Online HIV Prevention Vignette Evaluation
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00249327 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 7, 2005
Last Update Posted
: April 19, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Behavioral: education | Not Applicable |
- Men over 18 years of age will be recruited for the study through a banner posted on the exit page of manhunt.net an internet gay hook-up site. Those clicking on the banner will go to the evaluation website (www.hivbigdeal.org)
- asked to read the consent and click agreement.
- asked to complete a relatively brief questionnaire about their sexual behavior, HIV testing and HIV disclosure in the preceding three months
- watch the 8 minute dramatic vignette
- complete a brief questionnaire that elicits their response to the video and their HIV testing and disclosure intentions.
- if they agree to provide the study with their e-mail address, participants will be re-contacted in three months and asked to complete a second behavioral survey online that asks about sexual behavior, HIV testing and HIV disclosure in the three months since watching the vignette.Behavior before and after watching the vignette will be compared.
- The entire study will be conducted online.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 1000 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Educational/Counseling/Training |
Official Title: | Online HIV Prevention Vignette Evaluation |
Study Start Date : | October 2005 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2006 |

- Increase in HIV testing
- Increase in disclosure of HIV status to sex partner

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- English-speaking
- Gay/bisexual men
- Age > 18
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women
- Men under 18
- Men who do not have sex with other men

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00249327
United States, New York | |
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. | |
New York, New York, United States, 10013 |
Principal Investigator: | Mary Ann Chiasson, DrPH | Medical and Health Research Association of New York City Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00249327 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
063005 |
First Posted: | November 7, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 19, 2007 |
Last Verified: | April 2007 |
Keywords provided by Public Health Solutions:
HIV testing HIV disclosure HIV Seronegativity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |