HOME Study: a Combination Support Package to Increase Uptake of PrEP and HIV/STI Testing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

In brief

Home HIV self-testing has been FDA approved and allows users to read their own HIV test results at home, while home sexually transmitted infection (STI) test self-collection allows men to use a swab at home and mail it in for testing. The purpose of this study is to learn how Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) use these new testing options, a set of online support tools, and the option to test with someone to support them (a testing "buddy"). We will also evaluate whether the online tools help these men to connect with HIV prevention services such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) if they test HIV negative, and to HIV care services if they test HIV positive.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03138135

Run by

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

People needed

104

Starts

2017-01-09

Expected to finish

2018-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-identify as Black or Latino.
• Report anal sex with at least one male sex partner in the prior 12 months.
• HIV negative by self-report.
• Currently own a cell phone.
• Willing and able to provide written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• 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.
• Planning to move out of the Bay Area during the 9 month study period.
• Previously participated in the HOME Pilot study.
• 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.

Where it is running

• Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health — San Francisco, California, United States

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