Social Media Based Peer-Led Intervention for HIV Prevention

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of E-PrEP on reaching young men of color who have sex with men (YMCSM) at high-risk of HIV infection to reduce HIV acquisition. E-PrEP is a peer-designed social media-based health intervention to increase PrEP awareness, knowledge, and motivation as a tool for HIV prevention and to increase linkage to primary care.

Clinical Trial Description

This study examines a social media based peer-led and delivered intervention focused on increasing PrEP adoption in young men of color who have sex with men (YMCSM). While prior efficacy trials have included YMCSM 18-29, we will focus on PrEP in YMCSM outside clinical trial settings. Rather than an alternative medium for implementation of existing interventions designed for in-person contact, social media may be a true 'game changer' to engage hard to reach individuals. While many online behavioral interventions exist, including some that use social media, this will be one of the few studies to use and test social media to facilitate uptake of a biomedical intervention. E-PrEP will connect the target population (YMCSM) to a new prevention tool (PrEP) through rapid linkage to medical care, accelerating diffusion of PrEP. Given the paucity of data regarding social media-based interventions to change health-related behavior, E-PrEP may have a marked impact on future bio-behavioral interventions, especially those that include diffusion of innovation. Social media offers the power of scale and efficiency for large potential impact, even with relatively low-intensity interventions. Similarly, PrEP, if widely adopted in high-risk populations and offered with behavioral interventions, could markedly decrease HIV infection rates. Social media-based, peer-led approaches like E-PrEP could be used to enhance efforts by community-based and other organizations that employ internet-assisted or peer-outreach strategies to improve health.

Primary Aim: To test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of E-PrEP for increasing PrEP adoption in a cluster-randomized controlled trial. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Prevention
PrEP Uptake

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03213366
Study type	Interventional
Source	Montefiore Medical Center
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 16, 2017
Completion date	November 1, 2017

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