Evaluating a Real-Time, Remote Monitoring System for Home-Based HIV Testing

HIV Clinical Trial

— (eTEST)  

Official title:

Exploring Use of a Real-time, Remote Monitoring and Follow-up System for Home-based, HIV Self-testing Among High-risk Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02876926
• Other study ID #: 1508001315
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2016
• Est. completion date: February 15, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Brown University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study explores whether offering follow-up counseling and referral over the phone after using a home-based HIV test increases rates of ever and repeat testing, compared with home-based testing with no follow-up (HBST alone) or mailing reminders for clinic-based testing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: February 15, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: February 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sex with a partner met online in the past year

• Anal sex (either insertive or receptive) with a casual male partner in the past 6 months without using condoms or pre-exposure prophylaxis

• Own a smartphone (iOS or Android) with a service contract and data plan

• Have a stable address where mail can be received

• Speak English fluently

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having tested for HIV in the last year

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV

Intervention

Behavioral:
• "Smart" home-based test for HIV
A standard home-based HIV test kit, fit with a Bluetooth low energy beacon to allow remote monitoring.
• Home-based testing only
A standard home-based HIV test kit.
• Reminder letters for clinic-based testing
Letters reminding patients to get tested at a free clinic location

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brown University School of Public Health	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brown University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants Who Received HIV Testing	Count of the number of participants who reported receiving HIV testing.	Up to 28 weeks
Primary	Number of Participants Who Reported Having Been Referred for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis	Count of the number of participants who reported receiving a referral for pre-exposure prophylaxis from a counselor or medical professional.	Up to 28 weeks
Primary	Number of Participants Who Reported Having Actually Received a Prescription for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis	Count of the number of participants who reported actually having received a prescription for pre-exposure prophylaxis after having been referred by a medical professional.	Up to 28 weeks