacy trials with transgender women of color within close-knit communities, such as acceptable and feasible control conditions, acceptable and feasible violence and gender affirmation screening, biomedical confirmation methods, contamination concerns, and potential changes needed within existing health care systems.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- One-arm pilot
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Kicking it with the Gurlz | Experimental | Behavioral: Kickin it with the GulzThis multicomponent intervention includes a violence and gender affirmation screening tool, a peer delivered adaptation of the group-level Seeking Safety Program, and individual-level peer navigation sessions. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- At least 18 years old
- Assigned male at birth; identifies as female, transgender woman, or another feminine gender identity
- Self-identifies as a person of color (any racial/ethnic identity except non-Hispanic white)
- Self-reports as HIV-positive
- History of trauma (i.e., endorses at least 2 items on the adapted Trauma History Screener which includes IPV and experiencing or witnessing other forms of violence for transgender women
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Evidence of severe cognitive impairment or active psychosis that may impede ability to provide fully informed consent
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kickin it with the GulzThe intervention is a multicomponent intervention, including a screening, groups, and individual sessions. | Behavioural | Kicking it with the Gurlz |
Primary outcome
Acceptability Quantitative
Time frame: 3-month follow up
The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) will be used to assess intervention satisfaction. Scores are averaged across items once. Items 2, 4, 5, and 8 are reverse scored. Total scores range from 0 to 4, with the higher number indicating greater satisfaction.
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Apr 2025.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Our team is committed to collaboration with NIH officials, other researchers, the health and social services community, and other entities for rapid dissemination of data and sharing of materials. We will make our results available to the community of researchers and general public interested in transgender health to avoid unintentional duplication of research, as well as to others in the health and social services community, including HIV clinics, LGBT community based organizations, and AIDS service organizations.
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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.
Kristi Gamarel, PhD principal investigator
University of Michigan
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Kickin it with the Gulz in people with Acceptability of Health Care and HIV Infections, run by University of Michigan 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 8 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 24 Apr 2025. 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?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 24 Apr 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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?
Acceptability Quantitative (time frame: 3-month follow up). 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 24 Apr 2025.