Peer power: can friends help stop HIV in injection drug users?

NCT ID NCT06103370

First seen Nov 01, 2025

Summary

This study aims to see if training people who inject drugs to become peer educators can help their friends get tested for HIV and use prevention tools like PrEP and treatment for opioid use. About 360 participants from syringe service programs in Maryland will be recruited, along with people in their social networks. Half of the groups will receive peer-educator training, while the other half will get equal attention on overdose prevention, and researchers will compare HIV testing rates and service use over 9 months.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • Frederick County Health Department, Street Safe Program

    RECRUITING

    Frederick, Maryland, 21701, United States

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  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Behavior, Addictive substance abuse substance-related disorder HIV infectious disease prevention target

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.