Evaluating an Innovative HIV Self-testing Service With Counseling Provided by a Chatbot

NCT ID: NCT05796622

Last Updated: 2023-04-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

564 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-16

Study Completion Date

2024-02-28

Brief Summary

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A parallel-group non-inferiority randomized controlled trial will then be conducted to evaluate the performance of HIVST-Chatbot. A total of 528 Hong Kong Chinese speaking men who have sex with men (MSM) aged ≥18 years who have access to live-chat applications are recruited from multiple sources. Those who are diagnosed as HIV positive are excluded. Participants are 1:1 randomized into the intervention group (n=264) or the control group (n=264). The research team will implement the HIVST-Chatbot (HIVST services with real-time counselling provided by a fully-automated artificial intelligence Chatbot) in the intervention group and HIVST-OIC (HIVST with real-time counselling provided by trained administrators) in the control group. Participants completed two telephone surveys at baseline and six months afterwards.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Behaviors, Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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HIVST-Chatbot (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by a Chatbot)

Promote and implement HIV self-testing (HIVST) services with real-time counselling provided by a fully-automated artificial intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HIVST-Chatbot (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by a Chatbot)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Promote and implement HIVST-Chatbot

HIVST-OIC (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by administrators)

Promote and implement HIV self-testing (HIVST) services with real-time counselling provided by trained administrators)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

HIVST-OIC (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by administrators)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Promote and implement HIVST-OIC

Interventions

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HIVST-Chatbot (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by a Chatbot)

Promote and implement HIVST-Chatbot

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

HIVST-OIC (HIV self-testing services with counseling provided by administrators)

Promote and implement HIVST-OIC

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hong Kong Chinese-speaking men aged at least 18 years old
* Having had anal intercourse with at least one man in the past six months
* Willing to leave contact information and be followed up at Month 6
* Having access to the online live-chat application (WhatsApp)
* Not intending to leave Hong Kong for one month consecutively within the next six months

Exclusion Criteria

* Self-reported as HIV positive
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Zixin Wang

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Zixin Wang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Locations

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Centre for Health Behaviours Research, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Central Contacts

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Zixin Wang, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+852 22528740

References

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Chen S, Zhang Q, Chan CK, Yu FY, Chidgey A, Fang Y, Mo PKH, Wang Z. Evaluating an Innovative HIV Self-Testing Service With Web-Based, Real-Time Counseling Provided by an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot) in Increasing HIV Self-Testing Use Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 30;12:e48447. doi: 10.2196/48447.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37389935 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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MSS349R

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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