Personalized HIV and STI Testing Tool

Not Applicable

• Conditions: HIV; Risk Reduction; Sexually Transmitted Infections (Not HIV or Hepatitis)
• Interventions: Behavioral: Sex Pro mobile Application

• Registration Number: NCT03109899
• Lead Sponsor: Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

Brief Summary

The PHASTT Study is focused on understanding of facilitators and barriers to mHealth use among young Black men who have sex with men (MSM), and testing a novel mobile app to increase HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake.

Detailed Description

The Sex Pro mobile application (app) being tested facilitates home HIV-testing, home sexually transmitted infection (STI) test self-collection, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake. The app integrates a personalized HIV risk assessment with home HIV and STI testing options for young, Black MSM.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-04-12
• Study Start: 2019-09-18
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-20
• Primary Completion: 2021-01
• Study Completion: 2021-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-identify as Black.
• Self-report being HIV negative.
• Report anal sex with at two or more male sex partners in the prior 12 months.
• Own an iOS or Android mobile phone.
• Willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in all activities outlined by the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

• Inadequate contact information for follow-up
• In a mutually monogamous sexual relationship for the past 12 months
• Currently taking PrEP
• Does not have reliable access to the internet
• Does not live, work or play in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Currently enrolled in another HIV intervention study
• Prior enrollment in an HIV vaccine trial with receipt of experimental vaccine product
• Any medical, psychiatric, or social condition, or occupational, or other responsibility that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make participation in the study unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Sex Pro mobile Application	Participants in this arm will have access to the Sex Pro mobile app and support for HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The feasibility and acceptability of Sex Pro to increase HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake among young Black MSM.	9 months	As measured via computer assisted interview (CASI)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The rate of STI testing in the Sex Pro mobile application intervention versus control arms.	9 months	As measured by CASI
Changes in sexual risk behaviors among young Black MSM in the Sex Pro mobile application intervention vs. control arms	9 months	As measured via CASI
The rate of HIV testing in the Sex Pro mobile application intervention versus control arms.	9 months	As measured by CASI
The rate of PrEP uptake in the Sex Pro mobile application intervention versus control arms.	9 months	As measured by pharmacy confirmation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States