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Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV Behaviors in Sexual Minority Individuals

Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06745947

Registry updated: 2026-09-23

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Description

This research study is testing a new behavioral therapy called Episodic Future Thinking or EFT can help people reduce drug use and risky sexual behaviors while helping them adhere to their HIV prevention medication (PrEP). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive standard care, which includes counseling on HIV prevention, drug use reduction, and sexual health. The other group will receive standard care plus a new program called Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), where participants will think about and plan for their future goals using a mobile app and counseling sessions. Study procedures that are not part of regular care include filling out surveys, providing blood, urine, and swab samples for testing, and using the EFT app.

Interventions

EFT (Behavioral)
Participants who meet the eligibility criteria will receive the EFT intervention, a cognitive training exercise designed to help them generate and visualize future events or goals. The intervention will be administered individually, in person, by a trained counselor

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18 - 34 years of age * HIV negative (assessed via Rapid HIV Antibody Test) * Identify as gay, or bisexual * Recent (past 3 months) methamphetamine use * Currently prescribed and taking HIV PrEP medication * Self-reported HIV PrEP nonadherence in the past three months * Urine screen test for PrEP nonadherence * Self-reported condomless anal sex or a STI in the past three months * Able to attend all study visits * Fluent in English Exclusion Criteria: * Currently receiving treatment for any substance use disorder, * HIV positive * Having a medical or psychiatric illness that in the opinion of the PI would interfere with study participation * Unable to provide informed consent * Unable to attend protocol directed study visits * Any plans that would preclude study completion (e.g. surgery, major medical treatments such as chemotherapy, incarceration, travel/moving out of San Antonio, Texas)

Conditions

HIV Prevention

Locations

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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