TerminatedNot Applicable

Still Climbin': An Intervention to Improve Coping Among Black Sexual Minority Men

Stopped: NIH terminated the study due to shifted policy priorities

United States369 participantsStarted 2021-02-09

Plain-language summary

This study consists of a randomized controlled trial of a multi-session cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) group intervention that addresses coping with discrimination and medical mistrust among Black sexual minority men (SMM). Primary intervention objectives include increasing health care engagement and receipt of evidence-based preventive care, as well as better coping and reduced anticipated and internalized stigma, and medical mistrust among intervention participants.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * Biologically male at birth * Identify as male * Self-identify as a Black/African American * Report having sex with men in the past 24 months * Anticipate being available for the next 12 months to attend study visits * Able to interact and communicate in written and spoken English. Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling/Unable to provide informed consent * Cisgender women * Transgender women * Transgender men

What they're measuring

Inadequate Healthcare Utilization

Timeframe: baseline to 12-month post-baseline

Proportion of Evidence-based Care Components Received Across Follow-up Assessments

Timeframe: baseline to 12 months post-baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04587869

SponsorRAND

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-03-20

Results submitted2025-10-07

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