Friends helping friends: peer education boosts HIV and addiction care
NCT ID NCT05824702
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether training people on methadone to become peer educators could help their friends who inject drugs and have HIV get into treatment. The peer educators talked to their social network members about medication for drug dependence and accompanied them to the clinic. The goal was to see if this approach could increase enrollment in drug treatment among those living with HIV.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- peer education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more people with HIV who inject drugs get into treatment and improve their health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply widely. The intervention depends on peer relationships, which may not work in all communities.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy
Kiev, Kyiv Oblast, 01001, Ukraine
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