HPV Vaccine Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men

NCT ID: NCT04032106

Last Updated: 2025-03-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1227 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-03

Study Completion Date

2022-03-31

Brief Summary

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This phase III trial studies how well the Outsmart HPV intervention works in increasing HPV vaccine initiation and completion among young individuals who report having a history of same-sex partners, being sexually attracted to males, or identify as gay, bisexual, or queer (i.e., sexual minority males). The Outsmart HPV intervention, which is a population-targeted, individually-tailored mHealth intervention that includes vaccine reminders, may increase HPV vaccine initiation and completion among unvaccinated young sexual minority individuals.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the efficacy of the Outsmart HPV intervention on increasing HPV vaccine initiation and completion.

II. Identify mediators that explain the relationship between study arm and HPV vaccine initiation and completion.

III. Determine if intervention efficacy differs across key demographic and health-related characteristics of participants.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 3 groups.

GROUP A: Participants receive standard information about HPV and HPV vaccine via a mobile-friendly website.

GROUP B: Participants receive Outsmart HPV with unidirectional vaccine reminders (i.e. reminders that do not give participants the option to respond).

GROUP C: Participants receive Outsmart HPV with interactive vaccine reminders (i.e. reminders that allow participants to respond).

Participants in all study group are followed for 9 months.

Conditions

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Healthy Subject

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Participants are not aware of the research questions being tested in the trial.

Study Groups

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Group A (standard HPV information)

Participants receive standard information about HPV and HPV vaccine via a mobile-friendly website.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Best Practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive standard information about HPV and HPV vaccine

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Group B (Outsmart HPV, unidirectional vaccine reminders)

Participants receive Outsmart HPV with unidirectional vaccine reminders (i.e. reminders that do not give participants the option to respond).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive Outsmart HPV intervention

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Text Message-Based Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Receive unidirectional text message vaccine reminders

Group C (Outsmart HPV, interactive vaccine reminders)

Participants receive Outsmart HPV with interactive vaccine reminders (i.e. reminders that allow participants to respond).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive Outsmart HPV intervention

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Text Message-Based Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Receive interactive text message vaccine reminders

Interventions

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Best Practice

Receive standard information about HPV and HPV vaccine

Intervention Type OTHER

Informational Intervention

Receive Outsmart HPV intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Text Message-Based Intervention

Receive unidirectional text message vaccine reminders

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Text Message-Based Intervention

Receive interactive text message vaccine reminders

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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standard of care standard therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cisgender male
* Ages 18-25
* Sexual minority (reports ever having oral or anal sex with a male or being sexually attracted to males; or identifies as gay, bisexual, or queer)
* Lives in the United States (US)
* Has not received any doses of HPV vaccine
* Did not participate in the pilot study
* Read English
* Able to provide informed consent (inferred by completing the screener survey and consent form)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Paul Reiter

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Paul Reiter, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Marshall DJ, Gower AL, Katz ML, Bauermeister JA, Shoben AB, Reiter PL. Recruitment of Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men for a Web-Based Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Intervention: Differences in Participant Characteristics and Study Engagement by Recruitment Source in a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 3;27:e64668. doi: 10.2196/64668.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39752644 (View on PubMed)

Reiter PL, Gower AL, Kiss DE, Malone MA, Katz ML, Bauermeister JA, Shoben AB, Paskett ED, McRee AL. A Web-Based Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Intervention for Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Feb 24;9(2):e16294. doi: 10.2196/16294.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32130192 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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NCI-2019-01223

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R37CA226682

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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OSU-19028

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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