# Change the Cycle: An RCT to Prevent Injection Initiation

> **NCT02774954** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Southern California** · enrollment: 979 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- HIV
- Heroin Dependence
- Opioid Dependence
- Cocaine Dependence
- Amphetamine Dependence

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Change the Cycle

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02774954
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Southern California
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-06
- **Primary completion:** 2018-11
- **Final completion:** 2019-11
- **Target enrollment:** 979 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-20

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02774954

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02774954, "Change the Cycle: An RCT to Prevent Injection Initiation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02774954. Licensed CC0.

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