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CompletedNCT01863537Updated Jul 31, 2013

Using Multimedia Technologies to Disseminate an HIV Prevention

An interventional study of Multimedia Connect and Traditional Connect in HIV Infection, sponsored by Columbia University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-07-31.

Sponsored by Columbia University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
253
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This RCT will randomly assign 40 of the CBOs to receive the Multimedia intervention and training package (Multimedia)and the other 40 to receive the original, manualized Connect intervention and training package (Traditional). The technology transfer process involves all agencies receiving four days of training and two planned technical assistance conference calls, by study investigative staff, in the first four months following training. Telephone assessments completed by up to 6 staff at each agency will measure primary outcomes, mediating, moderating and process measure variables at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months post-technology transfer. The primary outcome of the study is adoptions of the Connect intervention. The unit of analysis is the CBO.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infection

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In context

HIV Infections

4,258 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 253 is above the median of 83 across 3,251 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Columbia University is the lead sponsor of 1,103 studies on the registry; 193 are open to participants now.

Of its 172 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 142 (83%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

To be eligible for the study, CBOs must have reported that they

  • had 501c3 status;
  • provided at least a minimum level of direct contact HIV prevention services to clientele; and
  • that their target population for services included heterosexual men and women.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
253 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention

    Multimedia Connect and the Multimedia facilitator training curriculum with a 4-day, face-to-face structured orientation and training for implementation, and planned, investigative team initiated telephone consultations with CBO staff to provide technical assistance at 2 and 4 months following the training workshop;

    Behavioral: Multimedia Connect

  • Active comparator
    Traditional Connect

    The original, manualized version of Connect (CDC DEBI)and manualized facilitator training curriculum with a 4-day, face-to-face structured orientation and training for implementation, and planned, investigative team initiated telephone consultation with CBO staff to provide technical assistance at 2 and 4 months following the training workshop.

    Behavioral: Traditional Connect

Interventions

  • BehavioralMultimedia Connect
  • BehavioralTraditional Connect
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The mean number of Connect sessions per client/couple implemented by participating staff (at each agency) in the prior 6 months

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. To test whether key variables mediate adoption outcomes (e.g. staff attitudes and opinions towards programming and technology).

    Time frame: 18 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Columbia University Social Intervention Group
    New York, New York 10027, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Witte SS, Wu E, El-Bassel N, Hunt T, Gilbert L, Medina KP, Chang M, Kelsey R, Rowe J, Remien R. Implementation of a couple-based HIV prevention program: a cluster randomized trial comparing manual versus Web-based approaches. Implement Sci. 2014 Sep 11;9:116. doi: 10.1186/s13012-014-0116-x. PubMed 25208569 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 31, 2013, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01863537
Lead sponsor
Columbia University
Collaborators
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Responsible party
Susan Witte (Associatge Professor, Columbia University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 29, 2013
Start date
May 2007
Primary completion
Sep 2011
Completion
Jun 2013
Last update
Jul 31, 2013

Study contacts

Susan S. Witte, PhD
principal investigator · Columbia University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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