HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

NCT ID: NCT01701206

Last Updated: 2017-05-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

558 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-07-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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HIV intervention Group

Experimental arm receives peer-led HIV information on social media

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HIV knowledge Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control arm

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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HIV knowledge Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years or older
* Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months
* Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu
* Has a Facebook account or willing to create one
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sean Young, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor In-Residence

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Epicentro Commun

Lima, , Peru

Site Status

Countries

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United States Peru

References

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Young SD, Cumberland WG, Nianogo R, Menacho LA, Galea JT, Coates T. The HOPE social media intervention for global HIV prevention in Peru: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2015 Jan;2(1):e27-32. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)00006-X.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26236767 (View on PubMed)

Young SD, Cumberland WG, Lee SJ, Jaganath D, Szekeres G, Coates T. Social networking technologies as an emerging tool for HIV prevention: a cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Sep 3;159(5):318-24. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00005.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24026317 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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K01MH090884

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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