A Small-group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02546271

Acronym

GPS

Enrollment

Registered

2015-09-10

Start date

2009-03-31

Completion date

2013-11-30

Last updated

2018-07-20

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Conditions

Risk Behavior

Brief summary

Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is an HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, which takes place in a group counselling format. All participants provided written informed consent at the outset of the study. Eligible participants filled out a 1-hour computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire. Subsequently, participants attended seven 2-hour group sessions, led by 2 peer facilitators, who were HIV-positive gay men, in groups of 5-8 men. Immediately and 3 months following the completion of the GPS program, participants were scheduled to attend a 1-hour session to complete the same questionnaire package. Participants received an honorarium and a list of community resources, including mental health or substance use counseling services, at the end of each assessment. Participants also participated in a program evaluation interview at the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGPS

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in the study, participants had to: 1. identify as male, 2. report engaging in condomless anal sex with another male during the past 3 months, 3. self-report an HIV-positive status, 4. be over the age of 18 years old, and 5. be able to speak and read in English.

Exclusion criteria

* Self-reported female gender, * no condomless anal sex with another male during past 3 months, * HIV-negative

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Serodiscordant condomless anal sex with a casual partner	Past 3 months	Condomless anal sex with an HIV-negative or unknown serostatus casual partner

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Seroconcordant condonmless anal sex with a casual partner	Past 3 months	Condomless anal sex with an HIV-positive casual partner

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026