Clinical trial NCT01760057: Evaluating the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men
Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lima-Peru
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: HIV Testing
Lead sponsor: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
name: NGO Via Libre
First posted: 2013-01-03
Enrollment: 400
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: The proposed study is designed to develop and test the effectiveness of a novel web-based HIV intervention to motivate HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). The intervention arm includes the delivery of videos tailored to the reasons MSM have for not getting tested for HIV, as well as HIV testing motivational messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. The intervention and assessments will be guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills model, the Health Belief Model and the Stages of Change theory. The control intervention will be a health promotion message (similar in content to other Peruvian websites) with an invitation for free HIV testing. Testing will be offered at the Via Libre and Epicentro clinic, and at a mobile unit whose location will be determined based on participants' demand. The outcomes evaluated will be intention to get tested and actual HIV testing among MSM of each of the trial arms.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* be 18 years of age or older,
* be a man and report having had sex with a man within the last 12 months,
* be a resident of metropolitan Lima, Peru,
* have not been tested for HIV within the last 12 months,
* have a valid e-mail address,
* do not report being HIV positive.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Do not meet the inclusion criteria specified above

Primary outcomes:
measure: HIV testing
timeFrame: 6 months after been exposed to the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lima
country: Peru
facility: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
name: Magaly M Blas, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Carcamo C, Kurth AE. Risk behaviors and reasons for not getting tested for HIV among men who have sex with men: an online survey in Peru. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027334. Epub 2011 Nov 9.
citation: Blas MM, Alva IE, Carcamo CP, Cabello R, Goodreau SM, Kimball AM, Kurth AE. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010448.
citation: Blas MM, Alva IE, Cabello R, Garcia PJ, Carcamo C, Redmon M, Kimball AM, Ryan R, Kurth AE. Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Dec;83(7):567-70. doi: 10.1136/sti.2007.027276. Epub 2007 Oct 11.
citation: Curioso WH, Blas MM, Nodell B, Alva IE, Kurth AE. Opportunities for providing web-based interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections in Peru. PLoS Med. 2007 Feb;4(2):e11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040011.
citation: Blas MM, Menacho LA, Alva IE, Cabello R, Orellana ER. Motivating men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV through the internet and mobile phones: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054012. Epub 2013 Jan 8.