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Substance Checking Outreach and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Engagement Study
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Summary
Through the proposed Substance Checking Outreach and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Engagement (SCOPE) study, the investigators will design and evaluate an overdose prevention and HIV prevention study among people who use drugs (PWUD). Specifically, SCOPE will provide access to drug-checking services for PWUD to better understand the contents of the drug supply, in combination with PrEP for those who are HIV-, to both reduce overdose and HIV among PWUD in Baltimore City.
Official title: Impact of a Novel HIV Peer Navigation and Overdose Prevention Intervention on Engagement in the HIV Prevention and Treatment Cascade
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
500
Start Date
2023-07-28
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2026-01-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
CHECKIT!
Participants will not be assigned to the intervention as it will be available to everyone. Check it will be a van-based HIV- and overdose-prevention program offered in the four areas of Baltimore city from which study participants are recruited. Intervention services will include point-of-care drug checking and PrEP assessment, prescription, and management, and they will be available to everyone, regardless of whether they are part of the SCOPE study cohort or not. Individual-level service usage data collected by intervention staff will not be considered in analysis of outcomes. However, study participants will self-report Check it utilization on the internally-developed surveys at 6, 12, and 18 months.
Locations (1)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States