Clinical trials: Sexual Risk Behavior
Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
Effects of a Worksite Parenting Program
Many adolescents in the U.S., even very young adolescents, are engaging in sexual risk behaviors that put them at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unintended pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT00465010
- Testing
- Talking Parents, Healthy Teens
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Hiv, Adolescent Behavior
A Pragmatic Trial of An Adaptive eHealth HIV Prevention Program for Diverse Adolescent MSM
This pragmatic trial of an HIV prevention program focuses on HIV risk-reduction in men who have sex with men (MSM) ages 13-18. The design is a three-tiered, internet-based HIV prevention intervention series that uses a sequential…
- Conditions
- Hiv, Adolescent Behavior, Sex, Safe
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT03511131)
- Testing
- Queer Sex Ed, Keep It Up, Keep It Up-Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Depression, Anxiety
Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Improve Sexual and Gender Minorities' Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Experiences of violence, from micro to physical aggressions, have a deleterious impact on mental health. According to the Minority Stress Theory, unfavorable social conditions (such as anticipated and experienced discrimination…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress, Social Phobia
- Trial name
- ESCREVA-SE (NCT05349877)
- Testing
- Expressive writing, Self-affirmation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Reducing HIV Risk Among Adolescents: Evaluating Project HEART
This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training).
- Trial name
- NCT02579135
- Testing
- Safer Sex, Growth Mindsets
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Health Risk Behaviors
Sexually Active Adolescent Focused Education
SAAFE will be pilot tested in 2 geographically distinct areas (Washington, DC and Deep South) with 100 participants from each site to 1) primarily assess the efficacy of improved self-efficacy, knowledge about HIV/STIs and…
- Trial name
- SAAFE (NCT03646032)
- Testing
- SAAFE, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benten Technologies, Inc.
Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking
Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
Social networks are thought to hold the potential for shaping behavior on the grounds that social and situational factors more strongly influence behavior than do personality variables.
- Conditions
- Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Marijuana Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT00107562
- Testing
- Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Families Talking Together Plus: An Approach to Promote Sexual Delay and Strengthen Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
Despite reductions in adolescent sexual behavior over the past decade, premature sexual activity remains prevalent among adolescents and alarming adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities exist.
- Trial name
- FTT+ (NCT04731649)
- Testing
- Families Talking Together Plus (FTT +)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,227 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Sexual Behavior
Young Men and Media Study
Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) continue to account for a disproportionate number of HIV infections in the United States. Racial and ethnic minority populations are particularly affected.
- Trial name
- NCT04109443
- Testing
- Young Men & Media Program, Available websites on safe sex and preventing STIs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Efficacy of an Abstinence-Only HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Young African-American Adolescents
This study will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of culturally appropriate HIV/sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction interventions in reducing sexual risk behavior among young African-American adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00640653
- Testing
- Abstinence-only HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention, Safer-sex-only HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention, Long comprehensive HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 662 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Sexual Risk Behavior, Drug Use
eHealth Evidence-based Intervention (EBI) for Latino Youth in Primary Care
The purpose of this study is to test the relative effectiveness of a Hispanic-specific eHealth intervention, "e-Health Familias Unidas," in preventing and reducing drug use, sexual risk behaviors, and STIs among Hispanic youth in…
- Conditions
- Sexual Risk Behavior, Drug Use, Family Functioning
- Trial name
- NCT03009539
- Testing
- eHealth Familias Unidas Primary Care
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 921 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Effect of HIV/STD Risk Reduction Program on South African Adolescents
This study will evaluate the effect of an HIV/STD risk-reduction program on the sexual behavior of South African adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00559403
- Testing
- HIV/STD Risk-Reduction, Health Promotion
- Volunteers
- 1,057 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
HIV Infections
HIV Risk Reduction in Youth in the Bahamas
This study will examine whether pairing a grade 6 in-school HIV education program and a parent training program will reduce prevalence of behaviors that present high risk of HIV infection in youth in the Bahamas.
- Trial name
- NCT00774592
- Testing
- FOYC, Goal for it (GFI), Wonderous Wetlands
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
HIV, Physical Abuse of Adult (If Focus of Attention is on Victim)
Assessing the Impact of an Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Uganda
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a precursor to and consequence of HIV infection. Few interventions combining HIV and IPV prevention have been evaluated and none has significantly decreased both outcomes.
- Conditions
- HIV, Physical Abuse of Adult (If Focus of Attention is on Victim), Sexual Abuse of Adult (If Focus of Attention is on Victim), Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- SHARE (NCT02050763)
- Testing
- The SHARE Project
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 11,451 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
HIV Infections, Peripheral Nervous System Disease
Nerve Damage in Patients With HIV Infection Who Have Been Treated With Anti-HIV Drugs
The purpose of this study is to find out what might increase nerve damage in people with HIV who have taken drugs for treatment of HIV disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00017771
- Where
- 18 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
HIV Infections
Male Partner Involvement in the Prevention of MTCT of HIV
The study aims to invite male sexual partners to attend antenatal clinic with their pregnant partners to either acquire pregnancy information or undergo voluntary counselling and testing for HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT00405990
- Testing
- Voluntary counselling and HIV testing in ANC for PMTCT, VCT
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Teen Pregnancy, Contraception Behavior
Evaluation of an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program; Relationship Smarts+ With Lessons From Mind Matters
The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to assess an innovative adolescent pregnancy prevention program among youth that are at the highest risk of adolescent pregnancy, to prevent pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted…
- Conditions
- Teen Pregnancy, Contraception Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Reproductive Health
- Trial name
- NCT05889689
- Testing
- Relationship Smarts Plus & Mind Matters, Relationship Smarts Plus alone, Preparing Adolescents for Young Adulthood (PAYA).
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 945 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trinity Church Inc.
Exposure to Violent Event, Bullying
Electronic Pre-visit Questionnaire to Prompt Discussions of Youth Violence in Primary Care
Pediatricians are supposed to talk about youth violence at all heath supervision visits, however these types of conversations rarely occur. There have been no studies assessing tools to prompt these discussions.
- Trial name
- NCT02041182
- Testing
- Pre-Visit Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
HIV Infections
Community Intervention Trial for Youth (CITY) Study
The purpose of this study is to test whether a multi-component, community-level, HIV-prevention intervention is more effective than existing HIV prevention activities in reducing unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) among men ages…
- Trial name
- NCT00164580
- Testing
- Community-Level Intervention
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism
Genetic Factors and Interrelationships for Cancer Risk-Related Behaviors and Complex Traits
We propose to conduct a multifactorial genetic study of cancer risk-related behaviors and other complex human characteristics. The main areas of interest are tobacco smoking, excess alcohol consumption, psychological traits, and…
- Conditions
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism, HIV Infection, Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT00001500
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Project RESPECT: The Efficacy of HIV/STD Prevention Counseling
The efficacy of counseling to prevent infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has not been definitively shown.
- Trial name
- NCT00362791
- Testing
- "Enhanced HIV/STD Counseling:" 4 face-to-face, interctive counseling sessions based on the Theory of Reasoned Action & Health Belief Model, "Brief Counseling" (aka "client-centered counseling"): 2 brief, face-to-face interactive sessions targeted a patient-identified risk behavior, "HIV Prevention Education": 2 brief, didactic sessions informing the patient about HIV/STD prevention strategies
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention