Clinical trial NCT04021953: The People Like Us Evaluation Study
Official title: Evaluation of eHealth Videos for the Singaporean Gay, Bisexual and Queer Male Community
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: HIV/AIDS
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Homosexuality
Health Behavior
Stigma, Social
Health Care Seeking Behavior
Keywords: HIV Testing
STI Testing
Homophobia
eHealth
Singapore
Lead sponsor: National University of Singapore
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
name: Action for AIDS Singapore
First posted: 2019-07-16
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 29
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The study is a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial design to evaluate an online video series developed by a community-based organization in Singapore for gay, bisexual and queer men.

A total of 300 HIV-negative, gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore aged 18 to 29 years old will be recruited with the assistance of the partner community-based organization (CBO), Action for AIDS Singapore. Recruitment will utilize both online and offline channels, and with the help of other CBOs in Singapore. Participants should also not have watched the video prior to their participation in this study, which will be ascertained through a questionnaire.

Participants will subsequently be randomized into the intervention arm (n=150) and the control arm (n=150). The treatment group (n=150) will be assigned the intervention along with sexual health information via a pamphlet, while the control group (n=150) will be assigned only the sexual health information via a pamphlet. This will be conducted through block randomization.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-reported HIV-negative status, or unsure of HIV status
* Self-reported gay, bisexual or queer sexual orientation
* Self-reported male gender, regardless of sex assigned at birth
* Self-reported age of 18 to 29 years old at point of recruitment
* Singapore citizen or permanent resident at the point of recruitment
* Self-reported as never having watched an online video drama series by Gayhealth.sg or Action for AIDS in the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants who have watched the People Like Us Series prior to study
* Participants who have self-reported being HIV-positive
* Participants who are not English-literate
* Participants aged below 18 or above 29 at baseline recruitment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in intention to test for HIV at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in intention to test for HIV at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change in intention to test for Syphilis at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in intention to test for Syphilis at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change in intention to test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in intention to test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: HIV testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: HIV testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Syphilis testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Syphilis testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of HIV testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of HIV testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of Syphilis testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of Syphilis testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Self-reported regularity of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Risk perception for HIV
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Risk perception for other sexually transmitted infections
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Knowledge of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Knowledge of risks associated with acquiring other sexually transmitted infections
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Knowledge of HIV
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Connectedness to LGBT Community
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Modified Self-Concealment Scale
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Consistent condom use for anal sex with casual partners or sex workers
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Incidence of sexually transmitted infections
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Perceived Homophobia
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: Internalized Homophobia
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: HIV testing self-efficacy
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
measure: HIV testing social norms
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Singapore
country: Singapore
facility: National University of Singapore
Study officials:
affiliation: National University of Singapore
name: Rayner Kay Jin Tan, B.Soc.Sci
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Tan RKJ, Koh WL, Le D, Banerjee S, Chio MT, Chan RKW, Wong CM, Tai BC, Wong ML, Cook AR, Chen MI, Wong CS. Effect of a Popular Web Drama Video Series on HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Singapore: Community-Based, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2022 May 6;24(5):e31401. doi: 10.2196/31401.
citation: Tan RKJ, Koh WL, Le D, Tan A, Tyler A, Tan C, Banerjee S, Wong CS, Wong ML, Chio MT, Chen MI. Effect of a web drama video series on HIV and other sexually transmitted infection testing among gay, bisexual and queer men: study protocol for a community-based, pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Singapore: the People Like Us (PLU) Evaluation Study. BMJ Open. 2020 Apr 7;10(4):e033855. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033855.