N/A
N=600
Reducing HIV Vulnerability Through A Multilevel Life Skills Intervention For Adolescent Men
HIV Infections · Sexually Transmitted Diseases · Sexual Behavior · Adolescent Behavior · Homosexuality
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03155841 ↗Enrolled (actual)
600
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
May 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Confidence to Engage in HIV Prevention Behaviors When Engaging in Receptive Anal Sex Over Time — 1.72; 1.71; 1.73; 1.72 units on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Life Skills Coaching (Behavioral); Community Resources (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult · 13+ yrs
- Sex
- Male
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Primary completion
- Feb 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Confidence to Engage in HIV Prevention Behaviors When Engaging in Receptive Anal Sex Over Time |
1.72; 1.71; 1.73; 1.72 | — |
| PRIMARY HIV Knowledge Over Time |
7.86; 7.99; 8.33; 8.23 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Engaging in 1+ Same-Sex Sexual Partnerships |
78; 84; 81; 88 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Engaging in HIV Testing Behavior |
19; 30 | — |
Summary
The investigators propose to deliver and test a life skills intervention targeting the key domains that fuel HIV disparities among adolescent (ages 13-18) same-sex attracted men in the United States. This RCT will yield important information regarding the delivery of a developmentally-appropriate HIV prevention program that reaches racial/ethnic and socioeconomically diverse sample of adolescent men across four regions in the United States.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Assigned a male sex at birth and identifying as male at time of enrollment,
- Be between the ages of 13-18 (inclusive),
- Speak and read English,
- Report same-sex attractions and/or behaviors,
- Live in one of the zip codes of the 109 counties included in this trial,
- Access to internet
Exclusion Criteria
- Being assigned a sex other than male at birth,
- Identifying as a gender other than male at time of enrollment,
- Being younger than 13 or older than 18 years of age,
- Not speaking and reading English,
- Reporting no same-sex attractions and/or behaviors,
- Living outside of the 109 counties included in the four regions selected for this trial,
- Currently incarcerated,
- No access to internet.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03155841). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.