Evaluating the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men

NCT ID: NCT01760057

Last Updated: 2015-05-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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The proposed study is designed to develop and test the effectiveness of a novel web-based HIV intervention to motivate HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). The intervention arm includes the delivery of videos tailored to the reasons MSM have for not getting tested for HIV, as well as HIV testing motivational messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. The intervention and assessments will be guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills model, the Health Belief Model and the Stages of Change theory. The control intervention will be a health promotion message (similar in content to other Peruvian websites) with an invitation for free HIV testing. Testing will be offered at the Via Libre and Epicentro clinic, and at a mobile unit whose location will be determined based on participants' demand. The outcomes evaluated will be intention to get tested and actual HIV testing among MSM of each of the trial arms.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV Testing

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Health promotion message

Standard online message with an invitation for free HIV testing similar in content to other Peruvian websites

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Standard online message with an invitation for free HIV testing similar in content to other Peruvian websites

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Combined Web-based HIV intervention

Online HIV testing motivational videos and messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Online HIV testing motivational videos and messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Online HIV testing motivational videos and messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard online message with an invitation for free HIV testing similar in content to other Peruvian websites

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* be 18 years of age or older,
* be a man and report having had sex with a man within the last 12 months,
* be a resident of metropolitan Lima, Peru,
* have not been tested for HIV within the last 12 months,
* have a valid e-mail address,
* do not report being HIV positive.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

NGO Via Libre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Magaly Blas

Research professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Magaly M Blas, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Locations

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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Lima, Lima Province, Peru

Site Status

Countries

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Peru

References

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Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Carcamo C, Kurth AE. Risk behaviors and reasons for not getting tested for HIV among men who have sex with men: an online survey in Peru. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027334. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22096551 (View on PubMed)

Blas MM, Alva IE, Carcamo CP, Cabello R, Goodreau SM, Kimball AM, Kurth AE. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010448.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20454667 (View on PubMed)

Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Redmon M, Kimball AM, Ryan R, Kurth AE. Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Dec;83(7):567-70. doi: 10.1136/sti.2007.027276. Epub 2007 Oct 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17932128 (View on PubMed)

Curioso WH, Blas MM, Nodell B, Alva IE, Kurth AE. Opportunities for providing web-based interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections in Peru. PLoS Med. 2007 Feb;4(2):e11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040011.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17326701 (View on PubMed)

Blas MM, Menacho LA, Alva IE, Cabello R, Orellana ER. Motivating men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV through the internet and mobile phones: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054012. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23320116 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01TW008398

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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