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NCT05783336

Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus Pilot

Completed NA Last updated 8 May 2024
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus (SSCF+) in Intimate Partner Violence in 323 participants. Completed in 28 November 2023.

Timeline
24 May 2023
Primary endpoint
28 November 2023
28 November 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Exeter
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment323
Start date24 May 2023
Primary completion28 November 2023
Estimated completion28 November 2023
Sites1 location across South Africa

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Exeter

Who can join

Adults 18 to 30, any sex, with Intimate Partner Violence or Poverty. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this randomised controlled clinical trial is to test the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus (SSCF+) intervention, in young (18-25 years) people living in urban informal settlements in Durban and rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the intervention acceptable and feasible * What is the potential effect size on key outcomes of intimate partner violence Participants will be randomised (1:1) to compare SSCF+ and a control arm to see if there are differences between the two on intimate partner violence.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a co-developed intervention with young South Africans.
    Gibbs A, Washington L, Mkhwanazi S, Chirwa E, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40267104 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004494
  2. Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Plus to reduce emotional dysregulation among young men in rural areas and urban informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
    Nyoni P, Tomita A, Mkhwanazi S, Gibbs A. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 39723636 · DOI 10.1177/00207640241306062
  3. The relationship between emotional dysregulation and, HIV acquisition risk behaviours and intimate partner violence perpetration among young men in rural areas and urban informal settlements in South Africa.
    Nyoni P, Gibbs A, Mkhwanazi S, Tomita A. · · 2026 · PMID 41772846 · DOI 10.1080/13548506.2026.2635751

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