Pilot Study of Financial Incentives for YMSM for HIV Testing and PrEP
NCT ID: NCT04609995
Last Updated: 2020-10-30
Study Results
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-11-30
2021-02-28
Brief Summary
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Potential study participants will be recruited online through advertising on the internet and complete the study eligibility and consent procedures. Following provision of consent online, participants will be contacted via the email they provided and asked to confirm their willingness to participate. Email addresses are being collected as part of this study to help ensure that individuals do not attempt to participate more than once in this study. Study staff will review the email addresses for duplications. Anyone who attempts to enroll more than once will be disqualified from the study. Participants will not ask for their name as part of the study. Once study interest is confirmed, participants will be provided a study identification number and study arm assignment. They also will be provided with instructions specific to their study arm assignment for the study as well as online resources about HIV testing and PrEP, including options for paying for PrEP.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three study arms (no financial incentive, a fixed incentive ($25 Amazon.com gift card) or a lottery (20% for a $100 Amazon.com gift card). Participants in each study arm will be asked to contact the telehealth company PlushCare and make an appointment within two weeks. For this appointment, participants will speak with a PlushCare doctor about being tested for HIV and starting PrEP. They will provide PlushCare with their study identification number. As part of their services, PlushCare will obtain personal identifiers from participants but will not share this information with the study staff.
For this study, participants are asked to undergo an evaluation for PrEP through the PlushCare doctor, but will NOT be required to be tested for HIV nor start PrEP. It will be the participants choice whether or not to be tested for HIV and start or continue PrEP after consultation with the PlushCare doctor. For some participants, the PlushCare doctor might recommend against starting PrEP. PlushCare will follow usual standard-of-care practices for their evaluation, counseling and consideration of PrEP as well as provision and maintenance of services for PrEP. Using only the study identification numbers and not the participant's personal identifiers, PlushCare will provide the study staff with data on completion of the primary and secondary study outcomes.
Participants will be informed that they or their healthcare insurance will bear the costs of HIV testing and PrEP, but not the consultation with PlushCare. They will be provided with resources about how to pay for PrEP from the study as well as PlushCare.
Completion of the primary study outcome (completing an appointment with the telehealth provider PlushCare for a PrEP evaluation) and secondary outcomes (undergoing HIV testing, starting PrEP, time elapsed from study enrollment to PlushCare evaluation, time elapsed to HIV testing and PrEP initiation) will be compared by study arms.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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No financial incentive
No financial incentives will be provided for completing a PrEP evaluation
No interventions assigned to this group
Fixed incentive
A fixed incentive ($25 Amazon.com gift card) will be provided for completing a PrEP evaluation
Incentives
No financial incentive
Lottery incentive
An entry into a lottery for a 20% chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card will be provided for completing a PrEP evaluation
Incentives
No financial incentive
Interventions
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Incentives
No financial incentive
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
24 Years
MALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Roland Clayton Merchant
Principal investigator
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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2020P002907
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id