Evaluating the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men

HIV Testing Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lima-Peru

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01760057
• Other study ID #: R01TW008398
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 28, 2012
• Last updated: May 27, 2015
• Start date: January 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Peru: Institutional Review Board of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPeru: Institutional Review Board of the Non-governmental Organization Via Libre
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed study is designed to develop and test the effectiveness of a novel web-based HIV intervention to motivate HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). The intervention arm includes the delivery of videos tailored to the reasons MSM have for not getting tested for HIV, as well as HIV testing motivational messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. The intervention and assessments will be guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills model, the Health Belief Model and the Stages of Change theory. The control intervention will be a health promotion message (similar in content to other Peruvian websites) with an invitation for free HIV testing. Testing will be offered at the Via Libre and Epicentro clinic, and at a mobile unit whose location will be determined based on participants' demand. The outcomes evaluated will be intention to get tested and actual HIV testing among MSM of each of the trial arms.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be 18 years of age or older,

• be a man and report having had sex with a man within the last 12 months,

• be a resident of metropolitan Lima, Peru,

• have not been tested for HIV within the last 12 months,

• have a valid e-mail address,

• do not report being HIV positive.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not meet the inclusion criteria specified above

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Testing

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online HIV testing motivational videos and messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging

• Standard online message with an invitation for free HIV testing similar in content to other Peruvian websites

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Peru	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Lima

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	National Institutes of Health (NIH), NGO Via Libre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Peru, 

References & Publications (5)

Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Carcamo C, Kurth AE. Risk behaviors and reasons for not getting tested for HIV among men who have sex with men: an online survey in Peru. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027334. Epub 2011 Nov 9. — View Citation

Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Redmon M, Kimball AM, Ryan R, Kurth AE. Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Dec;83(7):567-70. Epub 2007 Oct 11. — View Citation

Blas MM, Alva IE, Carcamo CP, Cabello R, Goodreau SM, Kimball AM, Kurth AE. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010448. — View Citation

Blas MM, Menacho LA, Alva IE, Cabello R, Orellana ER. Motivating men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV through the internet and mobile phones: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054012. Epub 2013 Jan 8. — View Citation

Curioso WH, Blas MM, Nodell B, Alva IE, Kurth AE. Opportunities for providing web-based interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections in Peru. PLoS Med. 2007 Feb;4(2):e11. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	HIV testing		6 months after been exposed to the intervention	No