CompletedNot Applicable

Change the Cycle: An RCT to Prevent Injection Initiation

United States979 participantsStarted 2016-06

Plain-language summary

The study will test the efficacy of a hour long, one-on-one, active listening counseling session (called Change the Cycle or CTC) aimed at reducing behaviors among active people who inject drugs (PWID) that research has found to facilitate uptake of injection drug use among non-injectors. The study will involve \~1,100 PWID who will be randomized to CTC or an equal attention control intervention on improving nutrition. Participants will be recruited in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California and followed up at 6 and 12 months to determine changes in direct and indirect facilitation of injection initiation among non-injectors.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Self-reported Injection an illicit drug in the last 30 days, * visible evidence of injection such as track mark or stigmata, * at least 18 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Under 18 years of age, * no self-reported drug injection in the last 30 days, * no physical evidence of recent drug injection.

What they're measuring

People Initiated Into Injection Drug Use

Timeframe: 6 months

Number of Request to Initiate Someone Into Drug Injection

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02774954

SponsorUniversity of Southern California

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-11

Results submitted2021-04-08

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