Effect of Social Media Support and Financial Incentives on PrEP Adherence

NCT ID: NCT03078153

Last Updated: 2021-02-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

57 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-01

Study Completion Date

2020-12-15

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if social media support and financial incentives improve adherence to Truvada as PrEP in African American, Latino and Asian MSM aged 18 to 24 living in the Washington, DC area who are at high risk for HIV acquisition.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Financial Incentive

Provided financial incentive at 3-month and 6-month follow-up visits

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Financial Incentive

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive a $50 gift card at 3- and 6- month follow-up visits.

Social Media Group

Provided social media support through a facebook group for 6 months

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Social Media Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be invited to a study Facebook group which will have links to PrEP information and provide a forum for participants to ask questions and communicate their experience with PrEP

Control

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Financial Incentive

Participants will receive a $50 gift card at 3- and 6- month follow-up visits.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Social Media Group

Participants will be invited to a study Facebook group which will have links to PrEP information and provide a forum for participants to ask questions and communicate their experience with PrEP

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male assigned at birth (regardless of current gender identity)
* Age 18-24
* Black/African American, Latino or Asian
* HIV negative
* History of unprotected anal sex with a man in the last 6 months
* Living within the DC metropolitan statistical area and anticipate remaining within the DC area for the next 6 months
* Not enrolled in any other HIV prevention trial
* Interested in taking PrEP
* Not a current PrEP user and have not taken PrEP in the last 30 days
* Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Female sex at birth
* Age younger than 18 or older than 24
* Caucasian
* HIV positive
* Actively taking PrEP or having taken PrEP within 30 days of enrollment
* Chronic hepatitis B infection
* Known renal insufficiency
* On probation or parole
* Any other conditions that the Principal Investigator may consider a contraindication to enrolling in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gilead Sciences

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

George Washington University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marc O. Siegel

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Siegel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The GW Medical Faculty Associates

Locations

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The GW Medical Faculty Associates

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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1P30AI117970

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

111642

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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