HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing (HOPE)

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Sean Young, PhD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01701206

First received: October 4, 2012

Last updated: May 1, 2017

Last verified: May 2017

History of Changes

Purpose

This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.

Condition	Intervention
HIV	Behavioral: HIV knowledge Intervention


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Participant Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title:	Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Sean Young, PhD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles:

Primary Outcome Measures:

HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit [ Time Frame: Measured during the intervention ]


Enrollment:	558
Study Start Date:	July 2009
Study Completion Date:	July 2015
Primary Completion Date:	July 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: HIV intervention Group Experimental arm receives peer-led HIV information on social media	Behavioral: HIV knowledge Intervention
No Intervention: Control arm

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

18 years or older
Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months
Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu
Has a Facebook account or willing to create one

Exclusion Criteria:

Does not satisfy inclusion criteria

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01701206

Locations


United States, California
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024
Peru
Epicentro Commun
Lima, Peru

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of California, Los Angeles

More Information

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Young SD, Cumberland WG, Nianogo R, Menacho LA, Galea JT, Coates T. The HOPE social media intervention for global HIV prevention in Peru: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2015 Jan;2(1):e27-32.

Young SD, Cumberland WG, Lee SJ, Jaganath D, Szekeres G, Coates T. Social networking technologies as an emerging tool for HIV prevention: a cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Sep 3;159(5):318-24. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00005.


Responsible Party:	Sean Young, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor In-Residence, University of California, Los Angeles
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01701206 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	K01MH090884 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
Study First Received:	October 4, 2012
Last Updated:	May 1, 2017

Keywords provided by Sean Young, PhD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles:


HIV social networking at-risk populations sexual risk behaviors

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 27, 2017

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