Clinical trials: Gays
HIV Prevention, Substance Use
Integrating Sexual Pleasure Into Harm Reduction Services for Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Persons Who Engage in Chemsex or Substance Use in Thailand
The study evaluates the integration of a sexual pleasure-based approach into harm reduction services for MSM and transgender persons engaging in chemsex or substance use in Thailand, using the "Pleasuremeter" tool to improve…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Substance Use, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- PLEASURE (NCT07509853)
- Testing
- Pleasuremeter-guided qualitative interview, Pleasuremeter-based sexual pleasure discussion integrated with harm reduction services
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
HIV Prevention, Substance Use
Host Led Harm Reduction Approach Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Engaged in Chemsex in Bangkok, Thailand: A Pre-Implementation Study
This study evaluates the pre-implementation phase of a host-led harm reduction model for men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in chemsex in Bangkok, Thailand, focusing on understanding harms, contexts, and needs to develop a…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Substance Use, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- HAMMOCK (NCT07512869)
- Testing
- Self-administered questionnaire assessment, Semi-structured in-depth interviews (IDIs), Development and refinement of harm reduction model
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
HIV Prevention
ATN 151 Work-to-Prevent: Employment as HIV Prevention
The investigators aim to pilot-test a novel social and structural-level HIV intervention for YMSM and YTW of color ages 16-24.
- Trial name
- W2P (NCT03313310)
- Testing
- Employment Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
HIV Infections
HIV Prevention Among At-risk Latinos in the Heartland
This study is a randomized controlled trial that evaluates the efficacy of a network intervention to promote regular HIV testing and prevention (risk reduction and PrEP awareness and referrals) among friendship networks of Latino…
- Trial name
- NCT04563715
- Testing
- HIV counseling and testing, Network intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
PrEP Test and Treat
Evaluation of a Facility-based Test, Treat, and Prevent HIV Program Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Thailand
This is a prospective observational cohort study that aims to enroll a total of 2000 Thai MSM and TG at five health facilities in four provinces of Thailand. Each participant will be followed for 18 months.
- Trial name
- PrEP (NCT02369887)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Health Behavior
Promoting HIV Self-testing Among MSM During COVID-19 Pandemic
A community-based organization (CBO) recruited Chinese-speaking men who have sex with men who are HIV-negative or unknown sero-status through multiple channels in Hong Kong, China.
- Trial name
- NCT05398835
- Testing
- Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing
SNS to Increase HIV Testing Uptake and Linkage to Double Cascade Services Among Adolescent MSM and TGW in Thailand
UNAIDS aims to end AIDS by 2030 using "90-90-90" diagnosis-treatment-viral suppression targets. Thailand has achieved elimination of HIV mother-to-child transmission, but continues to see new infections among adolescent men who…
- Conditions
- Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing, Men Who Have Sex With Men
- Trial name
- NCT04953858
- Testing
- Social network strategy (SNS)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
HIV-1-infection
Providing Unique Support for Health (PUSH) Study
Project Narrative This 5-city proposal seeks to address HIV disparities among young (ages 15-24) Black and/or Latinx men who have sex with men (YBLMSM) and transgender women (YBLTW) in a multilevel intervention to identify…
- Trial name
- NCT03194477
- Testing
- Mobile-enhanced Engagement Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 631 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Substance Abuse, HIV Infections
Stonewall Treatment Evaluation Project
This treatment outcome evaluation of the Stonewall Project will recruit 150 participants to complete a face-to-face assessment visit at baseline, 3-month follow-up, and 6-month follow-up to examine treatment outcome with respect…
- Trial name
- STEP (NCT01129401)
- Testing
- Stonewall Project
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV/AIDS
PrEPared and Strong: Clinic-Based PrEP for Black MSM
Black men who have sex with men (MSM) have among the highest rates of new HIV infections of any group in the United States. Developing effective HIV prevention interventions that work with this group is a critical element of the…
- Trial name
- P&S (NCT02167386)
- Testing
- Enhanced PrEP Adherence, Standard PrEP Adherence
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Young Adult Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual: Transdiagnostic Minority Stress Approach
Background: LGB people experience a large number of anxiety and mood disorders, and risk behaviors than heterosexual (Marshall et al., 2011).
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse, Sexual Compulsivity, Unsafe Sex
- Trial name
- NCT03980873
- Testing
- ESTEEM (Effective Sikills to Empower Effective Men)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
AIDS, HIV Seropositivity
Investigation of the Psychosocial Factors Responsible for the Late Recourse to HIV Testing Within MSM
The present study will try to investigate and analyze the psycho-social hindrances and levers concerning the recourse to late HIV testing among the MSM population. This study is divided in two parts.
- Trial name
- ReTarD (NCT03661203)
- Testing
- Focus group, Individual interview, online self questionnaire
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,190 people
- Sponsor
- French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Meningitis, HPV - Anogenital Human Papilloma Virus Infection
Increasing Healthcare Engagement Via Routine Vaccination Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
Vaccine-preventable diseases such as hepatitis A and meningitis, as well as cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) disproportionately impact young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM).
- Conditions
- Meningitis, HPV - Anogenital Human Papilloma Virus Infection, Hepatitis A
- Trial name
- NCT03445416
- Testing
- POL arm, Comparison arm
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
HIV/AIDS
Evaluation of a Smart Phone App-based Case Management Model Among ART-naive HIV-infected MSM
This is a randomized controlled trial about an app-based case management intervention. The intervention is a comprehensive case management approach consisting of the following aspects: articles delivery, online communication with…
- Trial name
- NCT03860116
- Testing
- APP-based case management service, Standard-of-care followup service
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
HIV Infection, Substance Abuse
Risk Reduction for Urban Substance Using Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
The specific aims of the 5-year study are to: 1) describe the nature and extent of substance use and sexual risk behaviors in a sample of 500 sexually active, substance using, not-in-treatment men who have sex with men (MSM) in…
- Trial name
- NCT01327898
- Testing
- empowerment theory-based small group discussion, individual resilience counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 515 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
HIV Infection Primary, Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Seville Cohort of People at Substantial Risk for HIV Infection on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) based on tenofovir represents a considerably new preventive intervention that has shown to significantly decrease the number of HIV infections while it enables early diagnosis of HIV and other…
- Conditions
- HIV Infection Primary, Hepatitis, Viral, Human, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Excluding HIV and Hepatitis
- Trial name
- SeVIHPrEP (NCT05492565)
- Testing
- Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 300 MG Oral Tablet
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío
Contact Tracing
Enhancing Partner Services Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV
Individuals will participate in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) that implements and evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of crowdsourced partner services (PS) or conventional PS among Chinese men…
- Trial name
- NCT04971967
- Testing
- Crowdsourced partner services intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
HIV Infections, Papillomavirus Infections
Viral Load Determination and Biomarkers of High Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - Types in HIV-positive Men
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-infection belongs to the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. HIV-infected men having sex with men (MSM) are strongly associated with a higher prevalence of genital HPV-infection, a…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Papillomavirus Infections, Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
- Trial name
- NCT00365729
- Testing
- Smear and biopsy testing for HPV-types and viral load
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Deutsche Luft und Raumfahrt
Sexually Transmitted Infections, Gay
HIV/STD Risk and PrEP Implementation Messaging Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men
The goal of this observational study is to learn about awareness around PrEP use and adherence, condom use, sexual risk-taking behavior, and substance-using behaviors in men having sex with men.
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, Gay, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
- Trial name
- MIC-DROP (NCT06183502)
- Testing
- Quantitative survey, HIV and STI testing, Qualitative Assessment
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 675 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
HIV Infections
Culturally-Tailored HIV Risk Reduction for African-American MSM
The purpose of this study to conduct a small randomized control trial to compare the relative effectiveness of a single-session of HIV testing and counseling risk reduction intervention (HCT-only) to an enhanced intervention that…
- Trial name
- Project ABLE (NCT00691561)
- Testing
- Project ABLE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin