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CompletedNCT00249327Updated Apr 19, 2007

Online HIV Prevention Vignette Evaluation

An interventional study of education in HIV Infections, sponsored by Public Health Solutions. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-04-19.

Sponsored by Public Health Solutions · Not applicable, Interventional, and Educational/counseling/training

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,000
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This is an evaluation of the effect that an online live action, dramatic vignette about four gay men, two HIV positive and two HIV negative, struggling with the responsibility for safer sex has on the sexual behavior and HIV testing intentions of the gay/bisexual men who watch the vignette and participate in the evaluation study. The primary hypothesis is that men will be more likely to: 1)express the intent to have an HIV test and 2) to express the intent to inform their sex partners of their HIV status after watching the vignette. The secondary hypothesis is that men will be more likely to follow through on these intentions in the three months following the intervention than they were in the three months before viewing the vignette. This is a one group pre-posttest intervention in which each man serves as his own control.

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  • 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.
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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • HIV testing
  • HIV disclosure
  • HIV Seronegativity
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In context

HIV Infections

4,258 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 83 across 3,251 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Public Health Solutions is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • English-speaking
  • Gay/bisexual men
  • Age > 18

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women
  • Men under 18
  • Men who do not have sex with other men
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Educational/counseling/training
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,000 participants

Interventions

  • Behavioraleducation
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Increase in HIV testing

  2. Increase in disclosure of HIV status to sex partner

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Study locations

1 site
  • Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc.
    New York, New York 10013, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 19, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00249327
Lead sponsor
Public Health Solutions
Collaborators
Van Ameringen Foundation Inc, The New York Community Trust
First posted
Nov 7, 2005
Start date
Oct 2005
Completion
Feb 2006
Last update
Apr 19, 2007

Study contacts

Mary Ann Chiasson, DrPH
principal investigator · Medical and Health Research Association of New York City Inc.
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