Using HIV Risk Assessment Tool to Promote HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Not Applicable

• Conditions: HIV/AIDS; HIV Infections; Social Media

• Registration Number: NCT03320239
• Lead Sponsor: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a HIV risk assessment tool to promote HIV testing and to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM). It hypothesizes that the social media-based HIV risk assessment tool can increase 20% HIV testing proportion during the six months follow-up period.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Study Start: 2017-10-12
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-25
• Primary Completion: 2018-05
• Study Completion: 2018-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 4500

Inclusion Criteria

• Male at birth.
• Having had homo-sexual behaviors (anal/oral) in the past 6 months before enrollment.
• An age of 18 years or older.
• Living in Beijing, China.
• Self-reporting HIV negative or unknown.
• Willingly participating into the baseline survey and the six months follow ups.
• Agreeing not to share the research link to others.
• Owning a mobile phone and having had downloaded the social networking Application Blued before enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not accepting blood sampling within the study period.
• Reporting injecting drugs use in the past six months before enrollment.
• Being currently involved in other HIV behavioral interventions for MSM.
• Having a specific plan to leave from Beijing in the next 6 months.
• Self-reporting female.
• Other reasons the investigators deem make participation either detrimental to the participants or the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of HIV testing during the study period	1 month	The numerator is the number of participants who come to the specific HIV testing clinics for HIV test during the study period, the denominator is the number of participants randomized per group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
unprotected anal intercourse	6 months	Questionaire will be used to collect the frequency of unprotected anal intercourse at month 1, month 3 and month 6 after the study starts.
Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP)	6 months	Questionaire will be used to collect data on whether participants use PEP at month 1, month 3 and month 6.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

national center for AIDS control and prevention; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China