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  <required_header>
    <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
    <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
    <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01701206</url>
  </required_header>
  <id_info>
    <org_study_id>K01MH090884</org_study_id>
    <nct_id>NCT01701206</nct_id>
  </id_info>
  <brief_title>HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing</brief_title>
  <acronym>HOPE</acronym>
  <official_title>Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing</official_title>
  <sponsors>
    <lead_sponsor>
      <agency>University of California, Los Angeles</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </lead_sponsor>
  </sponsors>
  <source>University of California, Los Angeles</source>
  <brief_summary>
    <textblock>
      This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase&#xD;
      HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a&#xD;
      diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </brief_summary>
  <overall_status>Completed</overall_status>
  <start_date>July 2009</start_date>
  <completion_date type="Actual">July 2015</completion_date>
  <primary_completion_date type="Actual">July 2015</primary_completion_date>
  <phase>N/A</phase>
  <study_type>Interventional</study_type>
  <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
  <study_design_info>
    <allocation>Randomized</allocation>
    <intervention_model>Parallel Assignment</intervention_model>
    <primary_purpose>Other</primary_purpose>
    <masking>Single (Participant)</masking>
  </study_design_info>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit</measure>
    <time_frame>Measured during the intervention</time_frame>
  </primary_outcome>
  <number_of_arms>2</number_of_arms>
  <enrollment type="Actual">558</enrollment>
  <condition>HIV</condition>
  <arm_group>
    <arm_group_label>HIV intervention Group</arm_group_label>
    <arm_group_type>Experimental</arm_group_type>
    <description>Experimental arm receives peer-led HIV information on social media</description>
  </arm_group>
  <arm_group>
    <arm_group_label>Control arm</arm_group_label>
    <arm_group_type>No Intervention</arm_group_type>
  </arm_group>
  <intervention>
    <intervention_type>Behavioral</intervention_type>
    <intervention_name>HIV knowledge Intervention</intervention_name>
    <arm_group_label>HIV intervention Group</arm_group_label>
  </intervention>
  <eligibility>
    <criteria>
      <textblock>
        Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  18 years or older&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Has a Facebook account or willing to create one&#xD;
&#xD;
        Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Does not satisfy inclusion criteria&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </criteria>
    <gender>Male</gender>
    <minimum_age>18 Years</minimum_age>
    <maximum_age>100 Years</maximum_age>
    <healthy_volunteers>Accepts Healthy Volunteers</healthy_volunteers>
  </eligibility>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>University of California, Los Angeles</name>
      <address>
        <city>Los Angeles</city>
        <state>California</state>
        <zip>90024</zip>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
  </location>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Epicentro Commun</name>
      <address>
        <city>Lima</city>
        <country>Peru</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
  </location>
  <location_countries>
    <country>Peru</country>
    <country>United States</country>
  </location_countries>
  <verification_date>May 2017</verification_date>
  <study_first_submitted>October 4, 2012</study_first_submitted>
  <study_first_submitted_qc>October 4, 2012</study_first_submitted_qc>
  <study_first_posted type="Estimate">October 5, 2012</study_first_posted>
  <last_update_submitted>May 1, 2017</last_update_submitted>
  <last_update_submitted_qc>May 1, 2017</last_update_submitted_qc>
  <last_update_posted type="Actual">May 3, 2017</last_update_posted>
  <responsible_party>
    <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
    <investigator_affiliation>University of California, Los Angeles</investigator_affiliation>
    <investigator_full_name>Sean Young, PhD, MS</investigator_full_name>
    <investigator_title>Assistant Professor In-Residence</investigator_title>
  </responsible_party>
  <keyword>HIV</keyword>
  <keyword>social networking</keyword>
  <keyword>at-risk populations</keyword>
  <keyword>sexual risk behaviors</keyword>
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</clinical_study>


download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01701206
org study id: K01MH090884
nct id: NCT01701206
lead sponsor: 
This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase
      HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a
      diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.
allocation: Randomized
intervention model: Parallel Assignment
primary purpose: Other
masking: Single (Participant)
measure: HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit
time frame: Measured during the intervention
arm group label: HIV intervention Group
arm group type: Experimental
description: Experimental arm receives peer-led HIV information on social media
arm group label: Control arm
arm group type: No Intervention
intervention type: Behavioral
intervention name: HIV knowledge Intervention
arm group label: HIV intervention Group
criteria: 
gender: Male
minimum age: 18 Years
maximum age: 100 Years
healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
facility: 
facility: 
country: Peru
country: United States
responsible party type: Principal Investigator
investigator affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
investigator full name: Sean Young, PhD, MS
investigator title: Assistant Professor In-Residence