Assessing the Use of MY-RIDE, a Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention, to Improve HIV Prevention and Substance Use in Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Recruiting · NCT06074354 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Attention-control groupMY-RIDE group
What this trial is about
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Motivating Youth to Reduce Infections, Disconnections, and Emotion dysregulation (MY-RIDE) decreases substance use , to determine whether MY-RIDE increases human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies and to evaluate MY-RIDE effects on willingness to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), stress, substance use urge, and use of mental health and substance use services when compared to attention control youth
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years to 25 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- have engaged in substance use (alcohol or illicit drugs)
- speak English
- are experiencing homelessness
- engaged in sexual activity in the last 6 months or plan to in the next month
- are not planning to move out of the metro area during the 15-month study period.
Exclusion criteria
- Youth Experiencing Homelessness (YEH) who have low literacy based on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form (scores \< 4)
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Houston, Texas, United States