Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support for People Leaving Jail

Part of paid clinical trials in Los Angeles, California.

Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Study ID
NCT04036396
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
MALE
Age
18 Years - 49 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support — BEHAVIORAL
    Access to the newly developed GeoPassport App, incentives for accessing identified services, and a trained Peer Mentor.
  • Usual Care plus Customized Referrals — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in the control arm will continue to receive services they would normally receive consistent with the setting in which they were recruited. This includes substance use treatment in jail, substance use treatment at a residential recovery facility, and/or supportive housing services. The study will provide referrals customized to their needs and preferences.

Study Details

This study will provide HIV prevention and related support services to men who have sex with men and transgender women who have substance use disorders and are either leaving jail or recently released from jail. The researchers will compare the utilization of HIV prevention and other support services between individuals who receive routine case management provided following enrollment to those who have access to GeoPassport, a global position service (GPS)-based mobile app, incentives, and peer mentor support.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 14, 2019
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Jan 11, 2024
Completion
Mar 31, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
233 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Standard of Care
    A client-centered assessment of priorities and needs and customized prevention and testing referrals.
  • Experimental: Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support
    Standard of Care in addition to a client-centered assessment of priorities and needs and customized prevention and testing referrals, and the Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support Program

Primary Outcome Measure

Number of Participants Establishing a Primary Care Provider Who Can Prescribe PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) [ Time Frame: 9 months ]

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
God's PropertyLos AngelesCalifornia90003-
Los Angeles County Men's Central JailLos AngelesCalifornia90012-
Los Angeles Center for Alcohol and Drug AbuseSanta Fe SpringsCalifornia90670-

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