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Clinical Trial Summary

The study is aimed to provide high-risk, HIV-infection, men who have sex with men (MSM) with healthcare education regarding viral hepatitis C, through either serious game intervention or traditional online health education. After the education, each participants will be followed for 48 weeks and the change of risky sexual behaviors, acquisition of HCV and other STIs will be followed during the study periods.


Clinical Trial Description

High-risk MSM living with HIV were participated in our study will be assigned (by randomization) to either: 1. Serious game intervention: 1 single session of serious game for the participants to play (estimation to take 25-40 minutes). Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related healthcare informations, including the severity of illness, route of transmission, preventive strategies and treatment options, would be embedded in the game. 2. Traditional online health education (reading materials): 1 single session of healthcare education regarding HCV (with similar contents) will be provided. After the healthcare intervention, each participants will be followed for 48 weeks. Assessment of risky sexual practice (by questionnaire), test of plasma HCV RNA and serological test of syphilis (optional), and detection of sexually-transmitted bacterial pathogens (optional) will be performed at the enrollment and then every 12 weeks during the observation. ;


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NCT number NCT05751889
Study type Interventional
Source National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact Guan-Jhou Chen, MD, MSc
Phone +886-3-3179599
Email guanjhouchen@ntu.edu.tw
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date March 1, 2023
Completion date December 31, 2025

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