Recruiting

HIV & STI Testing

Sponsor:

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

Code:

NCT03109899

Conditions

Risk Reduction

HIV

Sexually Transmitted Infections (Not HIV or Hepatitis)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 29

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Sex Pro mobile Application

Study Details

Brief summary:

The PHASTT Study is focused on understanding of facilitators and barriers to mHealth use among young Black men who have sex with men (MSM), and testing a novel mobile app to increase HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake.

Conditions

Risk Reduction

HIV

Sexually Transmitted Infections (Not HIV or Hepatitis)

Study ID

NCT03109899

Start date

Sep 18, 2019

Status verified date

Feb, 2020

Completion date

Jan, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 29

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-identify as Black.
  • Self-report being HIV negative.
  • Report anal sex with at two or more male sex partners in the prior 12 months.
  • Own an iOS or Android mobile phone.
  • Willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in all activities outlined by the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inadequate contact information for follow-up
  • In a mutually monogamous sexual relationship for the past 12 months
  • Currently taking PrEP
  • Does not have reliable access to the internet
  • Does not live, work or play in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Currently enrolled in another HIV intervention study
  • Prior enrollment in an HIV vaccine trial with receipt of experimental vaccine product
  • Any medical, psychiatric, or social condition, or occupational, or other responsibility that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make participation in the study unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention

Participants in this arm will have access to the Sex Pro mobile app and support for HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake.

no intervention: Control

Participants in this arm will be given the local standard of care for HIV/STI testing and PrEP access.

Interventions

Sex Pro mobile Application

Mobile mHealth app that provides HIV risk assessment, home HIV/STI testing options, and PrEP uptake support for young Black MSM.

Primary outcome measure

  • The feasibility and acceptability of Sex Pro to increase HIV/STI testing and PrEP uptake among young Black MSM. [ Time Frame: 9 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kenneth Coleman, MA

628-217-7443kenneth.coleman@sfdph.org

Hyman Scott, MD, MPH

628-217-7483hyman.scott@sfdph.org

Locations

Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94102

Principal Investigator:

Hyman Scott, MD, MPH

More Information

Sponsor

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

Last update posted

Feb 20, 2020

Last verified

Feb, 2020

Keywords

  • mHealth
  • HIV Prevention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. on 2020-02-20.