Information Seeking About Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

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Conditions studied: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

In brief

The goal of these two intervention studies is to test promising health communication messaging strategies most likely to enhance Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White YMSM's (young men who have sex with men's) engagement with online content about injectable and oral PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). Participants will be asked to browse a mock Google results page featuring various kinds of PrEP information, and their browsing behavior will be unobtrusively logged. In Study 1, participants will be randomly assigned to browse for information about oral PrEP or browse for information about injectable PrEP. The design of Study 2 will be identical to Study 1 but will focus only on injectable PrEP content. In addition to browsing behavior, visual behavior data will also be collected in Study 2 with eye-trackers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05728034

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

314

Starts

2023-05-30

Expected to finish

2025-08-18

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 34. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have an Internet-connectable device (Study 1 only)
• Be 18-34 years of age
• Identify as cisgender male
• Identify as gay or bisexual
• Be HIV negative
• Have had anal sex in the past 6 months
• Meet one of the following criteria: a. Have a sexual partner with HIV, b. Have inconsistent condom use, c. Have received an STI diagnosis in the last 6 months.

You may not qualify if…

• Does not meet all of the criteria above

Where it is running

• Pennsylvania State University — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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