HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing (HOPE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01701206 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: October 5, 2012
Last Update Posted
: May 3, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV | Behavioral: HIV knowledge Intervention | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 558 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Participant) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing |
Study Start Date : | July 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: HIV intervention Group
Experimental arm receives peer-led HIV information on social media
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Behavioral: HIV knowledge Intervention |
No Intervention: Control arm |
- HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit [ Time Frame: Measured during the intervention ]

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

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01701206
United States, California | |
University of California, Los Angeles | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024 | |
Peru | |
Epicentro Commun | |
Lima, Peru |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | October 5, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 3, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
Keywords provided by Sean Young, PhD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles:
HIV social networking at-risk populations sexual risk behaviors |