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Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified July 2009 by Colorado School of Public Health.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Sponsor:
Colorado School of Public Health
Collaborators:
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS)
Columbia University
Rutgers University
Information provided by:
Colorado School of Public Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00725959
First received: July 29, 2008
Last updated: January 26, 2012
Last verified: July 2009
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Purpose
In this randomized controlled trial, we will identify social networks on My Space.com, an randomly assign each network to control or intervention status. We will then intervene at the level of the network with dynamic, interactive HIV prevention messages (intervention) or static messages about HIV prevention (control). We will develop the intervention content with input from our target audience (My Space.com users) and will measure baseline, and 3 and 6 month assessments of condom use and abstinence among all participants
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| HIV | Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention |
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Further study details as provided by Colorado School of Public Health:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Condom use [ Time Frame: three months ]
- Abstinence [ Time Frame: three months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Condom and abstinence norms, attitudes, self-efficacy and intentions [ Time Frame: three months ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 6204 |
| Study Start Date: | September 2008 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2012 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
|
Experimental: 1
Participants in this arm will have exposure to innovative, dynamic and regularly updated HIV Prevention messages on My Space
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Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention
messages about HIV posted in online social networking sites
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Active Comparator: 2
Participants in this arm will have exposure to static information on HIV prevention currently available online
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Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention
messages about HIV posted in online social networking sites
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 20 Years (Child, Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- My Space user with an existing my space page
- at least 16
- no older than 20
- English speaker
Exclusion Criteria:
- older than 20 or younger than 16
- non English speaker
- does not have a My Space page
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00725959
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00725959
Contacts
| Contact: Sheana Bull, PhD, MPH | 303-724-1238 | sheana.bull@ucdenver.edu |
Locations
| United States, Colorado | |
| University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center | Recruiting |
| Denver, Colorado, United States, 80045 | |
| Contact: Sheana Bull, Ph.D. 303-724-1238 sheana.bull@uchsc.edu | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Colorado School of Public Health
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS)
Columbia University
Rutgers University
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Sheana Bull, Ph.D. | University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences |
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
| Responsible Party: | Sheana Bull, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00725959 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
COMIRB 07-0459 R01NR010492 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) 1R01NR01492-01 |
| Study First Received: | July 29, 2008 |
| Last Updated: | January 26, 2012 |
Keywords provided by Colorado School of Public Health:
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HIV Prevention Social Networking Technology Based Intervention |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 21, 2017