An interventional study of social media intervention in HIV, sponsored by University of California, Irvine. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 89 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-29.
Sponsored by University of California, Irvine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This study [HOPE: Harnessing Online Peer Education] seeks to determine the efficacy of using online social networks to scale peer community leader models to increase HIV prevention within African-American and Latino men who have sex with men. The peer community leader model, which teaches community popular opinion leaders about how to disseminate behavior changes messages throughout the community, has been proven to increase HIV prevention behaviors. Social media and online communities, such as Facebook, may be a cost-effective platform for scaling these models. Primarily upper middle-class White populations used the Internet in its early years, however, Internet use within African-American and Latino households has recently increased dramatically, especially on social media. People using the Internet may be at the highest risk for contracting HIV and are using novel Internet approaches to find sex partners, such as through social media. This is the first study to examine the effectiveness of the HOPE social media intervention to increase HIV testing among at-risk groups in the United States.
University of California, Irvine is the lead sponsor of 474 studies on the registry; 96 are open to participants now.
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experimental
Behavioral: social media intervention
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Behavioral: social media intervention
social media intervention
Number of Participants Requesting HIV Self-Testing
At home/self HIV testing kits can be requested to be ordered and will be provided to all participants who request it.
Time frame: 5 years
| Milestone | Intervention | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 450 | 450 |
| Completed | 421 | 418 |
| Not completed | 29 | 32 |
At home/self HIV testing kits can be requested to be ordered and will be provided to all participants who request it.
| Participants | Intervention | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants Requesting HIV Self-Testing | 130 | 102 |
Collected over 12 weeks. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | 0/450 (0%) | 0/450 (0%) | 0/450 (0%) |
| Control | 0/450 (0%) | 0/450 (0%) | 0/450 (0%) |
| Age, Continuous(years) | Intervention | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 32 ± 9.8 | 31 ± 8.8 | 32 ± 8.8 |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | Intervention | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Male | 450 | 450 | 900 |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants) | Intervention | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity — White/European Descent | 39 | 28 | 67 |
| Race/Ethnicity — Latino/Caribbean | 301 | 319 | 620 |
| Race/Ethnicity — Black/African American | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| Race/Ethnicity — American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Race/Ethnicity — Asian or Pacific Islander | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Race/Ethnicity — Other | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Region of Enrollment(participants) | Intervention | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 450 | 450 | 900 |
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