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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 : Completed
First Posted : October 5, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 3, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sean Young, PhD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
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 or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
HIV Behavioral: HIV knowledge Intervention Not Applicable

Study Design
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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

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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
U.S. FDA Resources

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


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

Eligibility Criteria
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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
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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
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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