Using Social Media to Deliver HIV Self-Testing Kits and Link to Online PrEP Services
NCT ID: NCT04155502
Last Updated: 2020-12-17
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
272 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2020-01-06
2020-09-25
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Upon clicking the ad, users will land on the study informational page on Qualtrics, where they will receive information about the study, undergo eligibility screening and, if eligible, electronically sign the informed consent. Participants will receive information about HIV testing and PrEP and will be asked to complete the baseline assessment and order their HIV home self-test kit.
Participants will be followed up at two intervals after the baseline assessment. The first will occur 14 days post-baseline, where participants will be asked about their test use and may be asked if they visited a PrEP provider and/or if they started PrEP and about PrEP opinions and facilitators and barriers. If they tested positive for HIV on the home self-test kit, they will be asked whether they have visited an HIV treatment provider. Participants will be asked to upload a picture of their test result for validation on the secure Qualtrics server during the 14-day follow-up assessment. Photographs will be interpreted by the study team and the result will be entered into the study database; photographs will then be deleted.
At the 60-day follow-up, all participants will be asked to respond to study evaluation questions. Additionally, participants may respond to a subset of the questions that is the same as the 14-day follow-up, based on their responses on the first follow-up survey. Those who reported that they received a negative HIV self-test result and started PrEP at the 14-day follow-up will not be asked to answer these questions at the 60-day follow-up. Participants who either did not take the HIV test or did not start PrEP by the 14-day follow-up may be asked about PrEP facilitators and barriers, their self-test use, if they visited a PrEP provider, whether they started PrEP, and if applicable, whether they have visited an HIV treatment provider, depending on their responses during the 14-day follow-up. Participants will be asked to upload a picture of their test result (unless provided at the 14-day follow-up) for validation on the secure Qualtrics server during the 60-day follow-up assessment. Photographs will be interpreted by the study team and the result will be entered into the study database; photographs will then be deleted.
Participants who report a preliminary positive, invalid, or indeterminate result on the HIV home self-test kit will be referred to local brick-and-mortar clinics for additional services and asked to continue participating in follow-up assessments. Regardless of their result, all participants will be offered information on HIV and STD prevention, and locations of clinics and PrEP providers near them.
Data will be collected both indirectly from each website's metrics and directly from the online questionnaires that the participants will complete.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Social media sites.
These participants will be recruited from advertisements posted on social media websites. Participants who complete the baseline assessment will receive a code to order a free HIV self-test kit. Participants will be asked to complete two online follow-up questionnaires at 14-days and 60-days post-baseline. These questionnaires will ask questions related to HIV self-test kit use and PrEP uptake.
No interventions assigned to this group
Informational sites
These participants will be recruited from advertisements posted on informational websites. Participants who complete the baseline assessment will receive a code to order a free HIV self-test kit. Participants will be asked to complete two online follow-up questionnaires at 14-days and 60-days post-baseline. These questionnaires will ask questions related to HIV self-test kit use and PrEP uptake.
No interventions assigned to this group
Dating applications
These participants will be recruited from advertisements posted on dating applications. Participants who complete the baseline assessment will receive a code to order a free HIV self-test kit. Participants will be asked to complete two online follow-up questionnaires at 14-days and 60-days post-baseline. These questionnaires will ask questions related to HIV self-test kit use and PrEP uptake.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Have been biologically born male (cis-gender man), per participant self-report;
3. Report condomless anal intercourse and more than one male sex partner in the 90 days prior to the date of the screening questionnaire;
4. Be between the ages of 18-30 years old, inclusive;
5. Self-identify as Latino and/or Black/African American;
6. Not currently on PrEP and haven't taken PrEP in the last six months prior to the date of the screening questionnaire (per participant self-report);
7. Have not tested for HIV in the last 3 months prior to the date of the screening questionnaire (per participant self-report);
8. Have a Facebook account (for identity validation to reduce duplicate attempts at enrollment); and
9. Be willing to provide contact information (phone number, email) to the study team.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Are unwilling to provide contact information (phone number, email address).
3. Report having a preliminary positive or positive HIV result in a test completed less than 30 days prior to the date of screening or report being currently under treatment for HIV infection.
18 Years
30 Years
MALE
No
Sponsors
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National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
NETWORK
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER
Dartmouth College
OTHER
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIH
Lisa A. Marsch
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Lisa A. Marsch
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, Los Angeles
Locations
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UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Stafylis C, Vavala G, Wang Q, McLeman B, Lemley SM, Young SD, Xie H, Matthews AG, Oden N, Revoredo L, Shmueli-Blumberg D, Hichborn EG, McKelle E, Moran LM, Jacobs P, Marsch LA, Klausner JD. Relative Effectiveness of Social Media, Dating Apps, and Information Search Sites in Promoting HIV Self-testing: Observational Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Sep 23;6(9):e35648. doi: 10.2196/35648.
Lemley SM, Klausner JD, Young SD, Stafylis C, Mulatya C, Oden N, Xie H, Revoredo L, Shmueli-Blumberg D, Hichborn E, McKelle E, Moran L, Jacobs P, Marsch LA. Comparing Web-Based Platforms for Promoting HIV Self-Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Oct 19;9(10):e20417. doi: 10.2196/20417.
Other Identifiers
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CTN-0083, STUDY00031899
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id